Materials & Manufacturing

Custom & Contract Manufacturing

Find the latest news and technical briefs related to custom and contract medical manufacturing. Review how companies are outsourcing the creation of medical devices and medical device components; product concept and development; process validation and verification; and manufacturing and packaging.

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Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Infiplast, a plastics company for medical devices, was asked to design, prototype, test, and manufacture a critical component for ventilators.
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Features: Wearables
MD&M West brings together medtech engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers to create life-changing medical devices.
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Supplements: Connectivity
Our 2021 Resource Guide shows you the top manufacturers in materials, manufacturing, and a range of other medical-device categories.
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Features: Medical
When the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the U.S. aerospace business in 2020, a Massachusetts-based contract manufacturer was forced to improvise.
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Features: Design
An appropriate aesthetic can be much more than consequential cosmetics; it can improve ease-of-use and safety.
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Features: Regulations/Standards
The "Evolving To MedDev" 2021 digital event will provide automotive and aerospace companies with practical information about how they can enter into the medical device supply chain.
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News: Green Design & Manufacturing
Cadence, Inc. has been awarded a bronze medal for sustainability from EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings. Cadence’s rating is derived from EcoVadis’...
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Supplements: Materials
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2020.
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Products: Medical
Single-phase filters, assembly services, sleep=tracking sensors, and more.
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Spectrum Plastics Group, a specialty medical packaging, component, and contract manufacturer, has closed on the acquisition of PeelMaster Medical Packaging Corporation...
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The medical device industry’s accreditation program, MedAccred®, is continuing to grow and more and more major device makers are now on the list of subscribers. These medtech...
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Technology Leaders: Design
Weighing your testing options is imperative to submission success.
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Technology Leaders: Design
Start simple, collaborate early, and seek deep expertise are just three of the important ideas in a post-pandemic medical market.
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Technology Leaders: Design
LFI antigen tests provide results rapidly, at or near the point-of-care.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA have developed solutions to enable remote communication and...
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Advanced Test and Automation, Inc. (ATA) is working with StarFish Medical to produce ventilators in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will accelerate the...
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Features: Medical
Instruments used in minimally invasive surgeries today often require elaborate features, and greater attention to detail in the product-design process.
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News: Robotics, Automation & Control
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This feature presents insights from industry leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, and those inspiring other women through education.
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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: Test & Measurement
Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Medical
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: Motion Control
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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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

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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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