OB Announces Launch of US Consulting and Lab Equipment Offering
CONTACT: Karen Lundquist
Marketing Communications Manager
Otto Bock Health Care
1-800-328-4058, x5111
www.ottobockus.com
OTTO BOCK ANNOUNCES US LAUNCH OF CONSULTING AND
LAB EQUIPMENT OFFERING
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA October 28, 2003- Otto Bock Health Care announces the United States launch of a unique collection of equipment backed by a consulting service that develops plans and layouts for prosthetic and orthotic labs.
Otto Bock staff has offered lab design consulting for more than thirty years, producing more than 1,300 plans that were built in more than 140 countries throughout the world. A need for these types of solutions for building O & P business has been identified in the United States as well. Otto Bock is able to combine workflow efficiency, safety needs, healthy environments, and decades of prosthetic and orthotic fabrication requirements to create the technologically advanced environments needed by twenty-first century practitioners.
“Otto Bock is aggressively searching for new ways to serve the O & P industry,” said Pat Chelf, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “Offering our unique combination of manufacturing, fabrication and clinical expertise will dramatically improve practices across the United States.”
In addition to a unique line of quiet, easy-to-use machines and unique consulting services, Otto Bock has also dedicated Eric Fregger, the Consulting and Equipment Sales Manager. “Fregger’s eight years of experience with Otto Bock will serve our customers well,” claims Brad Ruhl, Vice President of Sales. “He is committed to providing the best service to customer interested in our new offerings.”
Established in 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Otto Bock Health Care is the North and South American corporate headquarters of Otto Bock Healthcare, GmbH, based in Duderstadt, Germany. Otto Bock has more than 3,500 employees worldwide and produces over 20,000 types of prosthetic and orthotic components, rehabilitation products and technical plastics, and also provides information technology services.
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