Medical Device Manufacturers

In the Munich metropolitan area, there is a cluster of more than 200 medical device manufacturers employing some 14,000 individuals. The product spectrum of the highly technology-oriented innovative Munich companies ranges from laboratory devices and medical-device-related services to software for medical applications and a variety of highly-specialized products for surgery, ophthalmology or dentistry. The manufacturers’ focus is on diagnostic, therapeutic and orthopaedic devices. Munich’s medical device businesses are highly specialized and are often international leaders in their fields.

Medical device manufacturers that employ a workforce of more than one hundred include Rodenstock or Stöckert Instruments, which specializes in heart-lung machines.

Near Munich, there are additional large businesses such as BrainLAB, a manufacturer of cancer treatment software, or Heine Optotechnik, a producer of diagnostic instruments and precision optics. What is more, global technology group General Electric operates its GE Global Research Center in the Munich metropolitan area, a research and development department specializing, among other things, in medical devices.