Monday 1 June, 2009 - Lima Corporate, an European based orthopaedic implants company has agreed with Orthotech Pty Ltd, distributor of Lima products in Australia and New Zealand that Lima will create two new entities, Lima Orthopaedics Australia and Lima Orthopaedics New Zealand. The two new companies will deal directly with orthopaedic surgeons in the respective countries.
Lima and Orthotech have shared a long standing relationship since 1995, during which time they have developed Lima hip and shoulder product portfolio and established the SMR Shoulder as the leading shoulder system within Australia and New Zealand.
With 36 staff working across seven locations in capital cities of both countries, Lima Orthopaedics Australia and Lima Orthopaedics New Zealand will be among the largest entities within the Lima Corporate group. The transition will be assisted by Orthotech with approximately 24 of its staff transferring to the new established companies. Lima Corporate has appointed Jonathan Lettin Managing Director of Lima Orthopaedics Australia and Lima Orthopaedics New Zealand.
The new entities will bring to the markets of Australia and New Zealand Lima’s an innovative multi-planar hexagonal cell structure imitating the structure of trabecular bone. Clinical studies have demonstrated excellent osteointegration and a Bone Implant Contact (BIC) of 95% in 26 weeks. Trabecular Titanium can be applied across a large range of prosthetic implants,from primary and revision acetabular cups to cemented cups and glenoid cages.
The President of Lima Corporate Gabriele Lualdi, thanked Orthotech Group’s founder Sam Scott Young for the long lasting cooperation: "We are grateful for Mr. Scott Young’s efforts in promoting our products andfor what we have achieved in more than 15 years of cooperation. The partnership with Orthotech has been among the first set internationally by Lima and has proven to be one of the most successful”.
Sam Scott-Young commented “I wish Lima all the best with their direct entrance into the Australian and New Zealand market place. I am proud to have been involved directly with Lima as a supplier and it has been a pleasure to work with them for more than a decade. I would personally wish Lima every continued success for the future”.
About Orthotech Pty Ltd
Orthotech Orthopaedic Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest privately owned, independent distribution company specialising in the field of Orthopaedic device sales and clinical support. The organisation was established in 1995 to support international companies in bringing cutting edge orthopaedic products into the Australasian market, and encouraging innovation in the rapidly growing Southern Hemisphere medical environment.
With its Head Office in Brisbane, Queensland, Orthotech supplies approximately 250 hospitals throughout Australia and New Zealand with over 6000 product lines of orthopaedic implants, bone graft substitutes and kit components. A total of 65 employees are involved in sales, clinical support, warehousing and distribution and administration functions in Orhotech's 5 Australian and 2 New Zealand office locations.
Orthotech differentiates itself from its competitors by offering a personalised clinical support Representative to Orthopaedic Surgeons and Neurosurgeons for each procedure involving one of the Orthotech product lines.
About Lima Corporate
Lima Corporate is the Italian based International Leader of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
For over 60 years Lima has been present in the medical field with implantable prosthesis substitutive of bone articulations for knee, hip, shoulder and minor joints arthroplasty. Lima Corporate project is to produce a complete system of interchangeable modules to better adapt the implant to each patients needs, thus reducing surgery time and improve functional rehabilitation.
Lima Corporate core business combines its experience in the orthopaedic field with its know-how in the area of implantable materials of biomechanics; it applies distinct concepts such as modularity and the use of innovative materials like Trabecular Titanium and bioceramics. Strongly oriented to international, Lima Corporate has a company structure which consists in three modern facilities in Italy and 13 Subsidiaries worldwide.
Since 2008 the Company Hit Medica is part of Lima Corporate. Hit Medica offers a wide range of trauma, hand and foot surgery products and is continuously committed to the research of innovative procedures, giving the customer the possibility to choose the best surgical solution for every patient. Hit Medica operates in Italy and worldwide through a network of company representatives and exclusive distributors.
