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History

IMEDCO AG was formed following a management buyout of Holzherr AG, a company specialised in electromagnetic shielding for magnetic resonance imaging equipment and aluminium buildings for medical purposes. As a consequence of the favourable development in the RF and magnetic shielding sectors, IMEDCO concentrated its efforts more and more on these products and systems. Today, IMEDCO has the largest share of the European market in this field.

1987		Holzherr AG, Pattern makers, Winznau, founded by the takeover of the private firm of Karl Holzherr. Share capital CHF 100,000.-.

1988		Concentration on shielding and aluminium buildings.

1989		Company name changed to IMEDCO AG and management buyout. Share capital increased to CHF 500,000.-.

1993		The first magnetically shielded room (MSR) handed over to the customer in Hamburg after two years of development and tests.

1994		Participation for the first time at the RSNA in Chicago, the biggest international radiology congress.

1995		Company moved to its own new premises in the industrial park at Hägendorf. IMEDCO hands over the 500th. RF enclosure to a radiologist in Vienna. Number of RF enclosures supplied in one year passes 100.

1996		All electronic data processing equipment interconnected by a network and standardisation of application programs.

1997		Successful establishment of a quality management system conforming to ISO 9001 and certified by the Schweizerische Vereinigung für Qualitäts- und Management-Systeme (Swiss Association for Quality and Management Sytems, SQS) and the TÜV Product Service GmbH, Munich.

1998		Production of the 10th. magnetically shielded room (MSR) for brain research and handover to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, USA. IMEDCO Ltd., UK, founded. 1000th. RF enclosure handed over to a customer in the USA.

1999		Annual production of enclosures reaches 200.

2000		IMEDCO America Ltd., founded.

2001		Completition of new storage building.

2002		In the mid summer IMEDCO manufactured and installed the RF enclosure No.2000. IMEDCO AMERICA Ltd. moved to the new Offices near Indianapolis.

2003		The IMEDCO SilentSHIELD^TM Acoustic RF door was awarded a US Patent. In recognition of the long-lasting contribution to the European Congress of Radiology and for exhibiting during the years 1991 - 2003 IMEDCO has received the MERIT AWARD. IMEDCO has received a US Patent for it's new Acoustic RF-enclosure design called SilentSHIELD^TM.

2004		RF enclosure # 2'500 was successfully installed in Birmingham USA. The first Megashield with over 200 tonns of iron was installed in Cleveland OH for a 7.0 Tesla magnet for whole body scan. Trackless RF sliding door was developed and successfully installed in Henderson USA.

2005		IMEDCO Deutschland GmbH, Schwerte (Dortmund) was founded.

2006		Imedco Technology (Shenzen) Co.Ltd. was founded in China.

2007		Imedco Asia Sdn Bhd. was founded in Malaysia.

2010		Completed the installation of 600 tonne Mega-shield and RF Enclosure for University of Minnesota- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research to house a Varian 10.5T MRI. This is the 2nd Mega-shield completed for this site, with the earlier Mega-shield involving 320 tonne for a Varian 16.5T completed in 2009. The CMMR director is Prof. Kamil Ugurbil. Completed USA Division’s first Intra-operative MR Suite at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The suite included automatic RF Sliding Doors that created a 2 meter clear opening for transfer of patient between Operating Room and the Diagnostic Suite.