Essex-based Europlaz Technologies, a leading manufacturer of plastic medical devices and components, has installed a third, class 7 cleanroom as the company continues to expand its medical device manufacturing facilities.
Growing demand for complex moulding and assembly has provided impetus for expansion and the company’s 300-tonne Kraus Maffei machine is believed to be one of the largest moulding machines to be housed in a cleanroom in the UK.
“Our can-do attitude and emphasis on quality have made this growth a necessity,” says Eddie O’Keeffe, managing director of Europlaz. "In 2010 we partnered several OEMs on the design and development of new products so production has hit the ground running in 2011.”
More than £500,000 has been invested in Europlaz facilities in this first stage of expansion, and although the new cleanroom was built out of necessity, Europlaz expects this growth to enable the company to expand its partnerships with medical OEMs at home and abroad.
Europlaz has expertise in improving existing devices, in terms of cost or manufacturability, or making a reality of novel idea still on the drawing board. With three state-of-the-art manufacturing and assembly cleanrooms and on-site design and tooling facilities the company says it is well placed to be a one-stop-shop solution.
