Latest news with #Canon
Zawya
20 hours ago
- Business
- Zawya
Canon Central & North Africa Achieves Great Success with Canon's Latest Large Format Technology Developments at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025
Canon ( revealed its latest wide format portfolio developments at FESPA Global Print Expo, 6 th -9 th May 2025 in Berlin, Germany with significant engagement and success reported from the Central&North African region. Through real-world applications across the retail, interior décor, Point of Sale (POS) and promotional packaging segments, Canon inspired sign makers and print service providers (PSPs) with an array of materials printed on the Arizona, Colorado and imagePROGRAF printers - as part of end-to-end workflow solutions that include both Canon platforms such as PRISMA XL Suite and multiple partner products. Under the overarching theme of 'The Power to Move', customer stories were brought to life, demonstrating how bold, high-impact print creates emotional connections, delivers real business momentum and transforms spaces into unforgettable brand experiences. Aligning with FESPA's theme of 'Where visionaries meet', Canon showcased its collaboration with partners and highlight how it can satisfy the large format graphic needs of customers, helping them push the boundaries to expand their commercial scope. Canon Central&North Africa marked a highly successful presence at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025, reaffirming its leadership in the wide format printing space. The event drew significant interest from the region, with 30 invited customers witnessing firsthand the power of Canon's latest technologies. The event proved instrumental in showcasing Canon's cutting-edge innovations—including the new Colorado M-series update, enhancing capabilities for soft signage, and the powerful PRISMAElevate XL update that opens new dimensions for the Arizona series. The enthusiasm was palpable, with several deals secured during the show, including an on-stand sale of a Colorado M-series printer and commitments for additional Arizona and M-series units. Visitors were especially inspired by Canon's immersive customer applications corner, featuring stunning displays using specialty print media and creative finishing effects. Amine Djouahra, B2B Business Unit Director commented: 'FESPA 2025 was a game-changing experience for Canon Central&North Africa and our customers. The energy at the Canon stand was incredible—we saw first-hand how our innovations like the Colorado M-series update and PRISMAElevate XL are inspiring new business models across soft signage, packaging, wallpaper, and interior décor. Our customers left feeling not just impressed but empowered. The discussions we had and the partnerships we showcased—especially with players like Neolt and Kongsberg—demonstrated how Canon's holistic approach to the wide format ecosystem can help customers drive revenue, differentiate offerings, and expand into new markets. The overwhelmingly positive feedback we received reinforces how vital platforms like FESPA are for fostering innovation and growth.' Customers were particularly captivated by real-world applications like the Colorado Packaging Factory, Poster Factory, and Wallpaper Factory, alongside diverse interior décor solutions enabled by the Arizona 2380 GTF. These demonstrations highlighted the commercial potential and creative versatility of Canon's wide format portfolio. Discussions with strategic partners such as Neolt, Kongsberg, and Lamina further deepened customer understanding of the end-to-end print ecosystem—from packaging and wallpaper to labels and signage. Notably, Morocco's Magic Walls signed a deal for the Colorado M3W to meet growing demand in the interior décor market, with ARKEOS taking charge of local after-sales support. A number of customer case studies were featured, including Norwegian floristry business, Fiori, which was illustrated in a real-world, interior décor, business case how strong collaboration in the value chain can maximise the potential of high-value, impactful print. Elements of Canon's immersive World Unseen project was also on display: a unique photography exhibition which enables everyone – blind, partially sighted and sighted visitors – to experience imagery in an entirely new way, reflecting print's potential to enrich lives and businesses. On the stand, the Arizona 2380 GTF flatbed printer with FLXflow technology with roll media option for flexible printing from roll-to-roll, demonstrated its uniquely intelligent way to not only 'Hold' and 'Float' media, but also perform an 'Instant Switch' between the two modes for easy media handling. As true flatbed printers, the Arizona series can work accurately and highly efficiently with various rigid and flexible substrates, including more challenging media such as cardboard, wood or glass, offering vast application possibilities ideal for a retail or hospitality environment. Optimising the workflow, PRISMA XL Suite samples showed how PRISMAelevate XL can be used to create printed layers to a height of 4 mm, helping users create stand-out, tactile artwork for elevated print applications that enhance and expand their product offering – including braille signage. Highlighting to PSPs and print factories its productivity, modularity and in-field upgradability, the award-winning UVgel roll-to-roll printer, the Colorado