KLS Martin Group

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KLS Martin Group

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founding 1923
Seat Tuttlingen , Germany
Number of employees 1,500
sales EUR 300 million
Branch Medical technology
Website www.klsmartin.com
Status: 2019

The KLS Martin Group is a global family business in medical technology based in Tuttlingen . The group has been dedicated to operative surgery since 1923 . The company develops, produces and sells medical technology products such as implant systems, high-frequency surgical devices, surgical lasers, sterilization containers, operating lights , surgical instruments and complete solutions for the operating room.

history

The headquarters of the Martin Brothers until they moved to Ludwigstaler Str. 132 in Tuttlingen in 1980
KLS Martin + Co. KG company building in Freiburg
KLS Martin + Co. KG company building in Freiburg
KLS Martin WORLD visitor center in Tuttlingen, KLS Martin Platz 3
KLS Martin WORLD visitor center in Tuttlingen, KLS Martin Platz 3

On September 1, 1923 Fritz, Gotthilf Martin and Wilhelm Martin founded the Martin brothers OHG . The company's purpose was the manufacture of surgical instruments and metal goods of all kinds, as well as the trading of own and third-party products. One of the first HF devices was developed in cooperation with the University Medical Center Freiburg . Gotthilf and Wilhelm Martin left the company a short time later and Fritz Martin initially took over his brothers' shares. The managing director at Gebrüder Martin OHG was Rudolf Buck, who also took the initiative to merge other Tuttlingen-based companies in the medical technology sector. In the following years, the Martin brothers, OHG, took over the distribution of products from Rudolf Buck GmbH, Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Berchtold brothers GmbH & Co. KG, Ueth & Haug GmbH, Karl Vögele Medizintechnik GmbH, H. + H. Handte GmbH & Co. KG and Josef Heiss OHG .

Fritz Martin sold his shares to the other shareholders soon after the merger. The company name Gebrüder Martin OHG, which is now known in the international markets, was continued.

The Second World War initially stopped further development. A company building was completely destroyed in 1945 and the situation forced employees to work in emergency shelters.

In the 1950s, new catalogs appeared, and new product lines such as surgical instruments made of stainless steel were added to the range. The company established itself internationally through participation in international trade fairs and through worldwide marketing activities. In 1975, together with Prof. Champy from Strasbourg , mini-plate osteosynthesis was developed in oral surgery. In 1980 a new sales building was built in Ludwigstaler Str. 132 in Tuttlingen and in 1981 the company moved into. In 1990 Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik GmbH was founded. A year later, the Berchtold brothers left the group. Their capital shares were transferred to the companies Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen , and Fritz Hüttinger Medizintechnik GmbH + Co. KG, Freiburg . The two companies were henceforth additional shareholders.

The development of the ulnar head prosthesis in 1992 marked the start of hand surgery . In the same year, the first subsidiary Martin Italia Srl, based in the greater Milan area in Italy, started operations. In 1993 laser devices for contactless cutting, ablation and hemostasis were added to the range and Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik founded KLS Martin LP in Jacksonville ( Florida ), which from then on sells special products for oral and maxillofacial surgery , plastic surgery and neurosurgery in North America.

In 1995 Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik GmbH bought the shareholder company H. + H. Handte GmbH & Co. KG and took over their shares in Gebrüder Martin. The shareholder companies Karl Vögele Medizintechnik GmbH and Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik GmbH were merged in 1995 and in 1998 the company shares of Josef Heiss OHG were taken over. 1995 with Nippon Martin KK was founded in Tokyo and further subsidiaries were founded in Huizen near Amsterdam and Martin Nederland / Marned BV.

In 2000 the MY40 laser was specially developed for lung surgery. In 2001 the shares of Ueth & Haug GmbH in Gebrüder Martin were bought up by Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG and merged with them. The company shares of Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG in Gebrüder Martin were taken over in 2004 by Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG and merged with it and the name KLS Martin Group was introduced as an umbrella brand. In the same year Fritz Hüttinger Medizintechnik GmbH + Co. KG was renamed Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG. Thereafter, the company shares were taken over by Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG and another name change to KLS Martin + Co. KG. In the course of further expansion, the new goods provision center was built in Tuttlingen in 2003 . The maXium HF device was introduced at the same time . In 2005 the entry into HF vessel sealing followed and the subsidiary KLS Martin France SARL was opened in Colmar .

