A large crowd had to register the booth of the German Copper Institute at MEDICA 2011: together with construction companies such as the light switch manufacturer Berker GmbH or the hardware firm of Wilhelm May GmbH presented itself to the copper as well as first intermediates manufacturer with a wide range of antimicrobial copper materials.
The semi-finished metal works Diehl, KME Germany AG, MKM Mansfeld copper and brass GmbH and Wieland Werke AG impressed with a large selection of different color schemes - from the warm coppery alloys to stainless steel in appearance - and surface texture.
The positive properties of copper alloys such as high scratch resistance and deformability or longevity are also rediscover the antimicrobial alloys, which opens the users a wide range of applications. Accordingly, the visitors were interested in the stand. In addition to physicians, hospital architects, medical product and furniture manufacturers found themselves a sizeable number of operators of hospitals and nursing homes and health professionals to obtain information about the antimicrobial properties of copper alloys as a further building block in the standard hygiene measures.
Now increasingly used worldwide in addition to door handles and light switches and handrails, sanitary fittings, or pens are medical devices made of antimicrobial copper alloys. The application spectrum of the material in the healthcare field is far from exhausted, and it is also true among professionals as a trend setter
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