Specialty Medical Device Distributor in Eastern Europe seeks partners wishing to distribute their value added products in this region. Distributor has operations serving Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia Montenegro, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Company principals have employment record at major US medical device manufacturers in addition to having clinicians on [...]
About Frank Barlin
Frank is the founder and managing partner at Sibaya. He provides recognized leadership in homecare consulting and has advised firms ranging in size from those listed on the NYSE and the LSE to early stage startups. Frank’s international experience is broad-based, having spent his professional life based in Europe, the United States and South Africa. Prior to founding Sibaya in 2002 he was European Vice President for a publicly traded healthcare company. In addition he has held various country general management positions and directorships. Recent home healthcare projects include European business development, acquisition strategy and advice, competitive benchmarking, Asian outsourcing and turnaround management. He works out of the Paris office.Author Archive | Frank Barlin
Sibaya China Manufacturing Capability
Sibaya China Joint Venture Aluminum Manufacture Extrusions, Parts, Assemblies Company founded in 1960 ISO 9001:2000 Certified 5 Extrusion machines from 690 – 2100 tons Fully integrated mold manufacture, CNC milling, bending, punching capability Served industries, industrial, construction, healthcare mobility, bicycle frames, electronic, various parts all industries International specifications for Aluminum Quality Capability Microstructure Analysis Spectrometer [...]
Breast – Care Single Use Diagnostic Product
US based company has developed and manufactures non invasive early stage breast care diagnosis product which can act as a screen in breast disease alongside traditional diagnostic tools. Product is FDA approved and CE marked. Distributors and business development partners are sought in Western and Southern European countries as well as Asia, Australia, Latin America [...]
Home Healthcare Meetings – Medtrade USA and Rehacare Europe
For “Marketplace” readers that are already in the homecare business they will know the two major events that it is obligatory to attend. For those wishing to learn more about this dynamic industry or are looking for business partners and opportunities the following two meetings are “must attends”. The only downside is that they are [...]
China – Specialty Aluminium Extrusion – Including Healthcare Product- Manufacture
Fully integrated Chinese manufacturer � from mold production through to extrusion and milling and processing of parts, supplies large US and European companies with high quality, economic solutions for their manufacturing and assembly components. In addition is a major supplier to international companies based in China. Company is certified to ISO standard as well as [...]
France – Labor Law Update – Opportunity?
This AP – Yahoo news update refers to a small but important step in creating a more flexible work force in one of Europe’s biggest economies. Companies (small) in France will now be able to terminate workers with less than two years service for little, if any reason. The government hopes this move will (among [...]
Homecare Industry Update Europe – China Currency Revaluation
This post a few days ago refers to the impact of Asian sourcing on both large traditional homecare manufacturers and the smaller “importer” – fast brand developing companies in Europe and in Germany in particular. The announcement (see Reuters article) today of the Yuan revaluation is probably going to remove a point or two of [...]
Homecare Industry Update � Europe, Germany
This article from HME News may be of particular interest to the homecare industry in Europe and especially Germany where there are distinct similarities with the US concerning issues of pricing pressure, reimbursement and costs which have become increasingly important. Adding fuel to the fire the classical �importers� into Germany (3rd biggest world homecare market) [...]
