Medical 
Germany-based Farmar is planning to set up a plant for production of disposable syringes in Russia’s Siberian Omsk region.
27 July 2010
Owen Mumford is commissioning a new bespoke machine for assembling and packaging its award-winning Unistik 3 blood sampling product.
7 July 2010
Distributor Velox has added more medical thermoplastic polyurethane products from Lubrizol to its supply portfolio across Europe.
5 July 2010
The Poole-based UK branch of Swiss ultrasonics specialist Telsonic has already achieved its target turnover for the year in the first five months of 2010.
21 June 2010
The value of the global market for home medical equipment is expected to be $17.7bn in 2010, according to US-based BCC Research.
7 June 2010
Consort Medical has launched Bespak Injectables, which incorporates elements of the Bespak inhaler business with The Medical House (TMH), which Consort acquired in November 2009.
4 June 2010
The US market for plastic healthcare packaging is expected to reach 3.8 billion pounds (1.7 million tonnes) of products in 2010, according to BCC Research.
24 May 2010
European medical products manufacturer Coloplast has established a new packaging and distribution centre in Tata, Hungary to enable the firm to expand its local manufacturing operations.
29 April 2010
Global medical technology company Becton Dickinson (BD) has formally opened its syringe manufacturing plant at Tatabánya in Hungary.
15 April 2010
Germany’s Freudenberg Group, together with its affiliate Helix Medical Europe, has acquired a 50% share in VistaMed, an Irish manufacturer of components for use in medical devices.
9 April 2010
Carclo has traded broadly in line with market expectations since its interim management statement in February, according to a company statement. The plastics technology firm also revealed that it “enjoyed a stronger second half performance”.
8 April 2010
Gerresheimer has set up a sales office in Moscow, which the company says will help expand its business in pharmaceutical primary packaging and drug-delivery systems. "This is a strategically important step to further develop the fast-growing pharmaceutical and healthcare markets of Russia and the neighbouring regions," said Gerresheimer ceo Dr Axel Herberg.
7 April 2010
Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas has added a nine-layer blown film line to produce medical films in Mundelein, Illinois.
7 April 2010
The global healthcare market is expected to increase its demand for infusion devices $7bn in 2009, to nearly $9.7bn, at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.5%, accordiding to BCC Research.
6 April 2010
The medical moulding sector is a fast-growing market, delegates at Engel’s Medical Conference heard earlier this month.
30 March 2010
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