Ostomy

Trends

Patients are driving ostomy manufacturers to consider their lifestyle and comfort. Products are incorporating more advanced materials to address skin irritation, and features to improve application, disposal and fashion.

At the same time, a drive to provide feature-rich devices at an acceptable cost is transitioning volume production to emerging nations.

Challenges

Features at a fixed price

Manufacturers are challenged to produce feature-rich products at a fixed price point.

Global workforce

Trends to keep costs down by relocating to emerging nations see a demand for intuitive machine design to overcome variable operator skills and consistency.

Approach

We start by identifying exactly what you need from your product and work backwards to map out the assembly process. Next we develop a technical roadmap, keeping your current and future needs in mind. Our modular approach allows us to introduce future modules and add features and products as we go, letting us establish production equipment with minimal impact on production.

And all our machines are designed with operator and maintenance functionality in mind, making them easy to use and look after, anywhere in the world.

Process

You’ll have our support at every stage of the development process, from research and development to pilot and first production machines to repeated lines. We ensure precision machinery is deployed successfully every time. And afterwards, you’ll be supported by our dedicated customer service team, wherever you are in the world.

Research and development (R&D)

Our process and product specialists provide product consultancy, ready-made process solutions and trails.

Device assembly trails
Material consultancy

Development cells

We sell (R&D) automation process development cells including electrical, pneumatic, control and motion elements. And we specialise in rapid and early automation, introducing automation process validation in a controlled environment.

Pilot line

We provide platform-based solutions for low volume production batches. Either fully automated or semi-automated with operators safely interacting with the machinery. All the benefits of launching to market with a scalable investment – rapid, safe, validated and affordable.

Factory

Everything from fully automated solutions, scaling up validated processes to incorporating feeding, inspection and downstream processes. This includes primary packaging, cartoning, case packing and palleting.