In the spring of 2022, a Hungarian delegation led by Prof. Dr. József Bódis, Hungary's State Secretary for Higher Education, paid a visit to BINDER. The group of six, consisting mainly of doctors, traveled to Germany with the aim of getting inspiration for the concrete implementation of a planned super hospital in Budapest.
The contact came about through a meeting from the previous year: In October, Bódis' predecessor and current Minister for Innovation and Technology, Prof. Dr. László Palkovics, a guest at BINDER. Received by Vice President Michael Binder-Pfaff, Bódis was very impressed by the diversity of the company - because BINDER devices can be used in many research areas, including the medical field.
The Hungarian government is currently planning a total of three super hospitals in the greater Budapest area, which will provide medical care for a total of 3 million people in the future. This year the building permit for the first hospital, which serves as a pilot project, was granted. On the recommendation of Minister Palkovics, the planning committee gathered valuable information on forthcoming innovations that need to be taken into account when planning such a large-scale project.
"Contacts like these are particularly important for us in the current planning phase, because companies like BINDER, as innovation drivers, are very close to the upcoming trends," says Bódis. This is the only way to ensure that planning and building are state-of-the-art. Binder-Pfaff was proud to be able to make "a small contribution to the creation of such an ambitious project through our spirit of innovation".
