Spang & Brands Premium Plastics Technology for Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Applications

Easy-Tack fixation element with sprue

Mixing and dosing system for bone cement

Compensation balloon / Compensation balloon

At this year’s MEDTEC in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 21st to 23rd in Hall 5, Stand 5 E 61, Spang & Brands GmbH exhibits a broad range of innovative medical device solutions for specific applications, also in two-component moulding technology. Among the exhibits are syringes, cannulae, pierceable membranes, implant components, and components for minimally invasive surgery. In addition, connection and transfusion systems, products for dentistry as well as fully assembled devices are on display. Beyond that, the company, based in Friedrichsdorf in Germany, shows ready for sale systems, such as bone cement mixing and dosing systems, not forgetting dosing containers and precision dispensers for liquid, pasty as well as solid and free-flowing pharmaceuticals.

“Our clients require a high degree of accuracy – to one thousands of a milli-metre – and often even tighter tolerances. That is part of our everyday busi-ness. We benefit from engineering knowhow that has developed continuously over decades. Based on that we have specialised in precision and clean-room injection moulding technology for the medical and pharmaceutical industries“, explains Friedrich Echterdiek, the company’s managing director. Due to CAD-3D development, MoldFlow analysis, a state-of-the-art mould making and conscientious pre-series testing Spang & Brands is able to introduce new developments with sound technological solution approach to marketability.

A vital link in the success chain is the new in-house technology center in Frie-drichsdorf, opened last year. Here, the strong basis for a successful new product series begins with the initial concept, continues with materials suitability tests and mould making, to advance to pilot injection moulding testing. Next in the progression is the moulding division, with its approximately 60 injection moulding machines, many of which are all electric, several of them in the clean-room, followed by clean-room assembly and, finally, to sterile packaging. Part of the service Spang & Brands provides embraces all appropriate validations customers may require, including FDA-Approval.  GMP and strictly protocolled quality surveillance are standard; the company has recently been certified ISO 13.485.

“Companies within the European Union commonly develop their products in partnership with us”, continues Echterdiek. “Among them are, predominantly, medical device components and systems as well as pharmaceutical primary packaging. After all, we have established ourselves as a successful one-stop supplier in this field over the past thirty years.” At MEDTEC interested visitors can convince themselves of that know-how.