In 2006 the SonicWeld Rx system for osteosynthesis in oral and maxillofacial surgery was introduced. The ultrasound device enables absorbable osteosynthesis materials to be anchored in the bone structure. In the following years, various representative offices were opened. 2007 in Moscow , 2010 in Shanghai and 2011 in Dubai In the same year the subsidiary KLS Martin UK Ltd. was founded in Reading, England . founded and introduced the modular concept marWORLD® to offer individual complete solutions for the operating room from a single source.

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Gebrüder Martin in 2013, the roundabout in Ludwigstaler Strasse in Tuttlingen was officially renamed KLS Martin Platz. At the same time as the name was given, a sculpture by the artist Jörg Bach was unveiled in the center of the circle . The official address of Gebrüder Martin is now: KLS Martin Platz 1 (formerly Ludwigstaler Str. 132).

2014 The company began using additive manufacturing processes to develop and manufacture patient-specific implants made of biocompatible materials. In the same year, subsidiaries were founded in Penang in Malaysia (KLS Martin SE Asia Sdn. Bhd.), Brazil (KLS Martin do Brasil Ltda.) And in the greater Sydney area (KLS Martin Australia Pty Limited).

In 2016, the web-based platform and app IPS Gate was presented to handle the ordering, design and shipping process of individually planned and produced patient-specific implants and for the social networking of surgeons as well as the software IPS CaseDesigner for planning and simulation of surgical interventions and patient-specific ones Implants. In the same year, KLS Martin GmbH + Co. KG moved from Umkirch to a new company building in Freiburg . and the new visitor center KLS Martin WORLD opened in Tuttlingen. At the same time was in India , the subsidiary KLS Martin India Pvt Ltd. and in Penang in Malaysia as well as KLS Martin Manufacturing LLC in Jacksonville ( Florida ) the first production facility outside Germany opened.

Companies

The KLS Martin Group consists of four manufacturing companies and the two sales organizations. In addition to the sales activities of Gebrüder Martin and KLS Martin LP, several subsidiaries were founded in Italy , Great Britain , the Netherlands , Japan , China , Australia , Brazil , Malaysia and India . There are representative offices in Russia and Dubai . Today the KLS Martin Group is active in over 140 countries.

The four manufacturing companies include Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG, KLS Martin GmbH + Co. KG, KLS Martin Medical GmbH & Co. KG and Rudolf Buck GmbH. Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1896 with headquarters in Mühlheim an der Donau . The company is still family-owned and is now run by the fourth and fifth generations of the Leibinger family. Rudolf Buck GmbH is also based in Mühlheim an der Donau. Like Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik, the company was one of the seven founding members of Gebrüder Martin. KLS Martin GmbH + Co. KG in Freiburg looks back on a long tradition in the field of electrosurgery . The company produced its first electrosurgical devices back in 1922 - at that time still under the name Fritz Hüttinger. Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik GmbH was originally founded in 1884 by the instrument manufacturer Karl Vögele. The company was owned by the Stuckenbrock family until 2020. With effect from May 1, 2020, the Karl Leibinger Group took over the main business operations of Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik and its shares in Gebrüder Martin. Business operations will be continued under the new company name KLS Martin Medical GmbH & Co. KG. The company's headquarters are in Tuttlingen .

KLS Martin is a member of the trade association for industrial companies in Baden .

In the 2019 financial year, the KLS Martin Group achieved sales of around EUR 300 million with around 1,500 employees. About 10% of sales were generated in Germany, 50% in the USA and 40% in the rest of the world.

Products

The KLS Martin Group's product portfolio comprises five areas:

Research and Development

The KLS Martin Group employs around 120 people in research and development. New developments as well as training and further education measures are often carried out in cooperation with medical professionals. There is close cooperation with the SORG Group (Strasbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group) and the BIRG Group (Bone Implant Research Group).

public perception

social commitment

The KLS Martin Group is a patron of local sports clubs and cultural events. The group has been the main sponsor of the 10 km run at run & fun in Tuttlingen since 2015. Scientific institutions such as Furtwangen University are also supported.

