Kitron: New orders from CellaVision

Kitron ASA's subsidiary Kitron AB in Jönköping, Sweden has received new orders, worth more than NOK 45 million annually from CellaVision. The orders are for the manufacture of advanced medical instruments for routine analysis of blood and other body fluids. Deliveries will take place in 2012. "This order confirms Kitron's leading position as a manufacturing partner of advanced medical equipment. We are very pleased that CellaVision has again chosen Kitron as EMS partner," says Thomas Löfgren, General Manager, Kitron Sweden. CellaVision has been a customer of Kitron since 2003. In 2011, the manufacturing was successfully transferred from Kitron's factory in Karlskoga to the factory in Jönköping. "The relocation of our production program from Karlskoga to Jönköping was conducted according to plan in a serious and professional manner. With improvements in manufacturing and supply facilities, we look forward to continue our successful partnership in 2012, " says Stefan Bengtsson, COO of CellaVison.