Fakuma exhibitors display their medical molding mettle

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Although medical manufacturing typically does not represent a massive customer base for injection molding machine companies, many of them go out of their way to demo medical molding applications at broad-based plastics trade shows such as Fakuma. There is a simple reason for this: The technical demands and regulatory requirements of medical device OEMs are exceedingly stringent. Tight tolerances, miniaturization, cleanliness, unerring quality assurance are the coins of this realm. If you can make it in medical molding, one might say, you can make it anywhere.At Fakuma, Engel, Wittmann Battenfeld and Milacron showed their prowess at meeting the draconian demands of medical device manufacturers. To find out how, click through this brief slide show.