Biomerics adds Northeast Laser & Electropolish in merger
Interventional device contract manufacturer Biomerics said this week that it is merging with Northeast Laser & Electropolish (NLE), a Monroe, Conn.-based company. NLE offers medtech contract...
View ArticleMicrospec founder takes the long view on medical tubing
Microspec CEO Tim Steele remembers when polyurethanes were relatively new. It was the 1970s, and the only polyurethanes were industrial grade, not medical grade. Steele is a PEEK pioneer who founded...
View ArticleHow do flow dynamics work with extrusion tooling?
Medical tubing makers need to carefully control and tune their extrusion tooling to very tight tolerances in a cost-efficient manner. Flow channel geometry plays a critical role. Denis Finn, Guill...
View ArticleHow geometric transition extrusion can reduce medical tubing risk
Complex extrusions open up design, quality and performance possibilities for medical tubing products, such as catheters, wound drains and hemodialysis tubing. Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Healthcare &...
View Article5 medical tubing manufacturing processes to achieve complex geometries
Medtech companies have demanded increasingly complex geometries in medical tubing. Here’s a rundown of five manufacturing processes that could help them get there. Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Healthcare...
View ArticleFreudenberg Medical debuts continuous inner measurement for tubing
Freudenberg Medical said today it has developed a ground-breaking new technology to continuously measure the inner geometry of silicone tubes. The new technology is meant to significantly increase...
View ArticleMD&M West exhibitors you need to know
MD&M West — set for Feb. 11-13, 2020 — is billed as the largest medical device manufacturing event in the world. Now in its 35th year, it showcases hundreds of industry suppliers and attracts...
View ArticleGuill announces new hybrid extrusion tooling
Guill said today it has added a new version of its 800 series extrusion tooling. Engineers at Guill developed the 800 Series Hybrid to overcome challenges that can occur in some extrusion applications....
View ArticleNewAge Industries invests in new plastic hose manufacturing equipment
Extrusion is the process NewAge Industries uses to make its plastic tubing and reinforced hose for medical, pharma and other applications. The extrusion equipment purchased in the ’90s was still...
View ArticleUPDATE: Medtech contract manufacturers make it work during a pandemic
From coping with wild fluctuations in demand to keeping workers safe and customers satisfied, these medical device industry suppliers have managed to adapt amid COVID-19 and an uncharted business...
View ArticleHow tubing companies are supporting medtech during COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, the medical device industry is scrambling to meet the demand for devices that have experienced shortages. Ventilators are among them, and tubing...
View ArticleGraham Engineering adds extrusion clamp
Graham Engineering announced today that it has added a new extrusion clamp with electro-mechanical actuation to its American Kuhne product line. The AutoGrip power clamp is safer and simpler to operate...
View ArticleHow the resumption of elective surgery may spur demand for high-volume...
(Image courtesy of Micro) Hospitals’ need for single-use surgical instruments may spike as they resume elective procedures following the worst of COVID-19. Outsourcing with a credible tubing partner...
View ArticleSaint-Gobain Life Sciences buys MS Techniques and Transluminal
Saint-Gobain Life Sciences announced today that it is acquiring MS Techniques and Transluminal to expand its medical components capabilities. Pompey, France-based MS Techniques, a 137-person company,...
View ArticleFreudenberg Medical opens new HQ in larger Mass. factory
Freudenberg Medical announced today that it has completed construction of a new medical manufacturing operation in Beverly, Mass. The new building will serve as Freudenberg Medical’s global...
View ArticleZeus Industrial Products founder passes away
Frank Paul Tourville Sr. — who founded Zeus 54 years ago and built it into a major provider of advanced medical tubing products — recently passed away at age 87. The Orangeburg, S.C.–based company in...
View ArticleMinnesota Rubber and Plastics acquires Pawling Engineered Products
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics — maker of engineered elastomers and thermoplastics for the medical, water and industrial markets — announced today that it has acquired Pawling, N.Y.–based Pawling...
View ArticlePutnam Plastics expands HQ with new tubing manufacturing facility
Medical extrusion firm Putnam Plastics Corp. has completed the construction of a 57,000-square-foot addition to its headquarters in northeast Connecticut. Dayville, Conn.–based Putnam, which makes...
View ArticleSoft robots grow like plants via synthetic material extrusion process
University of Minnesota scientists and engineers have taken a page from plant growth for new soft robot technology that might be able to navigate hard-to-reach places within the human body. Some forms...
View ArticleViant expands Design & Development West Center of Excellence in California
Viant today said it has completed the expansion of its Design & Development West Center of Excellence in Fremont, California. The facility’s footprint is now 67% larger, totaling 25,000 sf² across...
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