SGS to Exhibit at MEDICA 2013 from November 20-23 in Düsseldorf, Germany

Nov. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- MEDICA, the world's premier trade fair for the medical sector, delivered a highly successful event in 2012, with an attendance of over 134,000 visitors from around 70 countries.

MEDICA 2013 – Latest Medical Innovations

MEDICA is the venue at which all the latest innovations in the medical sector gather in one place. The 2013 event promises to continue the success of previous years, bringing together all the players in the global medical sector. Over 4,500 exhibitors, ranging from innovative upstarts to multinational heavyweights will present their latest products in 17 exhibition halls totaling 115,000m2. The event also offers a diversified supporting program of forums and conferences, spanning all four days. The forums will cover a wide range of topics, including healthcare economics, health IT, vision, physio and wound care treatments. The conferences taking place alongside the exhibition include the European Hospital Conference, Medicine + Sports and the MEDICA Education conference.

SGS in the Medical Devices Sector

In the medical devices sector trusted suppliers and partners play a key role in reaching market share targets. SGS is ideally positioned to become your trusted supplier of independent testing and certification services and help your medical devices reach the markets faster. At MEDICA 2013 SGS will showcase its ever-expanding service portfolio, including its complete range of product safety testing solutions for manufacturers of medical diagnostic x-ray devices. Companies can use SGS test reports as global safety passports when placing their products on the worldwide market.

Although every November MEDICA brings the entire medical sector in one place, the global SGS network of experts and testing labs allows you to access the entire range of trusted SGS services, in your manufacturing region and close to all major medical markets, throughout the entire year. SGS will also present at MEDICA the service capabilities of its new medical devices labs recently opened in Finland and Taiwan.

Regardless of the project size and number of markets targeted, SGS can improve the efficiency and value of your operation by combining in one global package the advantages of our worldwide reach, wide range of accreditations and resources and global expertise.

Come visit the SGS experts in Hall 16 Booth G10-5.

Follow the link to make an appointment (http://www.sgs.com/en/Pages/Consumer-Testing/SGS-Consumer...).

About SGS Medical Devices Services

SGS is one of the premiere organizations accredited for the certification of electro-medical equipment. SGS experts can help executive level management, engineering professionals, compliance executives, legal departments, and medical professionals to better understand and comply with recent changes to standards and directives on medical device safety (http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Medical-Devic...).

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the SGS experts.

Contact details:

SGS Consumer Testing Services
Silke Hilmer
E&E Consumers & Technology
Global Marketing Manager
SGS Germany GmbH
t: +49 (0)40 30 101 - 826
Email: cts.media@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com/ee

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 75 000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1 500 offices and laboratories around the world.