A Hong Kong-based company specializing in custom medical implants, Koln 3D, plans to expand its research and establish a factory in Central Asia. This move is part of a broader collaboration ahead of the Chief Executive's upcoming regional visit.

A Hong Kong medical technology firm manufacturing tailor-made body implants will expand research initiatives and explore setting up a factory in Central Asia, in a further collaboration which one expert said could also benefit the city. Koln 3D, Hong Kong’s first orthopaedic and metal component printing technology company, revealed its plan ahead of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming visit to the region early next month. “For me, Central Asian countries are like Saudi Arabia 20 to 30...