Essen, as a part of its diversification, has joined hands with Ireland based Shimmer Sensing, a subsidiary of Real Time Technologies Limited to form a Joint Venture “Essen Shimmer Medical Technologies P Limited”, to work in the field of Medical Electronics, especially “wearable” Systems.

The first product is a novel remote patient heart monitoring product ""HEART-WEAR" (a wearable ECG) to the rural Indian Healthcare market, has been rolled out now.  The JV announcement was made in Bangalore during the Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to India led by Pat Breen T.D. Minister for Employment and Small Business.