Sarah Kominek

4 days ago | rubbernews.com | Sarah Kominek

NEW YORK—The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers to enter those markets and provide essential items for the health care industry.

6 days ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers to enter those markets and provide essential items for the health care industry.

1 week ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — As medical devices become more connected, complex and compact, suppliers are looking to meet more of their customers' needs while navigating an evolving global supply chain. "The global footprint of manufacturing," was on everyone's minds at MD&M East in New York, May 20-22, Sean Cooper, sales team lead at Tessy Plastics Corp., told Plastics News at the show.

1 week ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — As tariffs change the plastics supply chain landscape, demand is increasing for U.S.-based injection and blow molders in various markets, including medical, especially for start-up med tech products. Riverside Calif.-based Hi-Rel Plastics & Molding is open to "take on some more of the risk" of medical components in early stages of design and regulatory processes, Jeff Champ, design engineer at Hi-Rel, told Plastics News at MD&M East in New York, May 20-23.

3 weeks ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

Plymouth, Minn.-based Trelleborg Medical Solutions has launched a certified toolmaker apprenticeship program in Delano, Minn., to "raise awareness and interest" in skilled trade opportunities. "Many high schools don't offer robust trade programs, and most people don't know what it means to be a toolmaker," Chris Tellers, director of Trelleborg's innovation center and new product development, said in a May 14 news release.