OXFORD, England, June 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
- Medical device manufacturer opens new facility in Malaysia to streamline global supply
Owen Mumford, a leader in the medical device industry, today announced its commitment to the Asia Pacific region, with the opening of a new regional hub in Nusajaya, located in the south of Malaysia.
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Under the management of Programme Director APAC, Paula Staples, and Site General Manager, Tan Choon Aik, this facility provides Owen Mumford with additional resources to better serve its customers worldwide by enhancing its packaging services and providing additional warehousing within the region.
With the Malaysian hub set to be up and running in September of this year, Paula Staples, Programme Director APAC at Owen Mumford comments, "We are very grateful to all the Government Departments, the Local Authority and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority for their support in helping Owen Mumford to reach this significant milestone in our project."
Staples continued, "We are well on our way with recruiting our local team who will help deliver our company vision and are truly excited to be extending Owen Mumford's global reach with our innovative products, designed to improve lives and reduce healthcare costs."
Appointed Site General Manager for the new Owen Mumford facility in Malaysia, Tan Choon Aik adds, "I am pleased to be part of the new Owen Mumford team and I hope to learn from my global colleagues, whilst sharing my knowledge and experience with everyone here, so that we can build a bright and successful future. Our location will allow us to improve our service to existing customers in the region as well as introducing new customers to the quality of our products and our operation."
Headquartered in Oxford, England, Owen Mumford operates through regional subsidiaries in the UK, USA, France, Germany, China, Mexico and now Malaysia, supported by specialist distributors across five continents. Selected as one of The World Economic Forum's Global Growth Companies, Owen Mumford is a trusted partner to many of the world's biggest pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies and works closely with a wide range of international partners.
Owen Mumford brings 60 years of 'design to manufacture' experience in the medical device market and is looking forward to working with new customers and partners in the region, exceeding their expectations and improving patients' quality of life.
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About Owen Mumford
Owen Mumford is a major medical device manufacturer that develops pioneering medical devices for our own Owen Mumford brand and custom device solutions for the world's major pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. Owen Mumford's goal is to improve quality of life, encourage adherence to treatment and reduce healthcare costs. Making a world of difference, to a world of people.
With a history of world firsts in device solutions, Owen Mumford offers proven design, development and delivery services from a broad base of proven self-injection and blood sampling platform devices and intellectual property.
In business for over 60 years, Owen Mumford remains privately owned with a focus on long-term investment to deliver sustainable business growth. With a strong internal research and development capability, Owen Mumford's goal is to develop solutions that address today's healthcare demands. Through advanced research involving end-users and health care professionals, and extensive design and manufacturing capabilities, Owen Mumford produces class-leading medical devices that are used by a global audience - exporting over 85% of its products to more than 60 countries worldwide.
Selected as one of The World Economic Forum's Global Growth Companies, Owen Mumford is a trusted partner to many of the world's biggest medical device and pharmaceutical companies and works with international organisations to support customers at a local level and provide consistent and dedicated care.
For further information visit http://www.owenmumford.com/ or follow Owen Mumford on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
