Iqarus acquires Exmed
Offshore and onshore healthcare and medical solutions company Iqarus has acquired Exmed, a leader in remote medical support, equipment and clinical education, as it further progresses its global growth strategy.
Exmed’s customers include prominent international government and humanitarian agencies as well as global energy companies and media organisations. The company supports medical missions and operations in locations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Siberia. Exmed offers unique frontline training services and has invested in a new centre of excellence set to open in July that offers a fully simulated two storey street for replicating mass incident scenarios as well as arctic, jungle and desert simulation. Founding directors of Exmed Ged Healy and Dai Jones will join Iqarus along with their head office team of 20 and pool of highly trained medical contractors.
Iqarus was formed following the acquisition of Capita PLC’s Aberdeen-based Energy Medical Services business by a management team led by CEO Tim Mitchell and MML Capital Partners last year. The new business, which has a 40 year history of providing medical solutions to the North Sea oil and gas industry, aims to become the leading international player in healthcare solutions for remote and difficult environments through a combination of acquisition and organic growth.
Exmed launched in 2004 and has grown year on year into a global business with operations in the Middle East, Africa, the Americas as well as its headquarters in the UK. The frontline training services in Herefordshire, UK, currently educate more than 2,000 people a year and will be combined with Iqarus’ existing centre in Montrose, UK, to deliver a full offshore and onshore capability. Exmed also supplies over 9,000 items of medical equipment around the world through its online store.