LONDON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MediPurpose announced today the expansion of its global operations in Europe. The company has targeted expansion into Europe as one of its key strategies to further grow its business, and to increase the footprint of its operations worldwide. The expansion includes the establishment of an office in Spain, and another one in France, to complement the existing office in the United Kingdom.
With the expansion also comes the announcement of new management in the respective countries. Alain Poncet is a consultant to the company, acting as VP, Europe, while Stella Avarre is Sales Manager, France. Mr. Poncet comes to MediPurpose from Terumo Europe, where he was President and CEO. He is now running his own consulting firm, Medvisor. Ms. Avarre has had medical sales experience at Smiths Medical, Inamed, Terumo and 3M. In Spain, Anthony Kong is the Sales Manager. Mr. Kong has had experience in the introduction of products in new markets. He holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Bachelors degree from Southampton University. Stephen Yi continues to head up MediPurpose’s UK operations in addition to his role as Group CFO.
Patrick Yi, Group CEO of MediPurpose commented, “With the expansion of the company into France and Spain, we plan to use our human resources and expertise in the US safety lancet market to build a pan-European business.” Mr. Yi continued, “The continued globalization of the world economy, combined with our strategically located manufacturing and R&D facilities in Singapore, and our sales and marketing operations in the U.S., uniquely position MediPurpose to be very competitive in all of the markets where we do business.”
Contact information for each office can be found on the company’s website, www.medipurpose.com.
About MediPurpose
MediPurpose was founded in 1999 as SurgiLance. The company launched its first product, the One-Step Safety Lancet, in September, 2000. Since then the company has achieved success as one of the top leaders in the US safety lancet market and has established solid channels of distribution and GPO relationships.
The company changed its name in November, 2006 to MediPurpose with a view to expanding its product range. In line with the new corporate identity, the company also changed the name of the One-Step Safety Lancet to the SurgiLance Safety Lancet.
MediPurpose
CONTACT: Stephen Yi of MediPurpose, or stephenyi@medipurpose.com
Web site: http://www.medipurpose.com/
