Purchasing Department
An optimum of flexibility and delivery reliability during purchasing and production
Market requirements are continuously changing. A high ability to adapt is essential nowadays. Our purchasing strategy is oriented toward the economic requirements that we have identified. In doing so, it is a matter of course that we and our partners focus on the long-term economic advantage for both sides.
Our goal is to address the increasing technological quality demands of our clients – despite sinking market prices as a consequence of steadily limited funds in the health care sector.
We are counting on cooperation and on the continuous improvement of processes on a partnership basis. For this reason we give preference to suppliers whose company philosophy resembles ours. Furthermore, our partners should distinguish themselves through established and applied quality management, delivery and contractual reliability, as well as taking great pleasure in innovation.
“Our business ethics are based on openness, trust, accountability and dependability – for products for which we are trusted”
Business involving the many technical drawings prepared especially for us does not always work at first go – yet cooperation is not possible with a supplier who cannot identify with our quality demands. Long-term partnerships with specialist companies with special designs enable the best-possible development of all components. In this way, we can guarantee non-wasteful processing of the highest level – while offering optimal prices to our clients.
In 2005 we decided to be more than just developers. Since this time, we are on the lookout for intelligent products suitable for us, that would supplement our product line. Similarly, for products for which we would be trusted.
Product Profile for Suppliers
The success of our medical devices is strictly dependent on their quality. We pursue the goal of fulfilling the ever-increasing technological quality requirements of our customers while keeping in mind decreasing market prices in an environment of scarce resources for health care. In following our purchasing strategy, which is oriented toward economical and ecological requirements, we prefer long-term cooperation with suppliers who share our company philosophy. Together with you we strive for top quality and great efficiency. We consider ourselves to be a developing management enterprise with exceptionally good access to the market. As such, we look for national and international suppliers of structural components and primarily conduct final assembly and testing on our premises ourselves. Relationships with our suppliers are oriented toward performance and based on partnerships of mutual trust. Our business ethics are built on the principles of honesty, reliability and predictability.
Our suppliers should satisfy the following requirements:
- an established and practiced quality management process in accordance with DIN ISO 9000 or similar
- loyal to terms of the contract and delivery commitments
- competitive prices appropriate to the market
- great flexibility when needs fluctuate
- innovative
- active and committed cooperation in working out cost-effective and production-oriented solutions
- willingness to continually check and improve the quality of communication and logistical cooperation
- willingness to sign Löwenstein Medical confidentiality agreement
- Standard Conditions of Purchase of Löwenstein Medical Technology GmbH+Co.KG, Hamburg
Supplier Application
If you would like to receive current requests for proposals, please fill out the questionnaire “Supplier Application” and send it to us via e-mail. As required, we will direct specific requests to you.
Purchasing Portfolio
For our production we require the following ready-to-install products and structural components in the following areas:
| Design and tool-dependent synthetic parts | Thermoplastic articles often with respiratory-physiological safety for example ABS, PP, PC • Machine pressure: ca. 20 – 750 t • Parts weight: < 1 – ca. 3000 gr.Elastomer articles with respiratory-physiological safety for example rubber, silicone, TPE • Machine pressure: ca. 20 – 350 t • Parts weight: < 1 – ca. 500 gr.Fabrication: • Injection molding • Deep-drawing |
| Electronic printed circuit boards | Complete manufacture including acquisition and inspection of: • Surface Mounted Device (SMD), mixed or conventionally equipped printed circuit boards, mainly multi-layered |
| Electromechanical components | • Direct current Motors up to 80 watts (Speed of rotation 5.000 – 50.000), fans, compressors, pumps • Transformers up to 250 watts • Cable / supply main in all commercially available international plug systems • Cable harness, low- voltage range • Sensors for low pressure • PTC heating element batteries, rechargeable batteries • Keypad • Front foils |
| Design-dependent parts for turn lathes, mill and stamping work | • Primary measurement including surface finish in polishing chrome • Synthetic articles |
| Design-dependent transforming items | • Bent-wire parts • Deep-drawn articles • Extruded articles |
| Design-dependent textile products | • Backpacks for our emergency ventilation devices • Bags for our emergency and sleep apnea devices • Headgear for our sleep apnea masks |
| Pneumatic components | • Cylinder 0,3 – 1 Liter Volume • Valves • Couplers • Manometers • Filter material |
| Services | • Surface finishing • Development work e.g., software creation, printed circuit board layout • Prototype building • Printed materials |
| Semi-finished goods | • Sheet metals, tubes and bars made of aluminum, steel and non-iron metals • Synthetic semi-finished goods |
| Technical and medical standard products | Please note: • Annual needs for our items lie between 1 to 30,000 pieces.We mainly pursue single sourcing. • We place general orders covering several years. • For logistical reasons, we avoid using auxiliary parts and prefer functionally tested structural components. • Kanban delivery contracts are preferred. • For tool-dependent parts, we generally acquire the ownership of tools after successful acceptance of a production series. • As a rule, we specify our materials in detail and expect documented compliance with the specifications.Standard purchasing conditions: • Quotation: CPT (Carriage Paid To) (Incoterms 2000), including packaging • Payment terms: Discount payment • Packaging: Pendulum packing is preferred • Standard Conditions of Purchase of Löwenstein Medical Technology GmbH+Co.KG, Hamburg |
Please note:
- Annual needs for our items lie between 1 to 30,000 pieces.
- We mainly pursue single sourcing.
- We place general orders covering several years.
- For logistical reasons, we avoid using auxiliary parts and prefer functionally tested structural components.
- Kanban delivery contracts are preferred.
- For tool-dependent parts, we generally acquire the ownership of tools after successful acceptance of a production series.
- As a rule, we specify our materials in detail and expect documented compliance with the specifications.
Standard purchasing conditions:
- Quotation: CPT (Carriage Paid To) (Incoterms 2000), including packaging
- Payment terms: Discount payment
- Packaging: Pendulum packing is preferred
- Standard Conditions of Purchase of Löwenstein Medical Technology GmbH+Co.KG, Hamburg
Supplier Application
This is where you can download the Standard Conditions of Purchase.