オットーボックグループのニュース

Global success for wheelchairs from Thuringia –
Mobility Theme World evolves
Königsee, Germany. With the expansion of their Königsee location and irrespective of the global economic crisis, Otto Bock HealthCare, global market leader in orthopaedics technology, invests in the future. On June 24, 2010, Thuringia's Economics Minister, Matthias Machnig, and family entrepreneur, Prof. Hans Georg Näder, broke ground for the 3,600sqm extensions. EUR 7m will be invested.

1st Birthday of the Science Center Medical Technology in Berlin
The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology has far exceeded the forecast of 100,000 guests per year, which was publicised during the grand opening on June 16, 2009. The concept of presenting the topic of physical mobility with exciting multimedia installations suitable for a broad audience has proven itself. With the respectable number of 140,111 guests, the "Muscle House" on the Potsdamer Platz has established itself as a new Berlin attraction on its 1st birthday.

Long Night of Sciences in the Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology
Around 70 archives, libraries, laboratories, and other facilities offered a look behind the scenes during the Long Night of Sciences (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften) in Berlin and Potsdam. The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology was also open on Saturday, June 5 and invited visitors to go on an exciting voyage of discovery.

Gait training DVD for technicians, therapists, and C-Leg® users
The number 1 challenge physically and mentally for people who have had a leg amputated is to get back to their independent way of life. Otto Bock has prepared a gait-training DVD with the support of experienced prosthetists and physical therapists.

Otto Bock with world novelties in upper and lower limb prosthetics
With cutting-edge technology and record numbers, the world-leading ORTHOPÄDIE + REHA-TECHNIK (ORTHOPAEDICS + REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY) trade fair in Leipzig highlighted the achievement potential of medical technology as a growth industry. 554 exhibitors from 45 countries enjoyed the attention of over 21,200 visitors – a solid 17 percent more compared to 2008. As the global market leader in the field of prosthetics, the contribution by Otto Bock HealthCare included two outstanding product premieres.

上海万国博覧会2010　「ライフ＆サンシャインパビリオン」が開館
2010年5月10日,「ライフ＆サンシャインパビリオン（生命陽光館）」が、中国の副首相、回良玉氏を迎え、開館しました。その後、回良玉氏はオットーボック・ヘルスケア社の会長兼CEOであるHans Georg Näder教授の案内で、オットーボックがこのパビリオンの中にデザインした展示「我々を動かしているものを発見しよう」を見学しました。

Science Center Medizintechnik: Ab heute Sonderausstellung zur Weltausstellung 2010
Einen weiteren Veranstaltungshöhepunkt präsentiert die Otto Bock HealthCare im Science Center Medizintechnik, Ebertstraße 15a in Berlin: Anlässlich der World Expo 2010 eröffnet das MedTech-Unternehmen am heutigen Donnerstag, 29. April, eine Sonderausstellung, die bis zum Ende der Expo am 31. Oktober einen Hauch von Shanghai in die deutsche Hauptstadt bringt.

オットーボック社、上海でフィジカルモビリティの世界を展開。
5月1日から10月31日まで上海で開催されているExpo2010では、160年間に渡る万国博覧会の歴史の中で初めて、障害者に特化した「ライフ＆サンシャインパビリオン（生命陽光館）」がオープンし、オットーボック社はこのパビリオンで「ヒトの動き」をテーマにした展示をしています。

「テルモリンスキンガード」がiF material award 2010（2010 IF マテリアル賞）を受賞
オットーボック・ヘルスケア社が開発した「テルモリンスキンガードの製品群」がハノーバーメッセでiF material award 2010を受賞しました。義肢のソケット製作に使用されるこの抗菌加工の熱可塑性プラスチックは、肌との相性の良さにより、快適な装着感を可能にしました。

German championships coming to South Lower Saxony?
As runners-up in the sport of indoor football for company teams in Germany, players and coaches of the Otto Bock company sports team received the golden honorary pin of the Lower Saxony Company-Facilitated Sports Association. Heinz Carstens, Managing Director of the association and Hans-Jürgen Bornemann, Deputy Chairperson of the Südharz Company-Facilitated Sports Association, visited Otto Bock in Duderstadt for the presentation and were welcomed by chairman and CEO Professor Hans Georg Näder.