M-series, was printing a variety of large format graphics applications live on the stand. The extensive and premium range of applications it can print was presented with bright and bold wallpapers, window graphics and soft signage made possible with a number of options, such as the hassle-free white ink, FLXfinish+ technology for printing both matte and gloss at the same time, and FLXture for subtle surface details. Visitors had the opportunity to see both the Arizona and Colorado printers live in action during demonstrations on the stand. Multiple current and new UVgel Factory configurations featuring the Colorado were exhibited with different finishing partners to illustrate its broad application options, no matter what a PSP's volume requirements or budget are. These included the UVgel Wallpaper Factory, situated on Fotoba's stand, which showed how customers can automate production of mass-customised wallpaper at high volumes, unattended and around the clock. This end-to-end solution demonstrates the capability of the Colorado M-series when used in line with the Fotoba jumbo roll feeder, cutter and rewinder to produce a variety of curated wallcoverings. Nearby, on Canon's finishing partner NEOLT's stand, they presented the UVgel Packaging Factory, which displayed cost-effective and versatile digital printing for packaging as well as signage, and posters – perfect for short, custom runs. Representing the Canon imagePROGRAF family of water-based inkjet printers was the imagePROGRAF GP-6600S (60 inch, 152.4 cm), which produces stunning graphics, ensuring precise colour replication for images and corporate colours. Boasting seven colours including orange ink, the imagePROGRAF GP-6600S can create an eye-catching spectrum of colours with PANTONE™ [1] precision [2], thanks to the innovative LUCIA PRO II inks [3], making it perfect for printing graphic applications in brand colours. The web-based poster creation software, PosterArtist, illustrated to visitors how they can easily create auto-generated, attention-grabbing posters, banners and flyers to meet all their commercial needs. Demonstrating real-life, end-to-end workflows across the stand, Canon highlighted how its PRISMA XL Suite supports PSPs to deliver first-time-right prints and simplifies the production of complex jobs, whether it's printing five layers or creating textured or elevated applications. Visitors were able to follow the entire workflow management process, from online ordering including file preparation and printing the job, right through to shipment. Encompassing also the software of Canon partners ERPA, SKYCO, Symphony, OneVision and Onyx, each automated step will show PSPs how a holistic approach to workflow can help them respond to constantly changing challenges and to achieve greater profitability. Visitors also had the opportunity to see a selection of Canon's vast media portfolio, including sustainably sourced papers, for optimal printing results. To find out more about the Arizona family of flatbed printers, visit: To find out more about the Colorado M-series roll-to-roll printer and the different finishing options, visit: To find out more about imagePROGRAF GP-6600S and other models in the portfolio, visit: To find out more about the PRISMA XL Suite of large format graphics software, visit: [1] PANTONE™ is a trademark or registered trademark of Pantone LLC. [2] 96% of 'PANTONE™ FORMULA GUIDE Solid Coated' sample book using Canon Premium Semi-glossy paper 2 with imagePROGRAF printer driver at [High] [Colour Correction Off]. [3] Five of the seven inks are newly developed. The matte black and orange inks are the same as those used by the imagePROGRAF GP-2000/4000. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA). Media enquiries, please contact: Canon Central and North Africa Mai Youssef e. APO Group - PR Agency Rania ElRafie e. About Canon Central and North Africa: Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) ( is a division within Canon Middle East FZ LLC (CME), a subsidiary of Canon Europe. The formation of CCNA in 2016 was a strategic step that aimed to enhance Canon's business within the Africa region - by strengthening Canon's in-country presence and focus. CCNA also demonstrates Canon's commitment to operating closer to its customers and meeting their demands in the rapidly evolving African market. Canon has been represented in the African continent for more than 15 years through distributors and partners that have successfully built a solid customer base in the region. CCNA ensures the provision of high quality, technologically advanced products that meet the requirements of Africa's rapidly evolving marketplace. With over 100 employees, CCNA manages sales and marketing activities across 44 countries in Africa. Canon's corporate philosophy is Kyosei ( – 'living and working together for the common good'. CCNA pursues sustainable business growth, focusing on reducing its own environmental impact and supporting customers to reduce theirs using Canon's products, solutions and services. At Canon, we are pioneers, constantly redefining the world of imaging for the greater good. Through our technology and our spirit of innovation, we push the bounds of what is possible – helping us to see our world in ways we never have before. We help bring creativity to life, one image at a time. Because when we can see our world, we can transform it for the better.
