Company insight
A global leader in manufacturing
With more than 100 years of experience, Kahle Automation is a leader in the field of manufacturing solutions for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Medical Device Developments speaks to the company’s president Julie Logothetis about its rich history in the industry and where it has a competitive advantage.
Hungary, Eisler’s brilliance took him across the Atlantic to compete and then collaborate with – what were at the time – the world’s leading inventors and businessmen. Eisler Engineering Company began life in the US in the 1920s, manufacturing incandescent lamps and radio tubes. This resulted in a lawsuit from the big three electric companies of the time: Thomas Edison’s General Electric (GE), Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Westinghouse. The legal challenge was made to try and stop Eisler’s operations on the basis that its manufacturing process used technology patented by GE. Eisler won the lawsuit and became the major supplier of equipment to manufacture incandescent lamps and radio tubes.
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In 1936, Kahle founded Kahle Engineering Company, shipping the first of thousands of its manufacturing machines and equipment at the end of 1937. Its products would be used by GE, RCA and Westinghouse in the manufacturing of electronic components, from radio tubes to light bulbs and CRT screens. In the decades that followed, both companies went on to innovate and even become standard-setters across an array of industries. “We are proud of who we are, and how our technology and automation have impacted the world, from lamps and diodes to CRT tubes and drug delivery systems,” says Julie Logothetis, company president.
Set sights on the medical industry It was Kahle that had its sights more firmly set on the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, gaining a patent for its automatic syringe tip-forming process, which shapes the tip on the
ahle Automation is, in part, the result of lamp and lighting pioneer Charles Eisler and Louis C Kahle. Born in
Kahle Automation dedicates 182,500 hours a year to designing equipment for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. It has a substantial portfolio of designs and process solutions for assembling and packaging products: “Early on, many devices were made of glass and Kahle had a hand in providing the equipment to manufacture these products. In the early 1960s, when our customers transitioned to plastic syringes, they inevitably came to Kahle. Today, we continue to support them with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to meet the ever-changing technology of drug delivery products.”
A worldwide impact
A timeline of Kahle syringe manufacturing equipment.
syringe barrel, in 1948. In 1979, Joule Technical, headed by Logothetis’ father, purchased both Kahle and Eisler Engineering to create a leader in the field of medical equipment manufacturing, under the Kahle name. The company expanded its suit of products for the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors in 1983. “Our most significant contribution to the medical industry was the Kahle IV catheter line,” says Logothetis. “It allowed small companies around the world to take control over their healthcare and the quality of their devices by making these products more economical and accessible to patients.”
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The company prides itself on the flexibility it can offer clients thanks to its cost-effective and efficient systems, supported by a portfolio of innovative platforms, processes and equipment. “Even though we are an automation company, we think like a medical device company with an understanding of the unique requirements of the industry,” says Logothetis. “As we look back at what Kahle has been able to accomplish, we have left a global imprint on the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, while building upon our vision for the future. Kahle will continue to innovate and build best-in-class automation.” Now, Kahle is supporting the global fight against Covid-19, developing the equipment to manufacture syringes, low dead space needles and swabs to support the worldwide vaccination effort. “Kahle considers itself a small company with big company technology. We are proud of our ability to think outside the box and move swiftly to find solutions for our customers,” Logothetis concludes. ●
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