# PAX-Bags (X-CEN-TEK GmbH & Co. KG)

PAX-Bags is a brand of X-CEN-TEK GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Wardenburg, Germany. The company develops and manufactures emergency backpacks, emergency and first-aid bags, and rescue & transport systems for emergency medical services, fire brigades, mountain and air rescue, police and special units. Products are designed in cooperation with rescue services and sewn in PAX's own manufacturing (PAX-Manufaktur) by an international team of specialist tailors. The company is certified to EN ISO 13485:2016, the medical-device quality-management standard. The brand began in 1994 when founder Andreas Harms sewed the first PAX-Bag prototype; X-CEN-TEK GmbH was founded in 2000. As of October 2025 the product line and founder of AK MedTec GmbH (heated stretcher pads and vacuum mattresses) were integrated into PAX-Bags.

## Overview

- **Type:** Fabricante
- **Country:** Alemania
- **Headquarters:** Westerburger Weg 30, 26203 Wardenburg, Germany
- **Founded:** 1994
- **Products listed:** 103
- **Certifications:** EN ISO 13485:2016 + AC:2018 + A11:2021

## Key strengths

- ISO 13485:2016 certified medical-device manufacturer with in-house production (PAX-Manufaktur).
- Award-winning design: Red Dot, Good Design Award and German Brand Award (health & medicine) for the welded P5/11 emergency backpack.
- Custom manufacturing (Sonderanfertigung) and modular interior systems tailored to rescue organisations.
- Global distribution across Europe, the USA, Australia and the MENA region since 2004.

## Product lines

- **Emergency Backpacks** (20 products): Professional emergency and rescue backpacks for EMS, air rescue, mountain rescue and disaster control, including the welded P5/11 platform and named models (Wasserkuppe, Berlin, Dresden, Gladbach, Feldberg).
- **Vacuum Immobilization** (4 products): Vacuum mattresses and vacuum splints for patient immobilization (the AK MedTec heritage line), with pumps, fixation straps and accessories.
- **Ampoule Holders & Medication Management** (8 products): Ampoule holders (Ampullarien) in multiple sizes and the modular PCI / Clip-In medication-management system for organising drugs and vials in emergency kits.
- **Emergency & First-Aid Bags** (18 products): Emergency bags, first-aid bags and specialty medical bags (GP/doctor bags, paediatric emergency, infection control, intubation, AED carry bags) for pre-hospital care.
- **Holsters & Carrying Accessories** (16 products): Duty holsters and carrying accessories for radios, pagers, gloves, torches, smartphones and tools (including the Pro-Series), plus belts (Koppel) and harnesses for rescue personnel.
- **Inner Pouches & Modules** (10 products): Inner pouches, clear-view modules (Klarsichtmodule) and function modules (Funktionsmodule) that organise the interior of PAX emergency backpacks and bags.
- **Oxygen Transport** (3 products): Oxygen cylinder bags, holders and accessories (Oxy-Compact, Mini-Oxy, Medi-Oxy) for safe transport of medical oxygen.
- **Patient Transport & Rescue Systems** (11 products): Rescue and transport systems including carry sheets (Tragetücher), roll-up and tri-fold stretchers, the RTS rescue & transport system, Rettungs-BOA and spineboard accessories.
- **Technical & Tactical Rescue Equipment** (9 products): Technical rescue equipment (sling webbing, marking, line bags), wildfire/vegetation-fire backpacks and tactical rescue products for special operations.
- **Warming Systems** (4 products): Active and passive patient warming products: THX warming blankets, heated stretcher pads, the Infu-Warm infusion-warming system and TMS heating/power packs.

## Capabilities

- OEM
- ODM
- Contract manufacturing

## Awards

- Red Dot Design Award (P5/11) (2016), Red Dot
- Good Design Award (P5/11) (2015), Chicago Athenaeum
- German Brand Award (health & medicine) (2016), German Brand Institute

## Target customers

- Emergency medical services
- Fire brigades
- Mountain & air rescue
- Police & special units
- Disaster relief organizations

## Exhibitions

- RETTmobil (Fulda)
- Enforce Tac

## Facilities

- hq, Wardenburg, Germany
- production, PAX-Manufaktur (in-house production)

## Distribution reach

Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Alemania

## Documents

- [PAX Vacuum & Warming Flyer (EN)](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8690~xFkbfJCrwdQszdin)
- [Instructions for Use: PAX Vacuum Splints](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8692~GeKxXO-XXDh9Pya7)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX Vacuum Splint (Leg)](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8694~w7D5UXMQB4HsRWNM)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX Vacuum Splint (Elbow)](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8696~0iIN9XW5LUL5gM5a)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX Ergo-Mat Vacuum Mattress (Handles)](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8698~IRpVTu7mjnG3uVkH)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX I-Mat Vacuum Mattress](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8700~Kk4UcDnqEGbzrjUr)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX Mummy-Mat Vacuum Mattress](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8702~chlRNpszxfWfom7a)
- [CE Declaration of Conformity: PAX Reilly Vacuum Splint (Leg)](https://api.dev.mytradeloop.com/storage/8704~AkCIPOpzbJex53oy)

See all 28 documents on the [company profile](https://dev.mytradeloop.com/es/companies/pax-bags-x-cen-tek-gmbh-co-kg-9668).

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