BIT Expands Asian Presence With New Division in Japan

Working in conjunction with BIT’s existing Chinese manufacturing base, BIT Japan Ltd. is expected to expand the sales and marketing activities of its contract development and manufacturing services for Japanese and other Asian clients in the IVD and life-science fields.

Selected to lead the new venture are Mr. Hiroshi Mitsumaki and Mr. Hayanami Kudo. Mr. Mitsumaki has more than 30 years of IVD system development and management experience and has served as president and CEO of the personal healthcare venture company at Hitachi Ltd. In addition, Mr. Mitsumaki is experienced in large-scale project management with companies including Boehringer-Mannheim (currently Roche Diagnostics)/Hitachi 911 and Modular Analytics. Mr. Kudo has more than 30 years of IVD service provider and management experience, Most recently, he served as the executive vice president at SRL, Inc., the largest commercial laboratory in Japan.


The Asian IVD market has become the third-largest region in the world, following the North American and European markets, and is viewed as a burgeoning business climate for high-tech IVD companies, according to BIT officials. BIT Japan will help Japanese and Asian clients to launch their instruments faster and more cost-effectively than their competitors with full product support for the long term.
 

For more than 35 years, BIT Companies has provided instrument contract product development, manufacturing and after-sale services to medical, diagnostic, and biotechnology clients. A division of the Messer Group, BIT Companies offer their systems solutions worldwide and with adherence to ISO 13485 and 9001 standards.