Outsourcing
Top Tips for Scaled Manufacturing
Scaled manufacturing helps take products from design and prototype to production. For medical device companies, fulfilling orders for safe and compliant products can be a demanding process. Companies do not always have the resources available to meet growing customer...
SteriPack Opens Testing Lab
SteriPack’s testing lab will conduct vibration and seal leak testing, among other services. Ireland-based SteriPack (Clara) has opened an in-house testing lab to accommodate its growing global customer base. According to Gary Leonard, the firm’s technical...
ERT Integrates CareFusion Research Services into Portfolio
ERT’s acquisition enhances the firm’s global footprint. Now that it has completed the acquisition of CareFusion Corp.’s Research Services division (CRS), eResearchTechnology Inc. (ERT; Philadelphia) is able to pursue new markets. “This transaction...
High-Purity Elastomers Improve Speech Therapy Products
Medalist elastomers enable ARK Therapeutic Services to make more durable products for speech therapy devices. After facing stringent and costly testing requirements, a manufacturer of speech and occupational therapy products decided to look elsewhere for new materials. ARK...
Millstone Enhances Services for OEMs
Millstone’s software allows it to track products from receipt to final packaging and sterilization. To provide its medical device OEM clients with improved inventory management services, Millstone Medical Outsourcing has upgraded both the hardware and software of its...
Action Fabricators Expands Medical Division
Action specializes in adhesive-backed products but is growing its medical business. With the launch of Laminin Medical Products, Action Fabricators (Grand Rapids, MI) is growing its medical division. Laminin Medical is a contract partner that provides engineering,...
LSA Laser Adds a Cleanroom
LSA’s cleanroom will include several laser systems for precision processing. Plymouth, MN–based LSA Laser has installed a Class 100,000 cleanroom as the company continues to expand its medical device manufacturing facilities. The company cited growing demand for...
Expansion and Medical Simulation Center in Store for Ximedica
High-tech mannequins mimic patients at Rhode Island Hospital's Medical Simulation Center. Ximedica (Providence, RI) has big plans for the next year. Because the company has been rapidly expanding, it is adding more space for new cleanrooms, quality control, technical...
Imaging Experts Launch CRO
A team of clinical trial professionals has launched Intrinsic Imaging LLC (San Antonio), an advanced medical imaging contract research organization (CRO). Intrinsic will provide image management and radiological review services to global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical...
Sparton Corp. Acquires Delphi
Contract manufacturer Delphi Medical Systems has been acquired by Sparton Corp. (Schaumburg, IL). Sparton, a supplier of electronic and electromechanical products and subassemblies, purchased the contract manufacturing business in an all-cash transaction valued at $8 million. It...