Custom & Contract Manufacturing

Contract Manufacturing

Contract manufacturing allows medtech OEMs to focus on their core competencies, such as product design, marketing, and sales, while leaving the manufacturing process to specialized firms. Browse expertise to learn about benefits to contract manufacturing, including capacity limitations, cost savings, and scalability.

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News: Design
The Weiss-Aug Group, a manufacturing partner for precision metal stamping, injection molding, and integrated component assembly, and Boulder, CO–based Lupine...
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Features: Design
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News: Medical
Gener8 Names New CEO to Fuel Growth
Gener8, a product realization company in the life sciences and medical device markets, has named David Brakenwagen CEO as it announces changes within its executive leadership. The company’s founder, David Klein, will continue full time as a key executive and will focus on developing deeper relationships and...
Technology Leaders: Materials
Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.
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News: Tubing & Extrusion
Tessy Plastics Corp., which specializes in injection molding and custom automated assembly solutions, has expanded the warehouse space in one of its manufacturing facilities in upstate New York....
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News: Medical
OKAY Industries, a contract manufacturer that engineers components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers in the medical device and industrial markets, has added state-of-the-art...
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Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Contract manufacturers have an increasingly critical role in medical device manufacturing. For original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that choose to outsource manufacturing operations, a...
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Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Value engineering (VE) is an organized/systematic approach directed at analyzing the function of systems, equipment, facilities, services, and supplies for the purpose of achieving their essential...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Hearing aids, dental crowns, and limb prosthetics are some of the medical devices that can now be digitally designed and customized for individual patients, thanks to 3D printing....
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News: Design
To find out more about the expertise required to develop successful motion solutions for medical equipment, MDB recently spoke with Dave Hawes, Director of Engineering at the Allied Motion facility in Tulsa, OK.
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News: Medical
To optimize production and offer greater manufacturing capabilities for its global customers, Porex has relocated to a newly renovated facility in the...
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Methods Machine Tools, Inc., Sudbury, MA, has opened a new Precision Center in Acton, MA. According to the company, the facility was built “for customers who need the ultimate in tight...
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News: Wearables
MedTech Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market, has selected the Phillips-Medisize...
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Features: IoMT
Technology has always played a central role in healthcare. From microscopes to medical imaging, and from pacemakers to prosthetics, technological breakthroughs throughout history have improved diagnosis,...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In the injectable drug-delivery industry, expectations for improved patient experiences with administration and at-home delivery of therapeutic regimens are evolving. Products that combine the...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Why Reel-to-Reel Molding Might Be Right for Medical Components
Reel-to-reel insert molding can prove a more efficient process for design engineers when it comes to lowering assembly costs. The process is best suited for products that require dimensional stability and need to function in harsh environments.
Features: Medical
Precision in surgery is paramount. Surgeons rely on a variety of handheld instruments, and they increasingly want tools that can aid in accessing hard-to-reach areas in...
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
MICRO, a manufacturer of medical device components, has expanded by 50,000 sq. ft with a third building in Somerset, NJ (130 Belmont Drive, Somerset, NJ). The new office is located conveniently between...
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Blog: Medical
Under tremendous pressure to reduce costs, the healthcare industry is facing a monumental shift in how providers are reimbursed for delivering care....
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
For medical device developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), the transition from prototype to commercial-scale production with a contract manufacturing...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Even the simplest medical cable assembly projects contain numerous engineering considerations. And among the most complex applications, the quantity of requirements can...
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News: Packaging & Sterilization
Medbio Expands Manufacturing Capacity
Medbio, Grand Rapids, MI, has opened a second manufacturing facility. The company is an outsource manufacturer offering design and engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and packaging solutions for the medical and biotechnology industries. The newly renovated 25,000-square-foot facility is adjacent to Medbio’s...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In the medical industry, metal parts play an integral role in a vast array of diagnostic, testing, medical instruments, and equipment. Although certain complex metal parts can only be machined, thinner...
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News: Medical
Vander-Bend Acquires J.L. Haley Enterprises
Vander-Bend Manufacturing, Inc., a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners based in San Jose, CA, has acquired J.L. Haley Enterprises, Inc. Based in Rancho Cordova, CA, Haley is a niche metal fabrication manufacturer of high-quality complex assemblies used in mission-critical cancer treatment...
News: Medical
Freudenberg Medical Announces New Global Headquarters, Facility Expansion in Massachusetts
Freudenberg Medical, part of the Freudenberg Group and a global manufacturer of medical devices, components, and minimally invasive solutions for the medical device industry, will soon begin the construction of a new medical manufacturing facility in Beverly,...
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
Traditional handheld surgical tools continue to provide benefits where surgeons need instruments to be more rigid and have strong holding power to withstand complex procedures. The majority...
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Technology Leaders: Design
Contract manufacturing, or outsourcing, has typically been associated with a company using an offshore manufacturer and lower labor rates to produce their products at a...
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Briefs: Materials
Hold speed or hold velocity? How many machines today have it, and what does it do to the process?
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Medtronic Recognizes Weiss-Aug with Supplier Excellence Award
Medical device maker Medtronic has awarded Weiss-Aug, East Hanover, NJ, as one of the top 12 suppliers from its 52,000 worldwide vendor base. For more than 25 years, Weiss-Aug has collaborated with R&D teams of Medtronic at both its Boulder, CO, and North Haven, CT, locations on the...

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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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