Employers are confronting hard choices on employment issues, including possible employee furloughs and layoffs. While making these difficult decisions, executives should consider the full range of options and available resources.

So many plastics processors have stepped up to produce PPEs and other needed equipment and parts for medical devices that we can’t report on every individual initiative. But we do want to thank each and every one of you for your generous efforts.

Single-use has become a dirty hyphenate in many aspects of life, but not in the medical space, where non-reusable plastic devices have improved patient safety. In light of COVID-19, is society ready to reconsider the health benefits of single-use...

The coronavirus-related closures of its German facilities started being relaxed yesterday, April 20. Work will resume gradually “in compliance with the strictest hygiene measures,” said KraussMaffei.

Specialty chemicals company Lubrizol and Nike are collaborating to produce full-face shields and lenses for powered air-purifying respirators. They are donating the products to hospitals in U.S. cities as part of an effort to protect frontline...

Companies are beginning to separate into three distinct strategic directions: Full survival mode, doing just okay and trying to hang on, and, for a few of them, seizing an opportunity with big potential rewards.

The risk of a second wave of COVID-19 poses an additional threat to automakers' core automotive business but offers some significant upside potential for their venture into the medical device segment. This is according to a report from Fitch...

As suppliers of medical tubing seek to add capacity, Graham Engineering Corp. is accelerating support and delivery of its American Kuhne line of extrusion systems.

The iconic toymaker announced on Instagram that it has begun making visors “for healthcare workers on the frontline in Denmark” at its Billund plant. The team “worked around the clock to create designs and make molds that can produce more than 13...

Supplying printed barrier film in rollstock delivered in a 10-day turnaround permits HR Pharmaceuticals to now package four to six million packets of sanitizer weekly.