CLARENCE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2012--
Greatbatch, Inc. announced the company has engaged Abel Ang as senior
advisor to Greatbatch President and CEO, Thomas J. Hook. In that role,
Ang will provide guidance relative to the commercialization of QiG
medical device technologies into the health care markets of emerging
countries and also help to advise on Greatbatch’s expansion into Asia.
“In 2008, Greatbatch launched a strategy to move our company forward and
evolve from not only being an innovative component manufacturer but also
being an innovative medical device company,” said Thomas J. Hook,
President and CEO. “Abel’s background and experience will serve the
company well as we continue our evolution and look to partner with
entities in emerging markets to execute our strategy.”
Abel Ang was formerly President, Asia/Pacific for Hill-Rom Inc, a
medical devices company, where he was responsible for expanding
Hill-Rom’s presence in the high growth Asia/Pacific markets. He
previously served as the Chief Technology Officer for Hill-Rom, where he
had overall responsibility for Hill-Rom’s global R&D operations
distributed across sites in the U.S., Mexico, France, and Singapore. He
was also Vice-President and General Manager of Hill-Rom’s $420M Global
Surfaces and Therapy Business Unit in addition to other business
development positions with the company.
Prior to joining Hill-Rom, Ang headed the global Medical Technology and
Biotechnology industry groups in the Singapore Economic Development
Board’s (EDB) Biomedical Division and spent several years in EDB’s
European Operations based in Frankfurt, Germany. He currently sits on
the Board of Exploit Technologies which provides access to Singapore's
largest pool of intellectual property and knowledge generated by over
2,000 researchers at A*STAR's research institutes, and on the Advisory
Board of the Singapore-MIT Alliance Innovation Grant.
About Greatbatch, Inc.
Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB) provides top-quality technologies to
industries that depend on reliable, long-lasting performance through its
brands Greatbatch Medical, Electrochem and QiG Group. Greatbatch Medical
develops and manufactures critical medical device technologies for the
cardiac, neurology, vascular and orthopaedic markets. Electrochem
designs and manufactures battery and wireless sensing technologies for
high-end niche applications in the energy, military, portable medical,
and other markets. The QiG Group empowers the design and development of
new medical devices for our core markets. Additional information about
the Company is available at www.greatbatch.com.
Source: Greatbatch, Inc.
Greatbatch, Inc.
Christopher Knospe, 716-759-5727
cknospe@greatbatch.com