Al Bawaba
a day ago
- Business
- Al Bawaba
Canon Middle East Achieves Outstanding Success With Latest Large Format Innovations at Fespa 2025
Canon showcased its cutting-edge wide format portfolio developments at FESPA Global Print Expo, held from May 6th to 9th, 2025, in Berlin, Germany, with significant engagement and success reported from the Middle East the overarching theme of 'The Power to Move', Canon demonstrated real-world applications across key segments including retail, interior décor, Point of Sale (POS), and promotional packaging. The demonstrations inspired sign makers and print service providers (PSPs) with a diverse array of materials printed on the Arizona, Colorado, and image PROGRAF printers, all part of end-to-end workflow solutions featuring Canon platforms like PRISMA XL Suite and various partner products. Aligning with FESPA's theme of 'Where visionaries meet', Canon emphasized its strong collaborations and its ability to meet the diverse large format graphic needs of customers, empowering them to expand their commercial Middle East experienced unprecedented success at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025, exceeding sales targets and solidifying its position as a leader in the wide format printing industry. The event drew significant interest from the region, with 26 invited customers witnessing firsthand the power of Canon's latest key deals were finalized at the show, including UAE-based Kidzink's investment in the Arizona 1360 XTF for acoustic panel printing, Jordan's Zalatimo Industries' signing a deal for the Colorado Packaging Factory for short-run folding carton packaging, and Saudi Arabia's Fekra El-Watnia's expansion into new signage and interior décor applications with the Arizona series. Global Company For Modern Printing & Copying (ALFA Graphics) also invested in both the Arizona 1360 GTF and Colorado M5W to capitalize on the benefits of PRISMAElevate XL and the Colorado 4.5 Aly, B2B Marketing Director at Canon Middle East, commented, 'FESPA 2025 provided an invaluable opportunity for Canon Middle East to connect with our customers and showcase the tangible benefits of our latest innovations. Our customers were enthusiastic about the Colorado M-series 4.5 release, particularly its enhanced capabilities for soft signage applications, and the expanded creative potential unlocked by PRISMAElevate XL for the Arizona series. Beyond the impressive sales orders, we were most excited by the collaborative spirit and the innovative ideas sparked by the event. Seeing our customers envision new applications, from the Colorado Packaging Factory to the diverse interior décor possibilities with the Arizona 2380 GTF, reaffirmed our commitment to providing solutions that not only meet their current needs but also empower them to explore new markets and achieve sustainable growth. The success at FESPA underscores the importance of continuous innovation and close collaboration with our partners to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end solutions that drive real business value."Canon's stand featured an engaging concept store that brought to life the creative and commercial potential of wide format graphics for both conceptual and real-world brands. Applications on display included captivating interior décor, innovative packaging, and impactful POS materials. Visitors explored a wide selection of customer samples, such as eye-catching soft signage, durable corrugated and luxury packaging, attention-grabbing POS displays, vibrant posters, and stylish interior décor elements like wallpaper, acoustic boards, prints on wood, glass, tiles, and the stand, the versatile Arizona 2380 GTF flatbed printer with pioneering FLXflow technology, equipped with a roll media option for flexible roll-to-roll printing, demonstrated its unique intelligent media handling capabilities. Workflow optimization was highlighted through PRISMA XL Suite samples, demonstrating how PRISMAelevate XL can create impressive printed layers up to 4 mm in height. This capability allows users to produce stand-out, tactile artwork for elevated print applications, including crucial braille signage, thus enhancing and expanding their product award-winning UVgel roll-to-roll Colorado M-series printer took center stage, highlighting its productivity, modularity, and in-field upgradability for PSPs and print factories. The printer's extensive and premium application range was showcased through vibrant and bold wallpapers, impactful window graphics, and high-quality soft signage, all made possible with features like the hassle-free white ink, FLXfinish+ technology for simultaneous matte and gloss printing, and FLXture for adding subtle surface current and innovative UVgel Factory configurations featuring the Colorado were presented alongside different finishing partners, illustrating its broad application versatility regardless of a PSP's production volume or budget. This included the UVgel Wallpaper Factory on Fotoba's stand, demonstrating automated, high-volume, unattended, and around-the-clock production of mass-customized wallpaper. This end-to-end solution highlighted the Colorado M-series' capabilities when integrated with the Fotoba jumbo roll feeder, cutter, and rewinder to produce a range of curated the Canon imagePROGRAF family