バンクバー・パラリンピック競技大会の閉会式前に、スノードームは15,000人の来場者を記録
バンクーバーで開催されている第10回冬季パラリンピック競技大会は2010年3月21日の閉会式で終了します。スキーで有名なウィスラーに設置されたスノードームも閉館となります。　このスノードームでは、国際パラリンピック委員会とオットーボック社により、初の共同展示「私たちを動かしているものを理解しよう」が行なわれています。

Contract signed in Vancouver, objectives defined.
The German Association for Disabled Sports (Deutscher Behindertensportverband, DBS) and the medical technology company Otto Bock HealthCare signed a cooperation agreement this past Wednesday (March 17, 2010). It creates a solid foundation for cooperation which has been ongoing for many years.

President of the Austrian Paralympic Committee moderates Paralympics Forum.
A newly constructed low-energy building is currently designated as Austria House in Whistler and will subsequently be transferred to the municipality, most likely to establish a home for the mountain bike movement. This is where the Otto Bock Evening was held within the framework of the ongoing Paralympics. Forum contributions by Professor Hans Georg Näder, Dr. Hans Dietl and Reini Sampl were moderated by former Minister of Health Maria Rauch-Kallat, who has been President of the Austrian Paralympic Committee since April 2009.

Muffy Davis presents questions-and-answers session with Sir Craven and Professor Näder.
A whole evening, the IPC Lounge in Whistler was marked by Otto Bock HealthCare, who had organized a reception together with the International Paralympic Committee. It was an enjoyable evening with plenty of information resulting from a questions-and-answers session with IPC President Sir Philip Craven and Professor Hans Georg Näder, presented by Muffy Davis, US American monoskier idol, who won numerous medals in her career and meanwhile acts as an official ambassador of the IPC.

DBS President Beucher himself updates success record.
It is beautiful and heavy: the gold medal Martin Braxenthaler brought with him for his first visit to the Snow Dome in Whistler. In the common Paralympics exhibition by the International Paralympic Committee and Otto Bock he signed the exhibition canvas that was dedicated to him with text and picture. Friedhelm Beucher, President of the German Association for Disabled Sports (DBS), insisted on adding himself the slalom gold medal of 2010 to the list of the monoskier's greatest successes – which already is Martin Braxenthaler's 8th medal.

Presentation ceremony on Medals Plaza by Professor Hans Georg Näder.
Martin Braxenthaler has won the second gold medal for Germany at the Paralympics in Vancouver. In doing so, the moniskier had already reached his minimum goal at the presentation ceremony with Professor Hans Georg Näder on Medals Plaza. He wanted to get on the podium at least once during these games. Now he won gold - number eight in his career - in the first of five competitions.

Official inauguration of the “Spirit in Motion” Paralympics exhibition.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Otto Bock have hit the mark with their exhibition “Spirit in Motion – Discover what Moves Us” in Whistler. Around 7,000 visitors came to the Snow Dome even before it was officially opened by IPC President Sir Phillip Craven and Mayor of Whistler Ken Melamed along with Professor Hans Georg Näder and Marc Agro from Otto Bock on the first day of Paralympics competition (March 13, 2010).

The new Harmony® P3 pump by Otto Bock.
The Harmony® system, which stands for active volume management and improved adhesion, has established itself as the fitting standard for transtibial amputations. For Otto Bock, this success is no reason to rest on its laurels: After further development work, the company is now presenting the new Harmony® P3 pump.

国際パラリンピック協会（IPC）とオットーボック社が共同で展示
国際パラリンピック委員会（IPC）とオットーボック・ヘルスケア社は3月12日から21日までバンクーバーで開催される冬季パラリンピック競技大会で展示ブースを設営し、「躍動へのスピリット－私たちを動かしているもの楽しもう（理解しよう）。」のタイトルのもとパラリンピックに関連した内容の展示をします。

ドイツ、ニーダーザクセン州からメディカルテクノロジーカンパニーとしてオットーボック・ヘルスケア社が展示制作の任にあたります。
事故や病気に次いで、平均余命の伸びによる高齢化が運動機能を制限する原因として重要視されてきています。5月1日～10月31日まで上海で開催される上海万博2010では、グローバルな課題としてヒトの動きについての研究を取上げます。

Premiere: International Paralympic Winter Day in Moscow
Ice hockey fans in Russia still idolise him as the “man with 1000 hands”. Wladislaw Tretjak, ten-time world champion and best goalie of all time, returned to the ice during International Paralympic Winter Day (IPWD) on Red Square in Moscow (on December 12, 2009) and guarded the goal of the German sledge hockey team for 15 minutes for a 10:1 win against the Netherlands.

