Nipro Corporation

RFPi Inc. signed an agreement with Nipro Corporation for Nipro to acquire 15 percent ownership of RFPi and receive exclusive distribution rights to the iCertainty medical device in Japan, with joint development for additional applications.

Medical equipment maker Nipro will boost production of dialysis filters twofold in China, aiming to tap into the country's growing number of diabetes cases. The expansion will enable production of 12 million dialyzers yearly.

Japanese medical device producer Nipro will spend $300 million on a new factory in Vietnam to increase capacity for dialysis equipment, meeting rising demand in Japan and Southeast Asia.

Nipro Corporation and Transonic Systems Inc. formed a joint venture giving Nipro exclusive marketing and sales rights for all non-OEM Transonic products in Japan.