Merger Strengthens Surgical Equipment Operations

Carl Zeiss Meditec has announced intention to enhance market penetration and future growth in Spain through acquisition of the intraocular lens (IOLs) and ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) business of partner IMEX, based on the Iberian peninsula. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this year. “Merging the sales forces of IMEX and Carl Zeiss Meditec in Spain enables us to offer diagnostic and surgical equipment, as well as the IOLs and OVDs for surgical ophthalmology procedures, to our Iberian customers from a single source,” explained Dr Ludwin Monz, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.” The company expects to improve its business performance in this important market region especially for the surgical ophthalmology business that was successfully developed and  expanded to Portugal by IMEX in recent years.