ARTICLES & NEWS
News and Medical Device Packaging Insights from Pro-Tech Design & Manufacturing
2021 Predictions – Pause, Stretch & Flex
If you teleported back one year ago, what predictions would you have made for 2020?Undoubtedly, they would have looked nothing like what actually happened. So, is it a fool’s errand to predict 2021? Maybe. But, here are a few observations that hopefully will ring...
Medical Device Outsourcing – Reduce Costs and Headaches
When considering whether to outsource the packaging and assembly of a medical device, companies often overlook some of the hidden costs and headaches that come with trying to do it on their own. While at first glance it may seem beneficial to keep a project in-house,...
Pouches Getting Smarter
I ran across a very good article the other day about the growth of the Wearable Medical Device Market and it struck me as exciting, but also mildly amusing. PRO-TECH Design has been sewing “wearable” items to hold medical devices for decades and we never used to...
Remote Packaging Collaboration
There are a lot of things we miss by being physically distanced from our customers. One of them is that medical device packaging conversations often involve back and forth discussions about details that are sometimes more easily shared in person. You can touch and...
Medical Device Labeling – Too Often an Afterthought
Accurate medical device labeling is a critical component to any quality control system. Often though, labeling is only considered at the end of the packaging process, which in itself, is often at the end of medical device design and production. Typically, product...
How to Navigate an Audit During a Pandemic
For anyone in the medical device industry, ISO Audits are stressful enough and there is a lot riding on them. However, in the current situation, now you add the challenges of a pandemic and remote communication on top of it. As part of a recent renewal audit for our...
NEWS
PRO-TECH Attending 2020 MD&M West
It’s not too early to start planning! On February 11-13, 2020, PRO-TECH Design & Manufacturing will be exhibiting at MD&M West in Anaheim, CA. This is the largest medical device packaging tradeshow on the West Coast and is only 15 minutes from PRO-TECH...
MD&M Minneapolis 2019
October 23-24, 2019 – Minneapolis Convention Center, MN PRO-TECH Design will be at the 25th annual MD&M tradeshow in Minneapolis in Booth #1309. Please stop by and talk to us about our medical device packaging solutions.
Relay for Life – Part 2
What a great event! On the last Friday of September, the PRO-TECH team participated in our local American Cancer Society Relay For Life event to show our support for cancer victims, survivors and research. Many in our PRO-TECH family have been affected by cancer,...
Relay for Life
The PRO-TECH family is proud to be joining the fight against cancer by participating in the Relay for Life from the American Cancer Society. The event is being held in our hometown of Santa Fe Springs, CA on September 27, 2019. Many in our work family have been...