Christian Kandlbauer can sense temperature, identify rough and smooth surfaces and feel the strength of a handshake with an artificial hand. This is the first time a prosthesis has transmitted such sensory perceptions back to the brain via nerve tracts: A milestone in the history of prosthetics.

Easier fabrication process of the threadless valves PushValve 21Y14 and MagValve 21Y15.

Was Technologie für den Menschen bedeuten kann, hat gerade eine Medien-Veranstaltung im Otto Bock Science Center Medizintechnik mit einem eindrucksvollen Beispiel gezeigt: Christian Kandlbauer fährt mit zwei Armprothesen Auto.

Die neuen Behindertensportler des Jahres sind Michael Teuber, Andrea Rothfuss und die Mitglieder der Rollstuhlcurling-Nationalmannschaft. Ihre feierliche Auszeichnung war am 12. November der Höhepunkt bei der Gala des Förderkreises Behindertensport „Nacht der Stars“ im Berliner Hotel Maritim.

オットーボック・ヘルスケア社のCEOであるハンス・ゲオルグ・ネーダーが首都医科大学の客員教授に任命されました。
2009年10月26日、ハンス・ゲオルグ・ネーダーはベルリンの姉妹都市、北京にある首都医科大学の客員教授に任命されました。　このことにより、オットーボック・ヘルスケア社の会長でありCEOである彼が、医療分野におけるドイツと中国の連携にまた一つ絆を構築したことになります。

The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology in Berlin was honoured as a “Place in the Land of Ideas” on Saturday, October 3.
Sebastian Peichl, Director of the Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology, accepted the award on behalf of Professor Hans Georg Näder, chairman and CEO of Otto Bock HealthCare.

Improved performance and functionality.
The improved Harmony® e-pulse was released in September with three main performance and functional improvements – durable filtration, airtight performance and ability to flush with distilled water.

Otto Bock supports the exhibition IdeenExpo 2009 to get young people excited about technical occupations.
In order to get young people excited about technology and technical occupations, Otto Bock HealthCare is once again represented with its own booth at IdeenExpo from September 5 through 13, 2009.

オットーボックグループのシニア・エグゼクティブが永眠いたしました。
オットーボックグループはシニア・エグゼクティブであるDr. マックス・ネーダーが7月24日（金曜日）に94歳で逝去したことで深い悲しみにつつまれています。葬儀は7月31日、St. Servatius protestant churchにて執り行われます。

技術のショーケースとも言えるユニークな建物がベルリンに誕生
世界中からドイツの首都を訪れる観光客にとっても新しいアトラクションの一つとなるオットーボック　サイエンスセンター　メディカルテクノロジーが2009年6月16日にオープンしました。

The Polytol® PU resin kit from Otto Bock has received no less than two design awards: The iF material award 2009 and the DESIGN PLUS 2009 award. In prosthetics, the Polytol® PU resin kit is used to fabricate flexible inner sockets. It is skin-friendly and features high permanent elasticity.

German Design Award for the Lumbo TriStep from Otto Bock.
The Lumbo TriStep back orthosis from Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH has received the German Design Award in silver during the opening of the international “Ambiente” trade fair in Frankfurt. In its statement, the jury mainly emphasised the favourable combination of materials and design.

Otto Bock will count on competent consulting and intensive dialogue at the Arab Health 2009. You are invited for extensive conversations, communication exchange and demonstration of state-of-the-art fitting procedures at our Otto Bock stand CD 90. Experience the world of orthopaedic technology and Otto Bock expertise.

The Otto Bock Foundation supports direct aid and training of orthopaedic technicians.
The Otto Bock Foundation will continue and expand its aid to children who became victims of the earthquake catastrophe in the Chinese province of Si Chuan in May 2008.