of water-based inkjet printers was the imagePROGRAF GP-6600S (60 inch, 152.4 cm), renowned for producing stunning graphics with precise color replication for both images and corporate colors. Featuring seven colors, including orange ink, the imagePROGRAF GP-6600S can achieve an impressive spectrum of colors with PANTONE™ precision , thanks to the innovative LUCIA PRO II inks , making it perfect for printing graphic applications in specific brand colors. The user-friendly web-based poster creation software, PosterArtist, demonstrated how visitors can effortlessly create attention-grabbing posters, banners, and flyers to meet all their commercial the stand, Canon demonstrated real-life, end-to-end workflows, emphasizing how its PRISMA XL Suite empowers PSPs to achieve first-time-right prints and simplifies the production of complex jobs, from multi-layered printing to creating textured and elevated applications. Visitors could follow the entire workflow management process, from online ordering and file preparation to printing and shipment. The integration of software from Canon partners like ERPA, SKYCO, Symphony, OneVision, and Onyx highlighted how a holistic approach to workflow can help PSPs effectively respond to evolving challenges and enhance profitability. A selection of Canon's extensive media portfolio, including sustainably sourced papers, was also available, showcasing optimal printing results. 'At FESPA Global Print Expo, we bring our innovation story to life with exciting product developments and by demonstrating specialist applications expertise and agile business models that support customers to future-proof their businesses. In a world where grabbing and keeping attention is every brand owner's challenge eye-popping, colourful print really has 'The Power to Move', stimulating the kind of emotional responses from consumers that are critical to commercial success. This could be the joy of engaging with beautiful artwork, the motivation to respond to an out-of-home (OOH) graphic, or the anticipation of unboxing a new product - we're celebrating print's unique 'attention power'.'
Epoch Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
Endlessly Performed: 5 of the Most Recorded Composers in Music History
Anyone who searches the internet with the question, 'Is classical music dying?,' will encounter hundreds of articles and blogs that take a position on this question. What most of these people really mean is that classical music isn't popular, relatively speaking. For example, while the cellist Yo-Yo Ma has However, one can measure popularity in different ways. In absolute terms, more people are performing and listening to the great composers than they ever have. There are so many recordings of great classical works that even the most die-hard connoisseur finds it impossible to keep track of them all. The following brief list summarizes a few of the most recorded pieces in music history. Learning the sounds of different instruments is the first step to truly appreciating classical music. Ferenc Szelepcsenyi/Shutterstock Pachelbel's 'Canon in D Major,' P 37 Poor Johann Pachelbel. He composed more than 500 works in his lifetime, and now people only listen to one. It has been suggested that he wrote his famous Canon in D Major to celebrate the wedding of Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Sebastian's older cousin. No one knows for sure, but since Pachelbel was friends with the Bach family, this theory is plausible. If it's true, Pachelbel might be reassured if he knew that his piece is now used to celebrate weddings all over the world. The Canon, in which one melody is imitated by two other voices in overlapping layers, is certainly memorable. Just as good, if less famous, is the Gigue for three violins, a lively dance movement that Pachelbel wrote to accompany the Canon. According to Presto Music, a website that maintains an exhaustive discography of classical works, the Canon has been recorded more than 200 times. In the words of the producers of a 1983 recording by the Academy of Ancient Music, it's usually heard 'with the gratuitous addition of viola parts.' Related Stories 3/5/2025 2/8/2025 Those who wish to listen to it in its original purity should seek out arrangements for three violins and basso continuo. Mozart's 'Requiem in D Minor,' K 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has sold over 500 million records worldwide. This is roughly comparable with the Beatles, when considering their sales across all formats. If the website 'chartmasters' included dead classical composers in its ranking of the most successful artists, the best ones would, no doubt, knock many modern musicians off the list. In 2016, a complete box set of Mozart's works released by Decca and Deutsche Grammophon topped the Billboard charts for the year, even beating out Beyonce. Posthumous painting of Mozart by Barbara Krafft in 1819. Public Domain Of all Mozart's works, his most adapted is probably his great, unfinished 'Requiem.' Presto Music lists 281 recordings. When Mozart died in 1791, only two of the work's sections were complete, though he left sketches for others. Its unfinished status has prompted different composers to orchestrate the movements, relying on their own interpretations of how Mozart himself might have done it. The most widely performed version today was written by Mozart's pupil, Franz Süssmayr, though there are approximately 15 different versions in all. Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Op. 49 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is arguably Russia's greatest composer. He wrote the world's most celebrated and frequently performed ballets, and his wonderful melodies have been immortalized in countless films. His most popular work of all, though, is the 1812 overture, which celebrates Russia's victory over Napoleon. With nearly 300 recordings, it's one of the most performed pieces in the classical repertoire. "Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries," 1812, by Jacques-Louis David. Public Domain The Tchaikovsky's original score calls for Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata, Op. 27 Ludwig van Beethoven has Of all his works, the most popular is his Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, more commonly known as the Most of these are for piano, but every performer seems to have their own interpretation of its emotional expression, tempo, and technical focus. Glenn Gould, for example, has been criticized for playing the piece too fast and not using the pedal enough, resulting in a "Beethoven Sonatas," played by Alfred Brendel. Bach's 'Toccata & Fugue in D minor,' BWV 565 Searching Johann Sebastian Bach's name on the Presto Music database returns Of all these works, the 'Toccata & Fugue in D minor' is the most performed. It slightly edges out Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' as the most arranged piece in music history, with While recordings for organ predominate, the diversity of arrangements is dizzying. The Toccata and Fugue has been transcribed for orchestra, guitar, violin, saxophone, Bach is also the most streamed classical composer on Spotify, with Popularity and greatness are more closely connected than is generally recognized, when considered over the ages. As this list shows, there is a strong correlation between the 'greatest' composers and their level of public esteem, measured by both the number of recordings and listeners on audio streaming services. By almost any metric, classical music is thriving. What arts and culture topics would you like us to cover? Please email ideas or feedback to
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's tariffs cloud the future of a medical wonder
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mistakenly identified Toshiba in Japan as a top manufacturer of CT scanners. Toshiba's medical subsidiary was acquired by the Japanese company Canon in 2016. Originally moved May 25. - - - Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. FORCHHEIM, Germany - On the outskirts of this bucolic town, in a region known as 'das Medical Valley,' workers on a vast factory floor are assembling what they describe as the future: the game-changing scanners that can give doctors the most detailed images ever of what is happening inside the hearts, lungs and brains of their patients. One of the scanners, two decades in the making and called the 'Naeotom Alpha,' is unique, say its inventors at Siemens Healthineers, a global leader in CT technology. 'The image quality is incomparable,' boasts Jesús Fernández, head of CT product marketing at the company, comparing the device's technological leap to the difference between a 1970s television set and HDTV. Since the scanners started shipping four years ago, leading hospitals around the world have ordered them. The Food and Drug Administration called the Naeotom Alpha - after approving its use - 'the first major new technology for computed tomography imaging in nearly a decade.' Forty percent of the scanners are exported to the U.S. market. Now Siemens Healthineers, other medical device makers and their customers are reckoning with a new challenge: the impact of President Donald Trump's global tariffs. The Trump disruption - the possible winners and losers, and the pure chaos - is roiling global manufacturers, from carmakers to champagne vignerons, as companies scramble to reassess their global trade partners and complex supply chains while trying to divine the president's next move. High-end medical devices, including those made by American manufacturers, may be especially vulnerable as many machines are built of components from a dozen vendors around the world. Some scanners cost millions of dollars and are so cutting-edge that hospitals publish a press release when they arrive. In early April, Trump targeted the European Union with a 20 percent levy. Days later, he paused those tariffs for 90 days, leaving a 10 percent across-the-board tax for most European imports, including medical equipment. The pause was set to end at the beginning of July. But on Friday, Trump threatened a 50 percent tariff on all goods from the E.U., beginning June 1, while complaining that trade negotiations with the bloc are 'going nowhere.' The medical tech industry - which produces everything from simple syringes to robot surgeons - has pleaded with Trump officials and members of Congress to exempt their products. The tariffs are too broad, recklessly so, critics say, arguing that a medical device is not like an automobile, but a thing vital for human health. Opposition to tariffs on medical devices hasn't come just from Europe, but from the United States, too. Competition in the CT scanner market is already fierce among top manufacturers, which include two American companies, GE and Philips, alongside Canon in Japan and Germany-based Siemens. Scott Whitaker, the CEO of AdvaMed, a prominent U.S. lobbying association for the sector, warned that Trump's threat of broad-based tariffs would act as an excise tax. 