Alphatec Spine Adds New Vice President and General Manager, Latin America
05 Mai 2010 - 9:15PM
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of
Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs,
develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical
treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions
related to the aging spine, announced today that Armin Weichert,
who has over 25 years of sales and management experience in the
medical device and life sciences industries, has been named the
Company's new Vice President and General Manager, Latin America.
Mr. Weichert, who will be based in Brazil, fills this newly
created position to oversee all of Alphatec Spine's Latin American
operations. He will be responsible for directing and overseeing
Alphatec Spine's marketing and sales expansion in Latin America,
including efforts to secure experienced spine product distributors
that will exclusively sell the Company's products, as well as
building relationships with key medical opinion leaders.
Most recently, Mr. Weichert served as the Division Director in
Brazil for Aesculap, AG, a position he held for over 10 years, in
which he was responsible for managing all of Aesculap's operations
in Brazil. Mr. Weichert has worked at Aesculap for over 20
years, and has had increasing roles of business development and
sales responsibility.
"We are pleased that we were able to successfully attract
someone with a background as strong as Armin's to lead our Latin
American operations," said Dirk Kuyper, the Company's President and
Chief Executive Officer. "Given his wealth of experience in medical
device sales and marketing in that region of the world, we believe
he will provide a significant boost to our Latin American
business."
About Alphatec Spine
Alphatec Spine, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphatec
Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC). Alphatec Spine is a medical device
company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products
for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, primarily focused on
the aging spine. The Company's mission is to combine
world-class customer service with innovative, surgeon-driven design
that will help improve the aging patient's quality of
life. The Company is poised to achieve its goal through new
solutions for patients with osteoporosis, stenosis and other aging
spine deformities, improved minimally invasive products and
techniques and integrated biologics solutions. In addition to
its U.S. operations, the Company also markets its products in over
50 international markets through its subsidiary, Scient'x S.A., via
a direct salesforce in France, Italy and the United Kingdom and via
independent distributors in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, South America and Latin America. In Asia and
Australia, the Company markets its products through its subsidiary,
Alphatec Pacific, Inc, and through Scient'x's distributors in
China, Korea and Australia.
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CONTACT: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
Peter C. Wulff, Chief Financial Officer
(760) 494-6746
investorrelations@alphatecspine.com
Westwicke Partners
Lynn C. Pieper
(415) 202-5678
lynn.pieper@westwicke.com
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