São Paulo – Engemed, a Brazilian manufacturer of urology equipment, wants to export to the Arab countries. Three years ago, the Mogi das Cruzes-based enterprise attended Arab Health, a medical industry fair held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; however, it does not sell to the Middle East at this time.
“The region’s medical industry is expanding,” says the company director Carlos Epifanio Palacios Puertas regarding Engemed’s plans of entering the Arab market.
Engemed makes two models of lithotripter and one model of U-shaped fluoroscopy X-ray machine. The three pieces of equipment are designed to fragment renal calculi, and are employed by urologists. According to Puertas, the output is approximately 45 lithotripters per year, of which five are extracorporeal and 40 are intracorporeal. The former use shock waves, while the latter fragments the calculi via endoscopy.
The company does export, but not regularly. Engemed’s leading foreign market is Venezuela, according to the company executive. The equipment’s buyers, both in Brazil and abroad, are clinics and hospitals.
Engemed was founded in 1996 by its current directors, Puertas, Carlos Rodrigues and Ricardo Almeida. In the beginning they were a provider of technical assistance for lithotripsy equipment. A few years later, the partners built the plant and started making the lithotripters. Engemed has two units, one for production and the other for technical assistance. Both units are located in Mogi das Cruzes.
Contact:
Engemed
Telephone: (+55 11) 4722-4866
Email: atendimento@engemed.com
Website: www.engemed.com
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
