When interviewing senior executives on our DeviceTalks podcasts I always start by asking how they got into medtech. Starting at career square one allows us to walk through the decisions that led to their success. I like to spend a few minutes examining those critical crossroad moments when the guests chose to leap into a… […]
The medtech veteran offers his advice for leaders in the industry — and how to make opportunities for aspiring leaders to rise. Bill George’s leadership experience speaks for itself. He served as chair and CEO of Medtronic across the 1990s and into the mid-2000s. That came after stints as an executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries.… […]
Nelipak plans to open a new flexible packaging production site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Cranston, Rhode Island-based Nelipak makes rigid and flexible packaging for medical devices, pharmaceuticals and other demanding applications. The 110,000-square-foot facility will be a brand-new Class A industrial building. It’s expected to open in late 2023. The property will be built out… […]
The home dialysis developer’s CEO discusses leadership, leaping before you look and making medtech for the home and hospital. Eight years after becoming the CEO of Outset Medical (Nasdaq:OM) and two years after going public, Leslie Trigg says the medtech developer is finally at the starting gate for home dialysis. It hasn’t been easy. The… […]
Leadership is crucial for attracting, keeping and getting the most out of great talent. Jon Beckstrand, MasterControl Medical technology companies are among the leading drivers of innovation around the world, but most organizations are missing a critical element of building for the future. To ensure the creative future of the industry, we need to create… […]
Web Industries today announced John Madej as the contract manufacturing organization’s next CEO. Madej joined Web Industries as president in March 2022 after 13 years with Hollingsworth & Vose, where he was COO and CFO. He also spent 24 years at General Electric in the U.S. and Japan, serving as president and CEO for Exatec… […]
MasterControl (Salt Lake City) today announced a $150 million Series A round led by Sixth Street Growth, with a company valuation of $1.3 billion. The money raised will accelerate the development of its quality and manufacturing software as a service (SaaS) offerings serving life sciences customers. MasterControl’s customers include Pfizer, Cochlear and Thermo Fisher Scientific.… […]
Some of the largest companies in medtech have promoted, replaced or removed leaders in recent months. In July, Medical Design & Outsourcing compiled a list of the biggest personnel changes in the first half of 2022. Those included hirings, firings, promotions and retirements of CEOs, presidents and other business leaders across the medtech industry. The latter… […]
Learn about new and promising applications of energy-based medical systems and the challenges of developing them. Daniel Friedrichs, Minnetronix Medical While modern medicine is awash in high-tech electronics from large surgical robots to tiny implanted sensors, there are several applications where electrical energy is directly applied to a patient to ablate tissue, convey drugs, or… […]
Nitinol is a metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity or pseudoelasticity and “shape memory” properties. That means nitinol can remember its original shape and return to it when heated. It also shows great elasticity under stress. Medical applications for nitinol include: Dentistry, especially in orthodontics for wires and brackets that… […]
OKAY Industries announced today that it expanded its operations in Costa Rica with a new manufacturing facility. New Britain, Connecticut-based OKAY built a 62,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the new “Evolution Free Zone.” That includes a sustainable, smart manufacturing and life sciences free trade-zone business park in Alajuela Province, Grecia, Costa Rica. OKAY expects to complete… […]
