Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology, has announced the appointment of Juhani Taskinen to lead PicoMedical, a new business area established by the company for medical and healthcare ALD segments, effective from January 5, 2021.
Taskinen has extensive international career and background in the medical field, and proven track record in driving profitable business growth and leading successful collaboration activities in these industries.
Prior to this, Taskinen held various leading general management, sales and marketing, and business development positions in pharma, biotech, and healthcare companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, AbbVie and Balentor.
“Right now, ALD is disrupting healthcare technologies just like it did to microelectronics in the early 2000’s. Picosun is the trailblazer and spearhead in medical ALD solutions. I’m happy to start in my new position as the head of Picosun’s PicoMedical business area to speed this company into even greater success in the healthcare segment,” states Taskinen.
The newly established business area will reinforce and streamline Picosun Group’s activities in the medical field. These activities include product and solutions development for medical ALD applications, driving the profitable growth from the medical segment, and increasing the Picosun brand awareness in the healthcare and medical industries, Picosun said in a statement.
PicoMedical will also manage the Group’s extensive medical ALD patent portfolio of 18 patent families, and coordinate and execute research activities and collaboration projects in the medical field, it added.
“It’s great to welcome Mr. Juhani Taskinen into our team. ALD has amazing possibilities to offer to the healthcare industries. We are sure that with Mr. Taskinen’s skills, background and expertise we can truly make several new breakthroughs in this field,” continues Jussi Rautee, CEO of Picosun Group.
Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Picosun has subsidiaries in Germany, USA, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China mainland and Taiwan, offices in India and France, and a world-wide sales and support network.
