Our future

In conjunction with internationalisation, the German branches and especially the head office in Duderstadt were continuously expanded. This includes investments into the logistics centres for HealthCare and Kunststoff and the conversion and expansion of the entire company complex as well as energy management, which also includes biogas since 2007. For the next five years, a plethora of new products and services as well as a continuous increase in the number of employees are part of planned further growth. Otto Bock is a company that stands for entrepreneurial success, and Professor Hans Georg Näder stands for a clear commitment to Germany. The company exports products, not jobs.

“In 2009, we are celebrating 90 years of Otto Bock and 20 years since the opening of the border. I am also looking forward to another return to our roots with a vision of the future: The return to Berlin. That is where we will inaugurate the Otto Bock Science Center for Medical Technology in June,” explains Professor Hans Georg Näder. On three exhibition levels, a technology showcase is being created that is consciously aimed at the interested layperson.

State-of-the-art presentations allow visitors to explore biomechanical phenomena in a world of experiences. Interactive exhibits invite playful discoveries and illustrate the performance of modern high-end products. With every new development, we are getting closer to the natural human body and helping people regain their mobility and therefore their quality of life.

Thus the Otto Bock Science Center for Medical Technology also presents a vision of the future which, at Otto Bock, has only just begun with the prototype of the first mind-controlled arm prosthesis in the world. Practical applications of medical technology innovations can be presented to an international audience of specialists in seminar facilities located in the upper section of the Otto Bock Science Center for Medical Technology and in the orthopaedics workshop in the penthouse. For this target group, Berlin is ideal as a rapidly growing global hub and a metropolis with special medical technology capacities.