Business View Magazine | February 2019

43 T he Anaheim Convention Center in southern California is the site of this year’s Medical De- sign & Manufacturing (MD&M) West Expo, North America’s biggest medical device technology trade show and conference. The three-day event, which takes place February 5-7, is where engineer- ing professionals find the technologies, education, and connections to stay ahead in the global medical manufacturing community. The MD&M West Expo is produced by UBM PLC, whose main focus is on B2B events, offering face- to-face interaction in the form of exhibitions, trade shows, and conferences. It principally serves the ad- vanced technology, pharmaceutical and healthcare, trade and transport, business services, fashion and jewelry, food and agriculture, and leisure, hospitality, and lifestyle industries. In June 2018,UBM combined with Informa PLC to become a leading B2B informa- tion services group and the largest B2B events orga- nizer in the world. “The MD&M show has been bringing medtech engi- neers together for over 33 years, and is the nation’s platform to get together if you are in the medtech space,” explains Event Director, Hayley Haggarty. “We bring together everyone, from someone with a concept scribbled on a piece of paper, figuring out what material they want to use, how they’re going to design it, and how they’re going to produce the The PhotoGroup