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Trelleborg sets up new global medical business


Polymer sealing technology firm Trelleborg is establishing a new business area, Trelleborg Medical Solutions, consisting of the healthcare and medical operations within the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business area including the recently acquired Baron Group. It is hoped the move will reinforce Trelleborg’s actions in the fast-growing health- care and medtech industry. The head office will be in


Minneapolis, US, and be led by Linda Muroski who is currently heading Global Healthcare & Medical, as well as Industrial Americas within Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. “The Healthcare and Medical market segment within the Group has grown successfully for several


Linda Muroski will head Trelleborg Medical Solutions


years,” said Muroski. “We are now establishing a platform from which we intend to grow further.” The business area will initially generate annual sales of about SEK 3.6bn (€321m), said the company. The operations will com- prise 14 production facilities and four tool and innovation


centres around the world. Sales and production are geographically largest in North America, followed by Asia and Europe. The company is building a new 10,000 m² production facility in Grecia, Costa Rica, which will offer a full product suite of engineered polymer solutions within healthcare and medical and is expected to be complet- ed in 2025. “Costa Rica has evolved into a medical technology hub in Central America and the facility therefore represents an important step in both increasing our capacity and broadening our geographical footprint in healthcare & medical,” said Peter Nilsson, President and CEO. �www.trelleborg.com


C&J Industries expands plant


Injection moulder C&J Industries has completed a 7,620 m² expansion at its Meadville, Pennsylvania, US plant, which includes a new clean room. The company has also invested heavily in automa- tion solutions to streamline operations and allow for the


execution of larger, more complex projects. With integrated tooling and fabrication support on-site, C&J project engineers said they can reliably deliver for their clients with the knowledge that parts can be repaired or replaced as needed, with minimal


impact to the client’s timeline. The company anticipates


a renewed focus on pros- pecting thanks to the recent expansion, with target markets including the medical and telecom industries. �www.cjindustries.com


IN BRIEF...


Switzerland’s Oerlikon plans to spin off its Polymer Processing Solutions business to focus on growing surface engineering activities after 2023 core earnings fell 13.4% due to a downturn in the division. The polymer unit includes the HRSflow hot runner business and the com- pany’s fibre production technologies. www.oerlikon.com


A new draft of the Euro- map 81 specification has been published, which provides a standardised hardware connection for the exchange of safety signals between two machines. The main change compared to the previous draft is the extension of the specifica- tion to two parts meaning that safety signals from two separate safety devices can now be transmitted via one interface. www.euromap.org


UK-headquartered Carclo is to close its injection moulding plant in Tucson, US, and relocate produc- tion to facilities in Pennsyl- vania. The company says the move represents the culmination of its US restructuring efforts. www.carclo.co.uk


Liebig makes way for new generation


After a 35-year career in the injection moulding industry, Gerd Liebig is to step down from the Management Board of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, where he has been Managing Director


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for nine years, on 31 August 2024. “I have been honoured to fulfil this


important role entrusted to me,” Liebig said. “Now it is time for me to pass the reins to the younger generation and


step down from my operational responsibilities at SDG.” The next SDG management team will come from within the company. �www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu


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