Prof.ハンス・ゲオルグ・ネーダー　Heinrich Bürkle de la Camp Medal  を受賞
2008年10月13日、オットーボック・グループのCEOである Prof.ハンス・ゲオルグ・ネーダー は、メディカル・テクノロジー分野への貢献により、Heinrich Bürkle de la Camp Medaｌ　を授与されました。　授与式はハイデルベルグで行なわれた「第46回ドイツ　形成外科協会」の開会式の中で執り行われました。

Now that the shell of the Otto Bock Science Center for Medical Technology is complete, a topping-out ceremony was held this Friday, October 10, 2008 on the Ebertstraße construction site in Berlin. The cornerstone for the Otto Bock Science Center for Medical Technology was laid here six months ago in the presence of Berlin’s incumbent mayor Klaus Wowereit as well as political and industry VIPs.

Christian Wulff Visits Victims of Catastrophic Earthquake
The relief action “Give Children a Future” sponsored by the Otto Bock Foundation supports girls and boys that fell victim to the catastrophic earthquake in the Sichuan region of China. Premier of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff spoke to some of these children for 45 minutes during a reception at the German embassy in Beijing on German Unification Day.

CDPF and Otto Bock Sign Policy Statement.
Cooperation between the Chinese organisation for the disabled CDPF and the medical technology company Otto Bock HealthCare is being expanded.

Otto Bock HealthCare will present numerous new products at the REHACARE that will take place from 15 to 18 October 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Moreover, the company will make use of this international trade fair to introduce its "Kids Concept", which has been specially geared to the needs of children with disabilities, as well as the "Premium Products Range", a new business segment with its own product portfolio.

Paralympics experiences in the Otto Bock workshop.
The Otto Bock team consisting of 136 orthopedic technicians from 19 countries handled 2161 jobs at the Paralympics. While this figure corresponds to the results in Athens 2004, much was different at the 2008 games in Beijing. At the closing ceremonies in the “Bird’s Nest”, IPC president Sir Philip Craven spoke of “the best Paralympics of all time” before an audience of 95,000. This applied to the competitions as well as life in the Paralympic Village, where the Otto Bock workshop became a multicultural meeting place.

パートナーシップを2012年まで契約更新しました。
第１３回北京パラリンピック競技大会は競技のチケットが完売など、熱狂の内に開催中ですが、国際パラリンピック委員会（IPC）とメディカルテクノロジーカンパニー、オットーボック社は現在の提携協力を2012年まで延長しました。

Available on our website: detailed information about new Otto Bock products recently introduced at the Trade show for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Technology:
Helix3D Hip Joint System, new C-Leg®compact, new Generation of 3R90 and 3R92 Modular Knee Joints with Friction Brake and the 3R41 Modular Knee Joint with Lock.

Discussion Forum “Elite Paralympic Sports Facing New Challenges”
This Thursday May 22, 2008, the topic “Elite Paralympic Sports Facing New Challenges” was discussed by Prof. Dr. Gert-Peter Brüggemann , Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper and Heinrich Popow.

Laying the Cornerstone for the Medical Technology Competence Centre
The Medical Technology Competence Centre allows anyone to experience the fascination of things we may otherwise take for granted.

International match – ladies’ wheelchair basketball in Göttingen before the national league game of BG 74 vs. Skyliners Frankfurt
Five-time European Champions, two subsequent awards for Team of the Year – now all the German national ladies’ wheelchair basketball team needs is a medal at the Paralympics in Beijing (September 6 to 17, 2008).

1958, Minneapolis: Dr. Max Näder Founds Otto Bock USA
Otto Bock took the first step towards establishing a global brand at a time when globalisation was still an unknown term for medium-sized family enterprises in Germany. CEO Dr. Max Näder and his wife Maria first travelled to the United States in 1956. Their second visit led to the founding of “Otto Bock Orthopedic Industry, Inc.” in Minneapolis on February 21, 1958.

 “This has been the most exciting period in the history of the company”
In 2007, the consolidated turnover of the Otto Bock Group rose from 541 to 560 million euros. This constitutes a currency adjusted sales growth of 9.4%.

Heinrich Popow is an advocate of cultural diversity. The athlete and member of the TSV Bayer O4 Leverkusen team has been appointed national Ambassador for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) along with film composer Hans Zimmer, actress Minh-Khai Phan-Thi and other high-profile figures.