1970 Hermann Sutter and Klaus Holzhauer start the company "Holzhauer und Sutter GmbH"
1972 Inauguration of the brand name "Select" for doctor's office products
1980 Start of the development and manufacture of electrosurgical accessories
1985 The Sutter family takes over 100 % of the company shares; the company name changes to "Select Medizin-Technik Hermann Sutter GmbH"
1995 Bert Sutter joins the business
2000 Market launch of the RaVoR™ system, based on the BM-780 II unit
2001 Market launch of Silverglide non-stick bipolar forceps
2004 Hermann Sutter turns over the executive management to Bert Sutter. Official company name changes to "SUTTER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH".
2007 Market launch of the microsurgical radiofrequency generator CURIS®
2009 Market launch of SuperGliss® non-stick bipolar forceps.
2010 Extensive renovations on two of the three company buildings are completed. Energy efficiency is now by 20 percent lower than the German standard for low energy consumption. A 24 kWp solar power station provides approx. 20,000 kWh of green electricity per year.
2013 Market launch of the Calvian® endo-pen.
2014 Company expansion: A new building with a ultra-modern coating facility is specially designed and constructed
2016 Company expansion: Two more buildings are added. The staff number increases to approximately 100 highly qualified employees.
2016 Market launch of disposible RaVoR™ probes
Today
In its markets Sutter is the market leader for non-stick bipolar forceps and is a prominent brand for radiofrequency sleep surgery systems.
Watch out for Sutter in ENT, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, dermatology in the future.