'It will have a negative impact on innovation, cost jobs, and increase overall costs to the health care system,' he said in a statement. 'Historically, industries with a meaningful humanitarian mission have been exempted from broad tariffs, and as a result we have seen no to low tariffs on med-tech from all key trading partners.' The Trump tariffs on medical equipment will not only cost foreign manufacturers but American companies, too. In an annual report to shareholders, GE HealthCare warned in April that U.S. tariffs imposed on products from China, along with any future levies on products from Canada, Mexico or other countries, 'will likely result in additional costs to us.' It was still too early to say whether the price of the Naeotom Alpha would be impacted. Siemens Healthineers warned earlier this month that tariffs and the 'significantly increased volatility of the geopolitical environment will weigh on our business this year.' As a result, the company lowered the midpoint of its projected earnings per share. On the call with analysts, Jochen Schmitz, the chief financial officer, said 'the biggest impact is imports in the U.S. from Europe.' Akin Demehin, vice president of quality and safety policy at the American Hospital Association, said tariffs could disrupt supplies of medical equipment and lead to higher costs. 'All CT scanners require some maintenance,' he said. 'To the extent that those get caught up in overseas supplies and tariffs impact their availability and price, that can potentially impact what the maintenance of those machines looks like,' he said. - - - A tool for saving lives In Germany, the Siemens Healthineers engineers describe their photon-counting CT scanner as a kind of medical wonder that can produce clearer, faster images for quicker diagnosis in a way that is less invasive for patients. It can help save lives, they say. Unlike conventional CT devices that measure the total energy contained in many X-rays at once, the Siemens devices deploy photon-counting detectors that capture each individual X-ray that passes through a patient's body, which results in more-detailed images. The typical patient can be scanned in just three seconds. The lower radiation compared with conventional CTs means the technology can also be used during pregnancies and on children and babies. Modern, conventional CT scanners primarily use solid-state crystal detectors made from a variety of materials. But for the photon-counting Naeotom model, Siemens Healthineers relies on cadmium telluride crystals, which the company now produces as well, including at the Forchheim plant. The intricacies of the process are kept tightly under wraps. In one room, identified as 'Kristallzüchtung,' or 'crystal growing,' fire in a tall black furnace emanates a soft glow. Inside, the synthesis of cadmium and tellurium that creates cadmium telluride is underway. 'Sometimes it feels a bit like alchemy,' said Paul Heimann, team lead of crystal growth. Siemens Healthineers is aiming for all its CTs to be photon-counting devices by 2040. Many in the industry will likely follow its path. Above the testing bays where the humming machines were being readied are star-spangled banners identifying the destination of both conventional and new photon-counting devices. 'U.S., U.S., U.S., U.S.,' points out David Engelstätter, head of CT production at the Forchheim plant. The Naeotom Alpha has already been purchased by several U.S. institutions, including the Mayo Clinic, New York University and Duke University, according to Siemens Healthineers. Some of the hospitals released jubilant press releases when the scanner was approved for use by the FDA. Asked to comment on the possible threat from tariffs, Duke said in a statement: 'We are always alert to market changes and are working to ensure we have the necessary equipment and supplies for optimal patient care.' NYU and Mayo declined to comment. Overall, the U.S. accounted for more than a quarter of Siemens Healthineers' business last year. Moving production, particularly of the unique photon-counting CTs, is out of the question, said Matthias Kraemer, head of corporate communications for Siemens Healthineers. It did not make business sense to have a lot of small factories churning out small numbers of devices, either in Germany or abroad, he said. 'We need that global scale.' The pioneers here in Bavaria say it is the patients who stand to suffer most from trade barriers. 'We all have family, friends, certainly sick friends or family members,' Engelstätter said on the shop floor. 