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TRENTON, NJ—NJBIA outlined five policy recommendations to maintain supply chain stability.

A medical device manufacturer contacted systems integrator Tessy Automation and its parent company, Tessy Plastics, with a two-fold challenge: improve an existing critical-care product for measuring blood-flow rate, and simultaneously design and build a fully automated system to assemble it.

Leak testing is an essential part of the manufacturing process for a variety of products, and it is among the more time-consuming processes on an assembly line. New leak testing technologies are reducing cycle times and making the process more efficient.

QUÉBEC, Canada—Laserax has launched a new line of UV lasers with a wide power range (1 to 55 watts) and full ultrafast pulse capabilities.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Philips plans to invest more than $150 million in U.S. manufacturing facilities.

The HyJoin process uses induction heating to adhere plastic to metal.

U.S. manufacturers should be happier with lower tax bills. On the downside, the OBBBA repeals many of the green energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Laerdal Medical is one of the world’s leading suppliers of models for teaching people how to do CPR, intubate a patient or even deliver a baby. To ensure that each bust is assembled correctly and shipped with the right auxiliary components, Laerdal engineers implemented Tulip Vision, a vision-based error-proofing system from Tulip Interfaces Inc.

DENVER—Mikron Automation has introduced a modular, semiautomatic assembly cell for production of medical devices. 

Mānoa, HI—Research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering could lead to stronger, longer-lasting soft medical devices, wearable tech, and robotics.