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Medical-device OEMs look to the long run


May 21, 2013 1:02 pm ET

BOSTON — As the global health-care market continues to grow by nearly exponential rates, industry leaders are looking to move the U.S. medical-device business forward by redefining the relationships of original equipment manufacturers and...

Some Australian hospitals recycling PVC medical waste


May 15, 2013 11:24 am ET

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — A recycling program operating in two Australian states — Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) — has turned 33,000 pounds of hospital PVC waste into industrial hoses and non-slip floor mats.

Sil-Pro expands ability to produce prototypes


May 15, 2013 10:38 am ET

DELANO, MINN. — Sil-Pro LLC now has the ability to produce tooling and functional prototype silicone or thermoplastic parts within three to five days.

B. Braun doubles production at Hungary plant


May 15, 2013 10:36 am ET

MESLUNGEN, GERMANY — German medical products manufacturer B. Braun Medical has inaugurated a 13 million euro expansion of its disposable medical supplies plant at Gyöngyös in northeastern Hungary.

MRPC breaking ground on plant expansion


May 13, 2013 12:09 pm ET

BUTLER, WIS. — Molded Rubber and Plastics Corp. soon will break ground on its first expansion in three decades.

Caroba Plastics adds three presses


May 2, 2013 10:00 am ET

ENGELWOOD, COLO. — Thermoplastic injection molder Caroba Plastics Inc. has recently added three presses to its manufacturing facility in Englewood, to support growth in the medical and semi-conductor markets.

German packaging company Sanner looks to grow in Asia


April 29, 2013 1:04 pm ET

BENSHEIM, GERMANY — German plastic packaging manufacturer Sanner GmbH is focusing on expanding in Asia after seeing its total corporate sales increase 12.5 percent to 50.6 million euros ($62.3 million) in 2012.

TerraCycle, Kimberly-Clark partner to recycle clean room waste


April 29, 2013 11:47 am ET

ROSWELL, GA. — Kimberly-Clark Professional, a division of personal care company that manufacturers contamination control products for laboratories and clean rooms, has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to launch RightCycle, a recycling program for hard-to-recycle clean room waste such as gloves, hoods, boot covers and other...

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Spurred by health care reforms, Chinese medical PVC compounder expands


April 22, 2013 11:15 am ET

SHENZHEN, CHINA — Chinese medical-grade PVC compounder Hopefinder Polymer Science & Technology Co. Ltd. is spending at least 100 million Chinese yuan ($16.2 million) on a new factory in Jiangsu province to meet rapidly growing demand, in part...

Ohio molder DG Medical adds to clean room operation


April 19, 2013 12:59 pm ET

CENTERVILLE, OHIO — Medical device molder DG Medical is expanding clean room capabilities with a new 35-ton, robotic-equipped injection press.

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