Philosophy and values

Our Corporate Philosophy

Since our founding in October 1919, we have developed breakthrough, category-leading products that have helped to shape our industry. At Olympus we are driven by Our Purpose and a set of five Core Values that ensure a common understanding of who Olympus is and what we stand for all over the world.

Our Purpose

Our purpose “Making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling” is our reason for being, the ultimate outcome of our efforts that motivates us all to come to work every day.

Olympus develops and manufactures medical technology in accordance with the highest quality standards. By making early diagnosis and gentle, minimally invasive procedures possible, we reduce the burden on patients and ensure that surgical procedures are continually becoming more efficient. In this way, we want to make it possible for people to live a healthy life, and in doing so emerge as preferred partner for healthcare providers.

We achieve this by developing and manufacturing products that enhance patients’ quality of life due to their medical benefits of being safe, reliable and easy-to-use - also offering an economic advantage to healthcare providers.

Our Core Values

Our Core Values are the beliefs and principles we share. These are the elements that best describe the type of company we are and continue to strive to be – from product development to social responsibility with regard to our employees, partners and suppliers:

• Integrity: We are trustworthy and act in good faith
• Empathy: We care about all of our stakeholders
• Long Term View: We look beyond the present to deliver future value
• Agility: We challenge the status quo with open minds, focus and speed
• Unity: We are strongest when we work together as a team

Company structure

A look behind the scenes

Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe is a company of Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG with its head office in Hamburg and other sites in Germany, the Czech Republic and Wales.

From research and development to service, we bring together the full range of core competencies required for the development and manufacturing of innovative medical technology. To do this, we collaborate with our global Olympus sales partners and various technology centers within the Olympus Corporation.

Our locations in Germany, the Czech Republic and Wales are closely interconnected and benefit from common marketing, sales and support structures on global level. Integrated production and logistics processes also make a high degree of specialization possible.

The departments of Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe at a glance:

Management

Executive Management Board

Memberships

Always on the pulse of the time

Innovations in medical technology are the result of long-term networking and linking different competencies. Those who already want to think about the future today need to have their finger on the pulse. This can be achieved through memberships to organizations, associations and societies.

A brief overview of our memberships:

• Arbeitskreis Medizintechnik Hamburg e. V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein− und Viszeralchirurgie e. V.
• DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.
• F.O.M. Forschungsvereinigung Feinmechanik, Optik und Medizintechnik e. V.
• Life Science Nord e. V.
• SPECTARIS − German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technologies e. V.
• The International Academy for Design and Health