Originally Published EMDM
October 2003
INDUSTRY NEWS
In BriefPerlos Opens Cleanroom
Perlos UK Ltd. has opened a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical cleanroom at its Sunderland operation in Houghton-le-Spring (Durham, UK). The Class 7 facility increases manufacturing capacity by 50% for the production of medical devices. It complements the company’s Class 8 facility that opened last year. The cleanroom meets ISO and US FDA quality standards.
For more information, contact Perlos Corp., Äyritie 12 C, 4th Fl., Airport Plaza Business Park, 01510 Vantaa, Finland; phone: +358 9 250071; fax: +358 9 25007208; e-mail:
info@perlos.com; Internet: www.perlos.com.
Medisize Teams with Bio-Nobile
An agreement for the production of moulded silicone chambers has been completed between
Medisize Development and Manufacturing Technologies (Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland) and
Bio-Nobile (Turku, Finland). The PickPen Tip chambers are an integral part of Bio-Nobile’s nucleic acid purification and protein purification and fractionation products. The PickPen transfer tools spearhead a new approach to magnetic particle separation. Instead of immobilizing the magnetic particles and then removing the surrounding liquid, PickPens lift the particles directly out of the liquid. This way the particles can be moved rapidly and effortlessly from one stage of the experiment to the next.
Medisize played a key role in the development of the new tips. Its team of engineers recommended methods and improvements from mould construction to validation. Brian McGarvey, business development manager at Medisize, says,
“The relationship will further strengthen our entry into liquid-silicone moulding and add
to our wide range of technologies.”
For more information, contact Medisize Ireland Ltd., High Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland; phone: +353 74 88524;
fax: +353 74 22915; e-mail: bmcgarvey@medisize.com;
Internet: www.medisize.com/dmt.
AST Completes Licensing Agreement with Micrus
AST Products Inc., headquartered in Billerica, MA, USA, announced the completion of a licensing agreement with
Micrus Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) for its LubriLAST coating. Micrus uses the coating on its Concourse-14 microcatheter family. Microcatheters are used in a new, minimally invasive treatment of intracranial aneurysms that can result in hemorrhagic stroke.
For more information, contact AST Products Inc., 9 Linnell Cir., Billerica, MA 01821, USA; phone: +1 978 6674500; fax:
+1 978 6679778; e-mail: sales@astp.com; Internet:
www.astp.com.
Rexam Sells Medical Packaging Business
British group Rexam (London) has sold its Healthcare Flexibles business unit to Australia-based
Amcor Ltd., a manufacturer of plastic packaging supplies with operations in 36 countries. Headquartered in Mundelein, IL, USA, Healthcare Flexibles manufactures various types of flexible packaging including bags, pouches, blister packs, foils, labels, and Tyvek-coated materials.
In other news, Amcor has also purchased a 28.1% minority stake in Amcor Flexibles Europe from Danisco and Ahlstrom.
For more information, contact Amcor Ltd., 679 Victoria St., Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Australia; phone: +61 3 92269000; fax: +61 3 92269050; e-mail:
head.office@amcor.com.au;
Internet: www.amcor.com.
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