The Medical Plastic Systems (MPS) business unit of Gerresheimer (Düsseldorf / Germany; www.gerresheimer.com) is expanding its plant in Dongguan / China into a competence centre for the injection moulding, printing and assembly of medical devices. In a move aimed at reducing production costs, the company plans to start the manufacture of price-sensitive products including lancing devices and lancets at its plant in Pfreimd / Germany, and then transfer the process to China.

“By combining our European development and industrialisation competency with the production potential in China, we are able to offer our customers customised solutions with attractive production costs,” said Manfred Baumann, the COO of Gerresheimer Regensburg. By now, the company has set up an entire process chain for lancing devices in Dongguan, including 15 injection moulding machines, two semi-automatic assembly units including welding installations, as well as six Kent printing machines for pad printing.

The transfer of the industrialisation process from the company’s technical company centre in Wackersdorf / Germany to Dongguan is overseen by Gerresheimer’s Production Coordination Unit.