At the international level, the group of companies is involved in the form of monetary or material donations in crisis areas or developing countries. Scientific purposes are also supported. In 2014, a five-year debt to the IAOMS Foundation for a total of $ 400,000 was decided. The IAMOS Foundation is committed to improving treatment standards in oral and maxillofacial surgery through education and training.

Product awards

Numerous KLS Martin products have received prizes such as the red dot design award , the iF product design award , the Green Dot Awards and the Design Center Baden-Württemberg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KLS Martin Group: Press release: KLS Martin Group will again increase worldwide sales by almost 10% in 2019. In: klsmartin.com. February 18, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b KLS Martin Group: Products. In: klsmartin.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b KLS Martin Group: History. In: klsmartin.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017 ; accessed on May 24, 2017 .
  4. ↑ New name, new sculpture: KLS Martin Platz solemnly named. In: tuttlingen.de. December 13, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ IPS Gate. In: ips.klsmartin.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017 (English).
  6. ^ A b Holger Schindler: High-tech company KLS Martin moves from Umkirch to Freiburg . Ed .: badische-zeitung.de. April 4, 2014 ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed May 24, 2017]).
  7. ↑ a b bo.de (ed.): KLS Martin builds at Freiburg airfield . April 3, 2014 ( bo.de [accessed May 24, 2017]).
  8. ^ Christian Gerards: KLS Martin inaugurates training center . In: Schwäbische.de . January 20, 2016 ( schwaebische.de [accessed February 16, 2017]).
  9. ^ Ludger Möllers: Topping-out ceremony at the KLS training center . In: schwaebische.de . November 27, 2014 ( schwaebische.de [accessed May 26, 2017]).
  10. ↑ schwaebische.de (ed.): KLS Martin builds training center . March 20, 2014 ( schwaebische.de [accessed May 26, 2017]).
  11. ↑ "KLS Martin World" - new KLS Martin Group training center inaugurated. In: muehlheim-donau.de. January 20, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
  12. ↑ KLS Martin plans RM100m investment in Penang planned over next 5 years. In: thesundaily.my. March 9, 2016, accessed May 26, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Gov. Scott announces KLS Martin Group establishing first US manufacturing operations in Jacksonville. In: flgov.com. July 20, 2016, accessed May 26, 2017 .
  14. ↑ KLS Martin Group: Karl Leibinger Group takes over major business operations of Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik and its shares in Gebrüder Martin. May 4, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Member company of the wvib
  16. ↑ KLS Martin Group: Press release | In 2019, the KLS Martin Group again increased its global sales by almost 10%. February 18, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Arne Torikka: Some technology gets us in the bones. In: fazschule.net. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  18. ↑ SORG - Strasbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group In: sorg-group.com , accessed on May 26, 2017th
  19. ↑ BIRG - Bone Implant Research Group In: birg-group.de , accessed on May 26, 2017.
  20. ↑ KLS Martin Group supports “17. Tuttlinger Crow ". In: tuttlingen.de. January 11, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  21. ↑ schwaebische.de (Hrsg.): Help for birth trauma women in Ethiopia . May 2, 2017 ( schwaebische.de [accessed May 24, 2017]).
  22. ↑ KLS Martin 10km run. In: runundfun.de. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Furtwangen University: donation of equipment from KLS Martin for practical training. In: hs-furtwangen.de. February 4, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
  24. ↑ KLS Martin Group as a gold sponsor. annual report 2016 - Human Outreach Project, humanoutreachproject.org
  25. ↑ issuu.com/iaoms (ed.): The IAOMS Foundation in 2015 . March 26, 2015, p. 24-25 ( issuu.com [accessed May 26, 2017]).
  26. ↑ reddot design award for marLED® operating theater lights. In: Medizin-und-technik.industrie.de. August 11, 2008, accessed May 31, 2017 .
  27. ↑ KLS Martin Group: iF product design award for BOS Driver & Drill | Battery operated screwdriver and drill. In: klsmartin.com. 2005, accessed May 31, 2017 .
  28. ↑ KLS Martin Group: iF product design award for IXOS and LIMAX. (No longer available online.) In: klsmartin.com. 2011, archived from the original on August 8, 2017 ; accessed on May 31, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klsmartin.com

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