What are Roth Medical Components?

Röth Medical Components is a medical supply company started in 1989 by H.F. Röthig. The company, which is a family-run business, is located in Cape Town, South Africa. Röth Medical Components produces specialty surgical supplies, such as bone screws and plates, and distributes them to more than 40 countries.

Company History

• Röth Medical Components was started in 1989 under the name Trauma Surgical Services C.C. The name of the company was changed in 1991, after Thomas and Sandra Röthig joined the company, to better reflect that the business was run by the family. By 1992, the company began exporting its products outside of South Africa. In 1994, the company began developing and patenting its own range of medical devices.

Types of Medical Supplies

• Röth Medical creates medical supplies, such as bone screws, bone plate, bone plate bending presses, fragment sets, different bone nails, medical wire and pins, staples and staple sets, compression hip screw systems, endoprostheses, spinal systems, traction devices, external fixation systems and bone-harvesting systems. These supplies are made from stainless steel, unalloyed titanium, wrought titanium 6, aluminum 4 and vanadium alloy.

Servicing Medical Supplies

• Röth Medical Components will also service or repair certain medical supplies, including surgical instruments, orthopedic instruments, orthopedic implants, sterilization cases, sterilization trays and titanium rods and bars used in implants.

Quality Assurance and Membership

• The motto of Röth Medical Components is "Quality Without Compromise." The company complies with and is certified in the International Standardization Oranization 9001:2000, 13485:2003, and 14971, which are quality management system certifications for medical devices. The company is also certified in Medical Device Division 93/42 with the European Economic Community. It also has the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate (issued by the Republic of South Africa Department of Health), Certificate of Free Sale, the "Proudly South African" founder membership and the "Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry" Founder Membership.