Medical Tubing and Extrusion

Medical tubing and extrusion technologies

Chris Newmarker

GW Plastics spending $10 million on new Vermont expansion

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GW Plastics has broken ground on a 30,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing and technology center in Royalton, Vt. The $10 million expansion, announced last week, is meant to accommodate the ongoing growth of GW's thermoplastic injection molding and medical device contract assembly business. The project marks the second expansion in … [Read more...] about GW Plastics spending $10 million on new Vermont expansion

Pulse Systems opens new East Coast Development Center in Massachusetts

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Pulse Systems (Concord, Calif.) has opened a new East Coast Development Center facility in Marlborough, Mass. Pulse Systems — which provides precision machining of metal components for the medical device industry — already provided prototype and production support from its Northern California facilities. The new Boston area facility will provide … [Read more...] about Pulse Systems opens new East Coast Development Center in Massachusetts

Bal Seal Engineering wins USP Class VI for medical sealing polymers

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Bal Seal Engineering (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) recently announced that it has achieved USP Class VI compliance for its SP-191 and SP-23 seal materials. The maker of custom-engineered sealing solutions for medical applications also announced ISO 10993-5 compliance for its SP-191, SP-23, and UPC-15 materials. Compliance with the standards validates … [Read more...] about Bal Seal Engineering wins USP Class VI for medical sealing polymers

Plastikos secures ISO 13485 medical device certification

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Plastikos (Erie, Pa.) said today that it has obtained its certification of compliance with the ISO 13485 quality management systems for medical devices, effective April 14. The ISO 13485 standard builds upon the ISO 9001 quality management system, with a host of additional requirements for medical device manufacturers. Philip Katen, Plastikos’ … [Read more...] about Plastikos secures ISO 13485 medical device certification

Medline Industries buys Namic business from AngioDynamics

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Medline Industries will pay $167.5 million to acquire the Namic fluid management business from AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO), the companies announced today. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the summer. It will allow Medline to acquire the manifolds, contrast management systems, closed fluid systems, … [Read more...] about Medline Industries buys Namic business from AngioDynamics

How Freudenberg Medical is enabling catheter system innovation

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Freudenberg Medical at this year’s MD&M West touted its Composer deflectable catheter handle platform. The Composer platform provides a way to take the handle out of the equation for catheter system creators, according to Bernie Kaeferlein, director of portfolio management at the company. Watch Medical Design & Outsourcing's video from … [Read more...] about How Freudenberg Medical is enabling catheter system innovation

Forefront Medical buys a fifth of U.K.-based Arrow Medical

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Forefront Medical Technology (Singapore) announced this week that it has purchased a 20% stake in Arrow Medical (Herefordshire, U.K.). Founded in 1989, Arrow Medical is a medical contract manufacturer with specialties in textiles, RF welding, silicond injection molding and cleanroom assembly. “First, Arrow’s textile and RF welding capabilities … [Read more...] about Forefront Medical buys a fifth of U.K.-based Arrow Medical

Compounding Solutions launches new tie-layer resin

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Compounding Solutions (Lewiston, Maine) recently announced that it has launched a new tie-layer resin for the medical device industry. ReZilok Rx is meant for the manufacturing of multilayer co-extruded medical films and catheter tubing, the company said in a February announcement. Compounding Solutions' R&D team developed ReZilok Rx as a … [Read more...] about Compounding Solutions launches new tie-layer resin

ProMed Pharma, DSM partner to use polymers to deliver drugs

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ProMed Pharma and DSM Biomedical recently announced a business development partnership focused on polymeric drug delivery. The collaboration combines ProMed’s micromolding and extrusion capabilities with DSM’s biomedical polyurethanes, polyurethaneureas, and bioerodible amino-acid-based polyesteramides. The goal is the development of novel … [Read more...] about ProMed Pharma, DSM partner to use polymers to deliver drugs

Biocoat achieves ISO 13485:2016 certification

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Biocoat (Horsham, Pa.) announced today that is has received a certification of registration for the ISO 13485:2016 quality management system. Company officials described the certification as reflecting an ongoing commitment to quality. Biocoat specializes in supplying lubricious hydrophilic coatings for medical devices used in a range of … [Read more...] about Biocoat achieves ISO 13485:2016 certification