What IMEDCO does

IMEDCO AG, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hägendorf, Switzerland, is a privately held specialist in the design, manufacture, and installation of radio frequency (RF) and magnetic shielding products for medical and research facilities. Its core offering centers on RF enclosures built as Faraday cages using copper foil wrapped around wooden frames, supplemented by magnetic shielding solutions and fully magnetically shielded rooms (MSR) for sensitive imaging environments such as MRI suites and magnetoencephalography (MEG) centers. The portfolio extends into complementary modules including the SilentSHIELD acoustic system, Active Compensation electronics, FerrALERT ferrous-metal detection, and a family of branded interior fittings and ambient patient-experience solutions (RelaxingLIGHT, VirtualWINDOW, AnimationBEAM, etc.). Headcount is reported at 51-100 employees, with manufacturing facilities in Switzerland, China, and the United States and sales/customer support operations across Europe, Asia, and North America.

The company monetizes primarily through custom, quote-based hardware sales and bundled professional services that span the full project lifecycle, from consulting and architectural assistance through site survey, design, engineering, manufacture, installation, and acceptance testing. Customers include hospitals, universities and research institutions, private radiology practices, and OEM manufacturers of medical diagnostic equipment, served via a direct enterprise field-sales model. Notable marquee projects include a 567-ton passive iron shield for the UK's first 11.7T human ultra-high-field MRI scanner (delivered April 2025) and an MSR for the new OPM-MEG center of PTB and Charité (announced January 2026).

IMEDCO holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications (audit passed October 2024), maintains 15+ registered trademarks across its product lines, and reports 1000+ RF enclosures installed globally and 400+ customers served over its operating history. The business has no disclosed funding rounds, no public listing, and no parent company, consistent with a founder- or family-led Swiss industrial company operating in a narrow but technically demanding niche of medical facility infrastructure.

Name

IMEDCO

Legal name

IMEDCO AG

Website

https://imedco.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IMEDCO AG is a privately held Swiss manufacturer, founded in 1987, that designs and installs RF and magnetic shielding products — primarily Faraday-cage enclosures and magnetically shielded rooms — for hospitals, universities, research institutions, and medical equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical RF and Magnetic Shielding Equipment

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Security, Safety & Fire/Life Safety Management (BPABAAAE)

Keywords

• Medical RF shielding
• MRI room shielding
• Faraday cage enclosures
• Magnetic shielded rooms
• Hospital equipment shielding

Headquarters

HQ city

Hägendorf

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Shielding Products: Sale of RF enclosures, magnetic shielding, and magnetically shielded rooms constructed from proprietary copper foil and wooden frame technology. Products are custom-manufactured for specific facility requirements.
2. Professional Services: Comprehensive project management services including consulting, architectural assistance, evaluation, design, engineering, installation, and acceptance testing for shielding installations.
3. Interior Finishing and Fittings: Sale of doors (StandardDOOR, FrictionlessDOOR, SlidingDOOR), windows, lighting solutions, and decorative panels for MRI rooms

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IMEDCO develops and manufactures RF and magnetic shielding products for hospital equipment and treatment rooms, including RF enclosures (Faraday cages of copper foil on wooden frames), magnetically shielded rooms (MSR), magnetic shielding systems, and supporting products such as SilentSHIELD™ acoustic shielding, FerrALERT™ ferrous metal detection, shielded doors, and ambient patient-comfort solutions. The company provides full project management services (consulting, architectural assistance, design, engineering, manufacture, installation and acceptance testing) to hospitals, universities, private radiology practices and medical diagnostic equipment manufacturers globally.

Product overview

IMEDCO is a specialized manufacturer of RF and magnetic shielding products for medical facilities. The core product portfolio centers on Radio Frequency (RF) shielding enclosures built as Faraday cages using copper foil panels, combined with magnetic shielding and magnetically shielded rooms (MSR). The product line includes complementary add-on modules such as SilentSHIELD for acoustic control and Active Compensation for real-time magnetic field correction. Interior finishing is supported through specialized doors (StandardDOOR, FrictionlessDOOR, SlidingDOOR), lighting systems (DimLIGHT, FixLIGHT, SpotLIGHT, RelaxingLIGHT, RelaxingPANEL), and patient comfort solutions (VirtualWINDOW, PictureWALL, AnimationBEAM, AnimationSCREEN). Safety accessories include FerrALERT metal detection systems and PrivacyGLASS. The portfolio is completed by Quench Pipe systems and general accessories, all designed to work together as an integrated shielding ecosystem for hospitals, universities, and medical equipment manufacturers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SilentSHIELD™: Product line for RF shielding solutions
• StandardDOOR
• FrictionlessDOOR
• SlidingDOOR
• FerrALERT™
• PrivacyGLASS
• DimLIGHT
• FixLIGHT
• SpotLIGHT
• RelaxingLIGHT
• RelaxingPANEL
• VirtualWINDOW
• PictureWALL
• AnimationBEAM
• AnimationSCREEN

