Archive for the ‘Suppliers’ Category
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
US-based Spectralytics (Dassel, Minnesota) and Preco Inc. (Lenexa, Kansas) have joined forces with Preco-Miwa, based in Tianjin, China, to ramp up contract manufacturing of cardiovascular stents and other medical devices through their subsidiaries in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), also in Tianjin.
This initiative is designed to accelerate delivery of products to Asian ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
A patent-pending MicroAdjust mechanism that can be added to the Guill Medical Tooling Series 712 and 812 is designed to prevent operator error when adjusting die bolts for the extrusion of sensitive thin-walled medical tubing. Movement of the MicroAdjust system from Guill Tool & Engineering Co. is 1/7th that of a ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Biomedical Structures (BMS) LLC, which supplies biomedical textiles for medical devices and other advanced clinical applications, has installed a new purpose-built cleanroom. The facility supports high-density weaving and knitting for biomedical textile production, and houses state-of-the-art warping and twisting equipment for an increased range of products for orthopaedic, cardiovascular and ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Manufacturer of medical tubing MicroLumen will be moving into a larger facility in early 2011 to accommodate growing demand for its products. The company is building a 60,000-sq-ft facility in Oldsmar, Florida, USA, reports Tampabay.com.
Microlumen currently leases space in Tampa, Florida, and employs 54 people. That number is expected to ...
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
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Contract manufacturer of endovascular stents Fortimedix has announced that COO Wout Bijker has been named CEO, effective immediately. Bijker joined Fortimedix in August 2009. He will now focus on further maturing the company's manufacturing system, broadening its technology base and establishing a culture of ...
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Customers from the medtech and pharmaceutical sectors are famously demanding, notes Tampoprint AG, a maker of fully automated pad printing systems for those and other industries. High expectations can drive companies to innovate, which is how Tampoprint came to develop a 12-colour system for printing along the circumference of catheters.
Tampoprint ...
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
Medisize Corp. has expanded tool-making capacity at its production plant in Kontiolahti, Finland. Customers will benefit from a number of improvements, notes the company, not the least of which is faster turnaround times. Medisize manufactures medical and diagnostic devices and related products on a contract basis. Its core products include ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
The benefits of hot-melt extrusion in pharmaceutical and medical applications took centre stage on 15 April, when equipment builder Coperion held an in-house "congress" at its facility in Stuttgart, Germany. Approximately 100 guests from the pharmaceutical industry attended the event, which provided an overview of what the company describes as ...
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
PolyMedex’s new Custom Components business specialises in the forming and finishing of catheter tubing. Expertise includes precision catheter ends, access openings, and joining and printing of extruded tubes for intravascular and natural orifice procedures.
According to the company’s announcement, historically, finished catheter components have been performed in-house by the device manufacturers ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Automation specialist, ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. is to purchase the Sortimat Group, a manufacturer of specialised assembly systems for medical products and pharmaceutical dosing devices, reports ECOreporter.de.
Headquartered in Germany, Sortimat is experienced in advanced system development, manufacturing, handling and feeder technologies primarily for healthcare products, which account for approximately ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
Cambridge Consultants, a technology product design and development company, has announced it is to offer a new consultancy service for medical device clinical trials that will save clients time and money through a more effective method of analysing trial data. This news follows the announcement of the US Food and ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Supplier of thermoforming machines, Multivac, has set new standards with the design of its R535 thermoforming machine, which features an interior that is optimised for hygiene, all the way down to the smallest construction detail. Numerous technical innovations also ensure even greater process reliability, robustness and performance.
The machine can be ...
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