October 2012, Medical Design
Creative design cuts cost out of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing
By Steve Fidrych, Director of Molding Operations, Mack Prototype, Inc.

Managing work returning from offshore, hiring creatively, and identifying opportunities that are both sustainable and economically viable are key manufacturing trends that will impact the medical device supply base for the foreseeable future, according to Jeff Somple, president of Mack Molding’s Northern Operations. “How suppliers and their customers handle these challenges can ultimately affect their success,” says Somple, who elaborated on these themes in an interview with Medical Design magazine’s Director of Content Sherrie Conroy at the MD&M East Show in Philadelphia earlier this month. Check it out!

August 2011, MD+DI
Validation Can Make a Product Launch a Sure Thing
By Bryan Campbell, Headquarters Plant Manager

July 2010, MoldingTechnologies(from the publisher of MD+DI)
Medical Molding: How to Validate the Process
By Ed Stockdale, Process Engineer, MackMedical

April 2010, OrthoTec
Orthopaedic Instrumentation: Traditional-to-Disposable Conversion
By Dwalin DeBoer, Chris Wartinger, MackMedical