# Alvimedica plans to manufacture stents in Turkey in 2018

Alvimedica, a Turkish medical device company, announced plans to start manufacturing stents in Turkey in 2018 to reduce import dependency, with the goal of exporting high-quality stents.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2018-03-07
- Where: Turkey, Türkiye
- Status: announced
- Products: stents
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Alvimedica](https://endata.com/companies/28157.md)

## Sources

- [m.aa.com.tr](https://m.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkish-firm-seeks-to-cut-dependency-on-imported-stent/1081954), 2018-03-07: "“We want to transfer technology to Turkey in 2018 and start as soon as possible to export high quality stents substantially,”"

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