Shanghai, China (March 14, 2006) – Following the tremendous success of its first MEDTEC China trade fair in Shenzhen last year, attended by more than 5,500 OEM buyers, Canon Communications llc is launching exhibitions and conferences in Shanghai and Guangzhou to serve the country’s fast-growing medical manufacturing industry.

MEDTEC Shanghai, which debuts June 21-23, 2006 at the Intex Shanghai exhibition center, is not an end-user trade fair. The exhibition, which consists of leading medical OEM suppliers from around the world, features medical-grade materials, components, electronics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, production machinery, packaging, sterilization, quality systems, device communications, networking, enterprise IT, and much more. It consists of leading medical OEM suppliers from around the world, like 3M, Degussa, Demag, Dow Corning, DuPont, Eastman Chemical, Ethox, GE Advanced Materials, Henkel Loctite, Krauss Maffei, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Nypro, and Sanmina-SCI.

MEDTEC Shanghai includes a premier conference program covering the latest regulatory, quality, and manufacturing issues, and also providing practical solutions, tools, and case studies. Presentations include ISO and quality management systems; Marketing a Medical Device in the United States; and Chinese government regulations for medical devices. Speakers will be representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).

In addition to co-organizer China Association for Medical Devices Industry (CAMDI), other major organizations supporting MEDTEC Shanghai include Biomedical Division The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Medical Plastic Commission of China National, Jiangsu Province Medical Device Association, Zhejing Province Medical Device Association.

The MEDTEC (Medical Equipment Design & Technology Exhibition & Conference) international fair series was launched in 1997, and now includes annual events in China, Germany, and Ireland. MEDTEC Guangzhou will be held March 6-8, 2007. The China fairs are sponsored by the Chinese language magazine CMDM (China Medical Device Manufacturer).

Canon Communications llc is the leading publisher, trade fair producer, and digital media company for the medical manufacturing, general design, microelectronics, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries. For additional information on Canon products, contact the company at 1+ (310) 445-4200 or visit www.cancom.com. To learn more about CAMDI, please call 86-010-62018883 or visit www.camdi.org.

Media Enquiry (Event Manager) ：

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