Products and services

• Radio Frequency Shielding (RF Enclosure / Faraday Cage) Custom-manufactured RF enclosure built as a Faraday cage from copper-foil panels wrapped around wooden frames, designed for MRI rooms and other sensitive medical equipment that must be protected from electromagnetic interference. Sold to hospitals, universities, private radiologist practices and medical diagnostic equipment manufacturers.
• Magnetic Shielding Custom magnetic shielding solutions for hospital equipment and treatment rooms containing devices sensitive to or generating magnetic interference. Sold to hospitals, universities, private radiology practices and OEMs.
• Magnetically Shielded Rooms (MSR) Complete magnetically shielded rooms providing protection from external magnetic fields for sensitive medical imaging and research applications, including OPM-MEG systems and ultra-high-field MRI such as the 11.7T human UHF MRI shielded in 2025 with a 567-ton passive iron shield.
• SilentSHIELD™ Acoustic shielding solution designed to reduce noise in MRI environments to improve patient comfort during scans. Sold as a complementary system to IMEDCO's shielded room installations.
• Active Compensation Active electronic compensation system for real-time mitigation of magnetic field interference in sensitive medical imaging environments.
• Quench Pipe Specialized piping system for cryogenic venting and emergency pressure relief in MRI superconducting magnet installations.
• Interior Finishing and Fittings Complete interior finishing package for shielded medical rooms including shielded doors (StandardDOOR, FrictionlessDOOR, SlidingDOOR), PrivacyGLASS, lighting systems (DimLIGHT, FixLIGHT, SpotLIGHT, RelaxingLIGHT, RelaxingPANEL) and ambient visual solutions (VirtualWINDOW, PictureWALL, AnimationBEAM, AnimationSCREEN).
• Ambient Solutions (Patient-Comfort Lighting and Visual Systems) Patient-experience solutions for MRI environments combining ambient lighting (RelaxingLIGHT, RelaxingPANEL), virtual windows (VirtualWINDOW), decorative walls (PictureWALL) and animation systems (AnimationBEAM, AnimationSCREEN) to reduce patient anxiety and claustrophobia during scans.
• FerrALERT™ SOLO Ferrous Metal Detection System Ferrous metal detection system for monitoring ferrous objects entering MRI zones and providing safety alerts to protect patients and staff.
• FerrALERT™ HALO II Plus Ferrous Metal Detection System Advanced ferrous metal detection system with enhanced sensitivity for MRI facility safety monitoring, complementing the FerrALERT SOLO model.
• Shielding Project Management Services Full project management services covering consulting, architectural assistance, evaluation, design, engineering, manufacture, installation and acceptance testing for medical shielding installations. Sold alongside IMEDCO's shielding products as a single-vendor delivery model for hospitals, universities and private practices.
• Site Survey Services On-site survey services to assess facility conditions and shielding requirements as a precursor to designing a full RF/magnetic shielding installation. Sold to hospitals, research institutions and private radiology practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1000+ RF-enclosures installed globally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) and CharitécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026IMEDCO AG is supplying MSR (Magnetically Shielded Rooms) for the new OPM-MEG center of PTB and Charité. This is a major scientific collaboration for optically pumped magnetometry magnetoencephalography research facilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Holland Shielding Systems: European supplier of EMI/RFI shielding products, Faraday cages, and MRI shielding materials. Closely comparable as a regional specialty shielding vendor serving medical and research customers.
• Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC): US-based manufacturer of vibration isolation, magnetic shielding, and acoustic enclosures used in MRI suites and sensitive research environments. Closely overlaps IMEDCO's core medical/instrumentation shielding offering.
• Amuneal Manufacturing: US manufacturer of custom magnetic shielding, RF enclosures, and architectural shielding solutions for hospitals, research labs, and imaging suites. Directly comparable custom-engineering business model.
• Spira Manufacturing: Manufacturer of EMI/RFI shielding gaskets and shielded enclosures serving medical, military, and industrial markets. Overlaps IMEDCO on the electromagnetic shielding side of MRI room builds.
• Magnetic Shield Corporation: Specialist in mu-metal and custom magnetic shielding enclosures for medical imaging, sensors, and research instrumentation. Competes with IMEDCO in shielding materials and bespoke shielded rooms.
• ETS-Lindgren: Largest global specialist in RF and magnetic shielding, anechoic chambers, and EMI testing environments. Directly comparable to IMEDCO across MRI/MEG shielding and broader medical/research shielded-room applications.

Emerging players

• Schaffner Group: Swiss-headquartered provider of EMC/EMI solutions and power quality components. Adjacent peer serving overlapping medical and industrial customers with broader electromagnetic compatibility portfolio rather than custom shielding rooms.
• Laird Performance Materials (Laird Thermal Systems parent): Global supplier of EMI shielding materials, thermal management, and signal integrity components. Comparable to IMEDCO on the electromagnetic materials side, though focused on components rather than full shielded-room installations.

Broad incumbents

• Drägerwerk: Large German medical and safety technology company with deep hospital relationships, including patient monitoring, gas detection, and safety infrastructure. Compares to IMEDCO as a broad incumbent medical-safety supplier whose ecosystem IMEDCO sells into.
• Getinge: Global medical technology and infrastructure provider with strong hospital operating-room and sterile supply business. Comparable as a broad incumbent in medical facility infrastructure where IMEDCO's shielded rooms are integrated.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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