Terumo builds medical equipment factory in Vietnam
(VOV) - The Japanese Terumo Vietnam Ltd Company has inaugurated a medical equipment factory in Hanoi’s Quang Minh Industrial Zone.
At a ceremony on June 18, Oguma Akita, Managing Director of Terumo Group, said the US$96 million Terumo factory will manufacture and assemble medical machinery and equipment, especially Catheter tubes for patients suffering from heart disease.
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It is expected to employ around 1,000 labourers from Vietnam and Japan.
Terumo considers Vietnam as a major supplier of Catheter tubes for many countries in the world.
In 2012, it started building a similar factory in southern Dong Nai province, which is scheduled for completion in 2015.