Having recently started up its largest injection molding machine, Seaway Plastics Engineering Inc. continues to build diverse capabilities for its niche markets. It also added its first 5-axis machining center, and soon expects to have a micro-molding division as well.
A new trade body focusing on medical devices and packaging held its inaugural meeting in Brussels last month.
Construction is underway in Brecksville, Ohio, on a new, bigger building for Applied Medical Technology Inc., which uses the trade name AMT, just five years after the medical device maker completed its current home in Brecksville.
ResTech Plastic Molding Inc. is adding two-shot molding capability to its portfolio with the acquisition of Northeast Mold & Plastics Inc. of Glastonbury, Conn.
PTI Engineered Plastics Inc. is extending its capabilities with the addition of its largest press, a Maruka 660-ton machine, and is also developing a dedicated cell to handle high heat materials.
Rexam plc, the British-headquartered packaging giant, has announced the proposed sale of the pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging operations of its healthcare division to a private equity firm for around $805 million.
Reshoring of a consumer product spurred custom injection molder MME group Inc. to relocate its satellite plant.
Global medical device maker Covidien plc has finalized the sale of its Confluent Surgical product line to Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. of Plainsboro, N.J., for $235 million in a cash deal.
An injection of biodegradable polymer can help a mouse recover from a heart attack, researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., have discovered.
WASHINGTON — For some in Congress, a new year means a new effort to get rid of the medical device tax.As part of his effort to extend unemployment insurance nationwide, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) introduced a measure on Jan. 15 that includes a repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device that was part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act....
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