35 Year Jubilee at Sysmex Europe’s Production Facilities
1 Jun 2015Sysmex Europe GmbH – the global leader for hematology diagnostics and service – celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. At festivities to be held on July 6th, 2015, politicians and officials from Japan, the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as suppliers and cooperation partners will come together to honor Sysmex and its 35 years’ of dedication to the advancement of healthcare throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
At the same time, the newest extension to the Sysmex Europe production facilities will be christened. Located in Neumunster, the production plant exemplifies Sysmex’s consistent commitment to cutting-edge technologies, customer satisfaction and sustainability. President and CEO Dr. Jürgen Schulze underpins the company’s clearly-driven activities, saying “Sysmex has continuously invested in product quality while respecting our employees, the communities we work in and the environment. It is our firm belief that business excellence, product quality and value for money for our customers are best achieved by acting in a responsible manner. And our success in the EMEA region has proven it for 35 years now”.
As the global leader in hematology, Sysmex Europe also offers state-of-the-art products and high-quality services in the areas hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, life science, biosciences, near patient testing and automation. Now among Europe’s top laboratory diagnostics and healthcare companies, Sysmex designs and produces diagnostic solutions for medical laboratories, including automation.
The company has received numerous awards for its equipment, including the German Design Award for the XN-2000 hematology analyzer and XN reagents in the hematology field. At the same time, Sysmex Europe is not only a leader in high-tech diagnostic solutions and services, it was also rated a Great Place to Work® by an independent survey completed in 2014*. Together with Sysmex Deutschland GmbH, Hitado GmbH, Sysmex Partec GmbH and Sysmex Inostics GmbH, Sysmex Europe employs over 700 people in Germany.
Since its establishment in 1980, Sysmex Europe has grown continuously and was listed with Sysmex Corporation on the Kobe and Osaka stock exchange in 1995. Sysmex Deutschland was also founded in 1995 and is now the largest EMEA affiliate and the largest European market. Sysmex Europe GmbH developed rapidly into a highly professional headquarters with 250 associates and now supports the operations of 20 affiliates and around 90 distributors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with sub-regional headquarters with dedicated training centers in Dubai, Johannesburg and Moscow. Sysmex products are distributed in over 100 countries in the EMEA region.
* The German section of the independent, international institution Great Place to Work® is located in Cologne. More information can be found online at www.greatplacetowork.de.