Downs bids for Middle East Success
The Sheffield based premier surgical instrument manufacturer – Downs Surgical – is expected to be awarded a share of the Saudi Arabia and Libya Ministry of Health tenders.
The tenders see money spent on, for example, upgrading hospital equipment and building new hospitals in both countries; with Downs Surgical expected to be appointed one of the providers of surgical instruments covering ENT, gynaecology, obstetrics and general plastics.
Downs Surgical’s distributors presented their final bid for a share of the Libya tender late last year and the Saudi Arabia tender in March 2008 – with winners of both tenders thought be announced in early summer 2008.
Previous to the final bids, Downs Surgical’s regional office in Egypt and their sales manager in Saudi Arabia personally visited both Libya and Saudi Arabia to support their bids. Steve Spurgin, International Business Manager at Downs Surgical, said: “We’ve put much effort into introducing our innovations and growing our business in the Middle East, through activity such as our and the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s organising of an ENT conference for surgeons in the region last year.”
"These tenders see a great amount of money spent on further strengthening the healthcare service in the Middle East, and we look forward to hopefully contributing to this and developing our business by winning a share of the business in these tenders.”
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