'And then you think, what a shame it would be if I were in the U.S. right now and I were denied this screening - all due to external decisions.' - - - Tax policy, not tariffs In the United States, hospitals are bracing for the impact of tariffs. Higher costs would have to be absorbed, or passed along to insurers - including the U.S. government - and patients. Some 46 percent of hospitals expect that tariffs will increase facility costs in 2025, while an additional 42 percent said they anticipate higher costs when their contracts for supplies are renewed next year, according to a recent Bank of America survey of 50 chief financial officers at hospitals. Of the finance chiefs who responded, 91 percent expected costs to go up for medical equipment and devices. In reporting earnings last month, two major American firms that make medical devices - Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories - both estimated that tariffs would cost them a few hundred million dollars this year. But they also reaffirmed that they still expect to make about the same amount of money for the full year as they previously projected. Joaquin Duato, Johnson & Johnson's CEO, said that if the goal is to incentivize more manufacturing in the U.S. in both medical technology and pharmaceuticals, 'the most effective answer is not tariffs, but tax policy.' CT scanners range in cost from about $500,000 for entry-level machines to more than $3 million for the highest-end versions. The impact from tariffs could vary widely depending on their individual characteristics, such as where they are manufactured and what countries provide the key components, according to supply-chain experts. But it may take time for hospitals to directly feel the effects of tariffs. Hospitals may have multiyear contracts for machines, services and repairs, sparing them from immediate impacts, said Josh Hilton, senior director for diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology at Premier, Inc., which contracts with manufacturers to supply hospital customers. Still, the uncertainty of tariffs can influence hospital spending. 'When things like this happen, the purse strings tend to tighten up a little bit,' Hilton said. Instead of replacing an aging CT scanner this year, a hospital may push back the expenditure to next year, he said. Jesús Rueda Rodríguez, director general of industrial policy at MedTech Europe, which lobbies for European manufacturers, described complex supply chains. 'Components arrive through the United States, China, Europe,' meaning 'we can get hit by tariffs not once but multiple times.' The devices are highly regulated by health safety authorities, he said, as are the factories. As a result, 'you can't just pack up and move,' he said. Lukas Kratz - one of 5,000 employees at the Forchheim site - is a team leader, overseeing the assembly of the photon-counting CTs. Unlike in large-scale automobile factories, much of the work here is still done by hand. Now 29, he began working for Siemens a decade ago after completing his training as an electronics engineer. 'It's not just one device we're working on; we have many variants with many options,' he said. 'It's very difficult to show just anyone how to do this.' - - - Gilbert reported from Washington and Booth from London. Related Content Despite ceasefire, India and Pakistan are locked in a cultural cold war The D.C. plane crash took her mom and sister. She turned to her piano. Johnson again corrals GOP factions to pass Trump's sweeping tax bill
GMA Network
2 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
No talk on WPS between Marcos, Chinese Premier Li Qiang at ASEAN
Chinese Premier Li Qiang attends the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 27, 2025. Mark Balmores/ Canon/ PPA Pool KUALA LUMPUR — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. said Tuesday that he was unable to discuss with Chinese Premier Li Qiang the situation in the West Philippine Sea. At a press briefing before returning to Manila from the ASEAN summit, which Li also attended, Marcos was asked if he was able to talk with the Chinese official about the resource-rich region. According to Marcos, they only talked about the United States' unilateral tariffs. 'No. I only spoke it to him... He was at—it wasn't in a meeting. He was sitting next to me at lunch. I was sitting next to the Chinese Premier and the Foreign Minister of UAE,' Marcos said. 'Walang ano, tinanong ko lang sa kanya, sabi ko [I only asked him]...What is the Chinese perspective of this new unilateral tariff schedule?' he added. China currently claims ownership over almost all of the South China Sea, including areas claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. While a ruling Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague sided with the Philippines and stated China's claims over the South China Sea had 'no legal basis' in 2016, China has not recognized said decision and continues its aggression in the region. Still, Marcos mentioned that he has always pushed for the adoption of the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. 'I always push the Code of Conduct. Always. Always. It's critical to everything that's happening,' Marcos said. 'You know, if you have a Code of Conduct, essentially, freeze-frame muna. Okay, hanggang diyan na lang tayo. Huwag na nating palalain,' he added. (We'll stop here and not make it worse.) 'Tapos, ayan, mag-usap tayo [Then we will talk]. That will contain mechanisms also of adjudication or trying to—de-escalation processes. Kasama lahat 'yan [That's all part of it],' Marcos said. — BM, GMA Integrated News
