HCR Silicone for Medical Devices: How PEG Improves Processability, Extrusion Quality & Material Performance
Learn more about HCR silicone and how PEG boosts flow, cure behavior and extrusion for medical grade applications.
Answers to Eight FAQs About Molded Rubber for OEMs
Manufacturers in a wide variety of industries rely on molded rubber parts for high performance in their products. With rubber being only one of many materials used in developing a new product, OEM engineers and purchasing managers pose similar questions...
Effectively Managing the Lifecycle of Medical Devices
For medical device manufacturers, lifecycle management of a device is key. This means that at each stage of the medical device lifecycle, attention to proper procedures, efficient processes, and quality is paramount. For decades now, Flexan has been partnering with...
Flexan announces FDA registration of manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China
Flexan LLC, a leading provider of custom contract manufacturing services for medical device OEM’s world-wide has announced the registration of its manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China with the Food and Drug Administration. Flexan has also successfully registered its first full...
Growing Demand for Home Care MedicalDevices Requires Miniaturized Molded Rubber
Powerful trends are converging to make medical devices smaller, more efficient and in greater demand. The population is aging, insurers and providers are looking to reduce the cost of care, and more health care is being delivered at home. As...
Manufacturing Transfers: How Flexan Helped an OEM Deliver 140+ Precision Medical Devices Without Missing a Deadline
Flexan has been offering a wide variety of rubber, silicone, and thermoplastic molding and extrusion services for more than 75 years. Recently, Flexan worked with a Top-30 medical device components to transfer their manufacturing operations to Flexan’s facilities. The benefits...
Medical Device Compliance with FDA Regulations and International Standards
Getting a medical device cleared by the FDA is a challenging process. At Flexan, we’ve developed expertise over several decades of critical experience in ushering medical device components through the FDA submission process. In this article, we are going to...
Medtech Companies are Outsourcing More Than Ever and Here’s Why
Medical device companies are outsourcing more than ever and it’s necessary that a CMO be very adept when it comes to new product development or product transfer. The question you might ask is: why? As experts in the medtech manufacturing...
OEMs: DISCOVER THE HIDDEN COSTS AND RISKS IN YOUR COMPLEX SUPPLIER NETWORK
Are your customers willing to pay for the cost of complexity in your supplier network? Are your customers willing to pay for the cost of complexity in your supplier network? I think we both know the answer to that question....
OEMs: Do You Trust Your Medical Device Supplier’s Quality?
As an OEM, it is your responsibility to ensure the parts supplied to you are compliant with ISO regulations. That is no easy task. Ideally, your supplier’s quality systems are strong enough to identify risks, prevent defects, and to catch. ..