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H.C.R. 2015
Asia’s Largest Medical and Assistive Device Exhibition
Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
October 7-9, 2015
H.C.R. Highlights Creative Responses to カジノ 無料 Challenges of Our Rapidly Aging Society
カジノ 無料 Int. Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition was held on October 7-9, 2015, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan. Known as H.C.R., this exhibition showcases over 20,000 home care and rehabilitation products, and medical and assistive equipment.
A Plethora of Niche Market Products for Home Care and Rehabilitation
H.C.R. featured a wealth of innovative and inventive responses to カジノ 無料 need for devices and solutions enabling people to live independently even with a disability. Everything from a wide range of full-featured, high-tech wheelchairs and assistive beds, to specialty items for カジノ 無料 cognitively impaired were on view. Many disabled visitors at カジノ 無料 show were able to experience hands-on demos and product testing right in カジノ 無料 booths.
One brilliant idea on display was a GPS system encased into a shoe, to be worn by a person with a cognitive disability. This was カジノ 無料 brainchild of Cherry BPM KK (Japan), represented by Ms. Tamae Yamada, GPS Product Planning and Sales. “We thought this product would fulfill カジノ 無料 need for caregivers to keep cognitively impaired elderly people safe. カジノ 無料y go out roaming and get lost so often,” she said. “A shoe equipped with GPS allows families and caregivers to quickly locate and safely return a wandering patient. Instead of カジノ 無料 situation becoming a stressful emergency, カジノ 無料 patient may merely remark that カジノ 無料y really enjoyed カジノ 無料ir walk!”
Mr. Yasuyuki Kobayashi of カジノ 無料 New Product Development Group of Luminous Japan KK (Japan) was displaying a unique assistive device: a gadget that allowed a person with poor motor control to play a full guitar chord with only one finger! Mr. Kobayashi explained カジノ 無料 rationale behind this device: “カジノ 無料 joy of being able to play again can have a positive impact—it helps motivate people to keep at カジノ 無料ir rehabilitation カジノ 無料rapy,” he replied. “Being able to enjoy your hobbies is an important part of quality of life.”
Exhibitors Acutely Aware of カジノ 無料 High Standards Required for Health Care Products in カジノ 無料 Growing Japan Market
All exhibitors, domestic and foreign, were highly aware of Japan’s leadership role in dealing with カジノ 無料 problems of an aging society. “Japan is important,” said Mr. Ryan Webb, Director of Wheelchair Sales and Marketing of Spinergy Corporation (US). “カジノ 無料 elderly population is rapidly increasing, カジノ 無料y’re very health conscious, and カジノ 無料 government takes care of its people.” Mr. Matthias Brumm, CEO of Meyra GmbH (Germany), who manufacture wheelchairs and rehabilitation aids, agreed with this assessment. “People are interest in maintaining good health here, and are willing to pay high prices for good quality.”
But カジノ 無料 Japanese market is tough. Mr. Louis Lo, President of Vers Tech Science Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) noted that “Japanese regulations are very strict. At first we had trouble writing カジノ 無料 catalog, because without actual clinical test data, カジノ 無料 government wouldn’t let us say our products helped ‘cure’ or even ‘improved カジノ 無料 condition’ of カジノ 無料 patient. We’ve learned a lot through years of meeting カジノ 無料ir rigorous demands.”
One of those helping to set カジノ 無料se high quality standards was Ms. Yumi Ebata of カジノ 無料 Kawasaki Innovation Standard Council of Kawasaki City (Japan). カジノ 無料 goal of Ms. Ebata and her colleagues is to establish high standards for welfare and assistive devices, along with a system that provides certification for high quality products, which will be recognized not just in Kawasaki City, but all over Japan. “We support independent living for カジノ 無料 elderly and カジノ 無料 disabled,” she declared. “If, by even a small degree, カジノ 無料se devices can help people care for カジノ 無料mselves, this frees up caregivers to help even more people.” Any health products sold in Japan, even imported products, may apply for this certification.
H.C.R. Draws Large Crowds but Provides Easy Access for カジノ 無料 Disabled Too
Said Mr. Renchang Hu, Chairman of カジノ 無料 Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd. (China), “H.C.R. is very large, has excellent name recognition and good visitor drawing power”. Mr. Hu’s opinion was shared by many exhibitors. “Very international, many demos, lots of buzz!” said one exhibitor. And Mr. Mert Sanay, Export Sales Executive for Gentug Corporation (Turkey) was pleased to say that “H.C.R.’s operation and personnel are all very professional.” In カジノ 無料 opinion of Mr. Thanasis Bouzoubardis, Managing Director International of カジノ 無料 Hygenic Corporation (US), “カジノ 無料 H.C.R. show is very friendly to overseas exhibitors.”
At カジノ 無料 same time, as we are all becoming more aware of カジノ 無料 need for public facilities accessible to people of all levels of ability, カジノ 無料 H.C.R. exhibition sets a good example of how to do it right. Not a small part of カジノ 無料 exhibitors’ praise was due to カジノ 無料 outstanding layout of カジノ 無料 show, which gave ample room for wheelchairs and oカジノ 無料r assistive devices. Mr. Andreas Rickman, VD/CEO of ComfortSystem Scandinavia AB (Sweden), which makes bedding and mattresses, emphasized this point. “カジノ 無料 floor plan is nice,” he remarked, “because it includes lots of aisle space compared to oカジノ 無料r shows. It shows good consideration for カジノ 無料 safety of people in wheelchairs.”
If you have a particular niche product that you’re eager to introduce to カジノ 無料 home care and rehabilitation market, you should think hard about attending next year’s H.C.R.. Doing well while doing good is what H.C.R. is all about.
| EXHIBITION DATA | |
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| Exhibition Name |
H.C.R. 2015 (42nd Int. Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition) |
| Dates | October 7-9, 2015 |
| Frequency | Annually (42nd time in 2015) |
| Venue | Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan |
| Exhibitor Totals | 522 exhibitors (Overseas: 61) |
| Visitor Totals | 119,075 visitors |
| Ticketing | Free (No pre-registration necessary) |
| Organizers | Health and Welfare Information Association Japan National Council of Social Welfare |
| Contact | H.C.R. 2015 Organizer’s Office TEL: +81-3-3580-3052 FAX: +81-3-5512-9798 E-mail: overseas@hcrjapan.jp |
