employment in the medical equipment industry. The rest of Spanish manufacturing
companies are evenly distributed among other provinces.
Table 1. The Spanish medical equipment industry in figures
|
1993 |
1995 |
1998 | ||||
|
MED |
IND |
MED |
IND |
MED |
IND | |
|
Sales by employee___________________ |
8,059 |
15,680 |
8,972 |
19,829 |
10,830 |
22,825 |
|
Investment by employee_____________ |
317 |
759 |
353 |
870 |
473 |
1,089 |
|
Number of employees by company |
7.0 |
14.9 |
7.5 |
15.6 |
7.7 |
15.7 |
|
% of firms with less than 20 employees |
n.d. |
n.d. |
93.1 |
87.4 |
94.8 |
86.6 |
|
Hourly employee cost________________ |
1,409 |
1,897 |
1,477 |
1,983 |
1,564 |
2,116 |
|
Cost by employee___________________ |
2,492 |
3,312 |
2,611 |
3,467 |
2,790 |
3,721 |
|
% employees in total industry__________ |
0.38 |
100 |
0.36 |
100 |
0.42 |
100 |
|
% sales in total industry________________ |
0.19 |
100 |
0.16 |
100 |
0.20 |
100 |
Notes: MED □ Medical equipment industry; IND □ Total Spanish Industry. Economic figures in
national currency (thousand), n.a. □ not available
Source: Spanish Industrial Survey. National Institute of Statistics.
Table 2. Province distribution of companies and employment in the Spanish medical equipment
industry______________________________________________________________________________
|
Spanish province |
No. manufacturers |
% |
Employees |
% |
|
Barcelona________ |
231_________ |
48.7 |
6,804 |
53.8 |
|
Madrid_________ |
133_________ |
28.0 |
3,258 |
25.7 |
|
Valencia_________ |
_______26_________ |
5.5 |
_______542 |
4.3 |
|
Asturias__________ |
__________8__________ |
1.6 |
_______120 |
0.9 |
|
Alicante__________ |
_________7__________ |
1.5 |
_______227 |
1.8 |
|
Navarra__________ |
_________7__________ |
1.5 |
_______174 |
1.3 |
|
Guipuzcoa_______ |
_________6__________ |
________1.2 |
_______268 |
2.1 |
|
Sevilla_____________ |
_________6__________ |
________1.2 |
_______152 |
1.2 |
|
Gerona__________ |
_________5__________ |
_________1.1 |
_______273 |
2.2 |
|
Vizcaya_________ |
_________5__________ |
_________1.1 |
_______100 |
0.8 |
|
Other provinces |
_______40_________ |
8.6 |
_______730 |
7.1 |
|
Total_____________ |
474_________ |
100.0 |
12,648 |
100.0 |
Source: Own elaboration
However the degree of spatial concentration of medical equipment manufacturers is
even greater when only the ‘hiDtech’ products are considered (Table 3) because all were
located in Madrid or Barcelona. Even when the analysis includes the main and most
used medical equipment such as monitoring or diagnosis, the degree of spatial
concentration of manufacturers in Madrid is over 50% in most equipments and more
than 30% in Barcelona. With the exception of the Community of Valencia, the other
provinces must rely on distributors and sales representatives to buy medical
equipments.
Table 3. Province distribution of manufacturers and commercial firms of ‘high tech’ medical equipment
|
Manufacturers |
Distributors |
Importers |
Services | |
|
I Madrid ~ |
___________6 |
____________8 |
_________10 |
___________1 |