Australia's Cochlear taps into growing Asian market for hearing implants
KOJI NOZAWA and YUTA MAEDA
TOKYO -- Australia's Cochlear, the world's largest maker of hearing implants, has built out production capacity to pursue a bigger share in Asia's fast-growing medtech market.
Over the past several years, Cochlear has invested tens of millions of Australian dollars (AU$10 million equals $6.52 million) into three factories in Australia and one facility in Malaysia, CEO Dig Howitt said.
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