Medical

A German toothbrush manufacturer has turned to Zahoransky (Todtnau-Geschwend, Germany) for a fully automated solution to package interdental brushes. The high-quality, reusable clamshell pack being produced is designed so that it can also be used as a storage box.

Swedish molder Nolato AB has established a North American production base through the acquisition of Contour Plastics (Baldwin, WI) for $22 million. Nolato, which injection molds plastic, rubber, silicone, and thermoplastic elastomers, will rename the acquired business "Nolato Contour." Contour, which is largely focused on the medical market, has annual sales of around $22 million and employs 180.

Plastics engineers working in the medical device, medical products, and similar regulated industries seeking continuous monitoring systems specifically geared for larger enterprises can deploy the viewLinc 3.5 package recently launched by Veriteq, a Vaisala company (Helsinki, Finland).

Tech Mold Inc., a leading mold manufacturer of high-volume production molds for the medical, pharmaceutical, packaging, and consumer industries, just opened a white room molding environment at its Gilbert, AZ, testing facility—Tech Mold East—to better facilitate the testing and qualification requirements for the many molds the company builds.
 

When it comes to medical devices, durability and usability rank high on the list of priorities for healthcare professionals. The silky feel and non-slip security provided by an overmolded layer of TPSiV thermoplastic silicone vulcanizate from Multibase USA (Copley, OH) delivers on both of these counts in the C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant developed by Motion Computing (Austin, TX).

The custom compounds business unit of PolyMedex Discovery Group, which brings plastics processing, compounding and distribution under one roof, has expanded its range of services for implantable polymers to include a range of cleanroom blending of bone growth additives in polymers.

Medical device manufacturer GMD Inc. has introduced the first reusable trocar that has a thermoplastic handle. The plastic specified, a 20% glass-filled grade of polysulfone, met all necessary specifications and reduced cost by 75% over the previous all-metal version.

FDA-approved plastic link style belting is a key component of a modular conveyor that comes ready for dust-free and cleanroom environments. The DynaCon modular conveyor has been independently tested and meets Federal Standard 209D Class 1 (ISO Class 3) ratings for airborne particulate matter in cleanrooms and clean zones.

As MGS Mfg. Group recently announced that the ISO Class 8 cleanroom facility in its Antioch, IL location has received ISO 13485 certification for design and manufacture of medical devices, construction was well along at yet another Class 8 cleanroom at the company's Germantown, WI headquarters location.

SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed new grades of its Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin, as well as Ultem-based compounds, to win medical and electrical/electronic components, with an industrial spring project in the mix for good measure.