About Us

A primary source of clinical and therapeutic supplies for progressive healthcare professionals.

We are also innovators and creator of the world’s first eco-friendly acupuncture needle brand.
We offer safe and proven top-quality products for healthcare practitioners. In addition, we organize live and online advanced clinical training, provide industry news/articles, and frankly provide some of the best products from around the world!

We welcome you to our site and look forward to being of service to you!

What we really do?

We are growing healthcare import and distribution company and certified ISO 13485 2016 MDSAP acupuncture needle manufacturer. We specialize in natural health products, Traditional East Asian medical supplies and producing the world’s first Eco-friendly brand of needles.  We also service the general clinical needs of practitioners across Canada.

Commitment to Quality

We are a ISO 13485 2016 MDSAP medical device manufacturer specializing in quality ecofriendly acupuncture needles. We also are licensed by Health Canada with an Establishment License and a Site license. Which means we can import, and sell all types of medical devices and Natural Health Products.

We take our Commitment to Quality Seriously! Here is our Company Pledge:

Eastern Currents Ltd. is committed to satisfying customer expectations and needs, and striving for excellence through continual improvement, by providing quality products and services conforming to customer, regulatory and internal requirements.

We shall achieve our goals by establishing and maintaining an effective and efficient quality management system, through which our objectives and targets are established and our measured performance is routinely evaluated. Attaining the required level of quality in our products and services is an integral part of all our day-to-day activities and must remain the focus of our attention at all times. Each member of our team is accountable for ensuring conformance to our written procedures, and contributing towards continually improving our overall performance.

Our goal is to offer friendly and efficient service makes ordering a pleasant and easy experience.

History of our Journey

  • 1992 – Eastern Currents Distributing was established as a proprietorship business in BC. Owner and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, John Stan, founded the company with the goal of providing his colleagues in the acupuncture and TCM field with quality acupuncture supplies, quality herbal products and continuing education in the field of acupuncture and TCM. The company was established in the back of the clinic on Dunbar and 41st area of Vancouver in a spare room.
  • 1995 – Eastern Currents distributing was Incorporated as a Ltd Company. Eastern Currents Distributing Ltd and the Clinic moved from Dunbar Street to West 41st avenue in a Professional building occupying one office. After 10 years, we grew taking over 4 additional adjacent offices. It was time to move.
  • 2004 – Founded the Canadian Oriental Medical Symposium in Vancouver now called FLOW Symposium (Facilitating Life-Optimizing Wellness), where practitioners gather annually to learn from internationally recognized speakers.
  • 2005 – We moved to our current warehouse and office facility on Shaughnessy St. where we currently operate and happily manage your orders daily.
  • 2005 – Purchased MED Servi Systems in Ottawa Ontario – Now ECL is able to service customers across Canada
  • 2005 – 2015 Continued to innovate, import, distribute and provide live workshops on specialty techniques. We brought high-quality needles at fair prices and Introduced superior professional TCM herbs from leading US and Taiwan manufacturers to the Canadian market.
  • 2010 – Innovated a new dual tube needle delivery system with patents in Australia and USA
  • 2012 – Introduced EC-Learning an online learning platform which was one of the early providers of online learning content in the industry.
  • 2018 – EC-Learning expanded to become Net of Knowledge an international hub of online learning, mentoring, and live event hosting.
  • 2019 – Eastern Currents became an ISO 13485 2016 MDSAP Acupuncture Needle manufacturer.
  • Eastern Currents Distributing Ltd became Eastern Currents Ltd – due to the fact we were now additionally a manufacturer and innovator. Our new name reflects our broader business activities.
  • 2019 – Eastern Currents partnered with a manufacturer in Korea to create the world’s first Eco-friendly Acupuncture needle called Acufast, a low eco-foot print needle with needle waste reduction from up to 90% was achieved.
  • 2019 – Eastern Currents innovated industry first accessories to safely manage multi-needle packaging.
  • 2022 – US patent for Needle package clipping device: the Acubase and Acuclip.

2022 – Introduced another innovative accessory for the Acufast Needles, the Wrist Launcher

John Stan President/Founder

Kelly Kitchen CEO

Jadranka Radic Vice President

JJ Sierra Customer Service Agent

Brodie Kuzmuk Customer Service Agent

What makes us different?

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Our Vision

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History of the Company

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