The WILD Group and its network partners drew a lot of attention with their WILD Integrated Network (WIN) at the leading international marketplace for medical supplier industry in Düsseldorf.

The COMPAMED 2016 supplier fair in Düsseldorf demonstrated that fundamental changes have taken place in the business relationships between providers and their customers. The future belongs to system partnerships designed with a long-term perspective in mind. Together with its partners from WIN, WILD has highlighted this new trend which no one can afford to ignore anymore. This year’s COMPAMED was the first time that the systems partner put the main focus on its WILD Integrated Network. The reaction was thoroughly positive, as WILD Business Development manager Wolfgang Stiegmaier reports: “There is a clear trend toward networking between companies. This is done partly in clusters and partly on a corporate level, as in the case of WIN. COMPAMED has also furnished proof that cooperations are the ideal solution for customers. This is the reason why the WILD Integrated Network was met with such great interest. Even operators of other networks showed interest in our corporate network”.

In addition to WILD, the booth of the WIN partner network was co-hosted by the product design agency WILDDESIGN, kdg OMPTICOMP and AlphaGate. This concerted appearance left a lasting impression on visitors. “We mutually supported each other to provide existing and potential customers with the best possible explanation of the competencies available to them in WIN. Forwarding partners and existing or potential customers to and from our booth and those of our partners worked perfectly. This too is a demonstration of a well-functioning partner network which ultimately brings decisive benefits for every customer”, Stiegmaier assures.

Potential customers from all over the world

The products and latest developments of all partners were put on display at the fair, ranging from the extremely well-made designs by WILDDESIGN to fascinating optics components by kdg OMPTICOMP and the products that the WILD Group manufactures for its customers. The Biochemistry Analyzer was displayed as a joint project that impressively demonstrates all of the competencies of WIN and furnishes proof of how customers benefit from this interdisciplinary cooperation at every stage of the product development and manufacturing process. PHOTONIC, a company of the WILD Group, presented its diversified portfolio of innovative light solutions at the parallel MEDICA trade fair. “We are very pleased to have received such positive feedback from all of our customers. Interest in our products was enormous and even the range of nationalities interested in our product and service portfolio was impressive. These ranged from Germany and Switzerland to Poland, Tunisia, and India”, says Stiegmaier.

Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, confirms that COMPAMED and MEDICA, the world’s largest medical trade fair, are becoming increasingly more international: “Industry visitors to MEDICA came from 135 nations. At 60 percent, the share of international visitors has reached a new record.” This year’s fair was attended by a total of 127,800 visitors. Over 19,000 of these industry visitors came to halls 8a and 8b where COMPAMED was held, which is now considered the leading event for the supplier market in medical technology manufacturing.”