Takagi: Powering European ophthalmic operations at Citylabs 1.0
By Bruntwood SciTech
For Japanese ophthalmic equipment manufacturer Takagi, establishing a European headquarters meant finding a location with unmatched international connectivity. After initially launching at Manchester Science Park, they relocated their operations to Citylabs 1.0—poetically situated within the historic former Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Watch this customer story to discover how this invaluable position provides critical logistical advantages for their business.
From seamless inward shipments to direct airport access, operating within our thriving health tech ecosystem perfectly positions them to support a vast network of European distributors and supply their user-friendly surgical microscopes across the continent.
Discover more about their innovative optical technologies at https://www.takagieurope.com/, or explore our highly connected life science hub at Citylabs.
Takagi is a Japanese company; we are a manufacturer of ophthalmic equipment, and Takagi Europe is the head office on behalf of Takagi Seiko in Japan. Now, what Takagi has done is taken two traditional products in the market and made them more user-friendly. So, the slit lamp microscope is used for diagnosis and analysing the eye in much more detail. The ophthalmic microscopes are used for cataract surgery and also retinal surgery.
Being at Citylabs has been invaluable for our business. Originally, we were based at Manchester Science Park. MSP supported us in the move and they offered us this location in 2015, and we just jumped at the chance. To be based in the original Manchester Royal Eye Hospital building was invaluable for the business.
Manchester was a no-brainer for us. There's almost endless supply, the logistics—you know, receiving shipments inwards and outwards—the access to the airport; we can have a direct flight anywhere within Europe within a few hours. So for us to work closely with our network of European distributors, it was the best place to be.