Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
2.3 Industry Profile
There are currently 230 companies within the scope of this environmental scan. Majority of the
companies are manufacturer of consumables.
Figure 2-9: Breakdown of Medical Devices Industry by Sub-sector
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Patient aids
2%
Diagnostic imaging
3%
Orthopaedics and
prosthetics
7%
•
Other medical
devices
16%
Surgical / medical gloves:
29%
Other medical
consumables: 43%
Consumables
72%
N=230
* Based on main business activity
Source: Ipsos research
2.3.1 Employment Size
In terms of employment size, 54% of the companies are SMEs while 37% are large companies.
The other 9% were reluctant to reveal their employment size.
57% of the companies in diagnostic imaging sub-sector and half in patient aids sub-sector are
large, while other sub-sectors mainly consist of SMEs.
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