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Norbert Sparrow

Santa Monica

Editor-in-Chief at Plastics Today

Contributor at Packaging Digest

Journalist and editor who has covered Europe's medtech industry and supply chain for almost 20 years. Currently, Editor in Chief at PlasticsToday.

Articles

  • 1 week ago | plasticstoday.com | Norbert Sparrow

    Germany’s Sanner announced today that it has officially begun manufacturing operations in Greensboro, NC. The new 60,000-square-foot facility is dedicated to the production of critical injection-molded components for medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging, as well as desiccant-related products. Founded in 1894 in Bensheim, Germany, Sanner’s new plant in Greensboro is its first to offer medical injection molding services and desiccant packaging for the pharmaceutical sector in North America.

  • 1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Norbert Sparrow

    The 60,000-square-foot facility with a Class 7 cleanroom will thermoform thin- and heavy-gauge medical device trays, tubs, and blisters for regional medtech OEMs and suppliers. Nelipak supplies rigid and flexible packaging for medical, pharmaceutical, and other demanding applications.copterandmom/iStock via Getty ImagesMedical device OEMs and their suppliers continue to flock to Costa Rica and — once they’ve established roots — flourish.

  • 2 weeks ago | packagingdigest.com | Norbert Sparrow

    The thermoformer opens a new warehouse and distribution center to better serve medical packaging customers in Central and South America. Thermoformer Placon is following the medtech crowd to Costa Rica, where it has opened a new warehouse and distribution facility to better serve medical packaging customers who manufacture in Central and South America, the company announced on June 2.

  • 2 weeks ago | mddionline.com | Norbert Sparrow

    A maker of high-precision molds for the production of critical medical devices, IGS GeboJagema has entered into a strategic partnership with international investment firm BC Partners. It will acquire a majority stake in the business alongside current financial partner Smile Invest and the IGS management team, who will retain a minority shareholding stake. Rabo Private Equity, which previously held a minority stake, will fully exit the business, said the announcement.

  • 3 weeks ago | mddionline.com | Norbert Sparrow

    DuPont has expanded its sterile operations via an addition to its healthcare manufacturing facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, the company announced today. The 16,000-square-foot expansion enable the production of sterile packaging at the site for the global medical device industry while increasing capacity of existing medical tubing operations, DuPont said.

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Norbert Sparrow @norbertcsparrow
19 Dec 19

RT @PLASTICS_US: "After years of working toward a full repeal, PLASTICS is excited to see the hard work of its members pay off with the end…

Norbert Sparrow
Norbert Sparrow @norbertcsparrow
12 Dec 19

Finalists for MD+DI 's #medtech company of the year include some very familiar names, one of which may surprise you, along with some startups that make up in innovation what they may lack in name recognition https://t.co/aYYIHt942k https://t.co/kZc2zrTyGG

Norbert Sparrow
Norbert Sparrow @norbertcsparrow
11 Dec 19

W. L. Gore, @MayoClinic team up to deliver breakthrough medical therapies using patient's own stem cells and bio-absorbable scaffolds; initial project tackles Crohn's disease–related condition https://t.co/v89ZCVHcYR https://t.co/sGKdRToUu4