World First as Toshiba Medical Systems Joins The Premier League

World First as Toshiba Medical Systems Joins The Premier League PR Newswire ZOETERMEER, The Netherlands, October 25, 2012 ZOETERMEER, The Netherlands, October 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Sir Alex Ferguson Hails "major step forward" with Toshiba Medical Systems - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed the "signing" of an agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems as the biggest step forward the Premier League club has taken in many years. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121025/570915 Toshiba Medical Systems has become the Official Medical Systems Partner with the English club in a five-year partnership that will see it provide state-of-the-art medical equipment in a new medical centre at the club's training ground at Carrington, Manchester. At an event at the club's Old Trafford stadium on Thursday , Mr Chikao Kamijima, CEO of Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, Mr Mark Holmshaw, Vice President Sales and Service Europe and Toshiba Medical Systems' Chief Marketing Executive Mr Hiroyuki Tachikawa were welcomed by manager Sir Alex Ferguson, club executives and first team stars Ryan Giggs, Nani and Shinji Kagawa. Speaking at the ceremony, Sir Alex said: "We have made a couple of big signings this summer but this is a 'big signing' for us and probably the most important step forward we have taken in a long, long time.