VEM Group, a global tooling and molding provider to the medical device and consumer goods industry, will exhibit at the upcoming trade fair Design & Manufacturing West, also known as MD&M West.  This event is the leading U.S. tradeshow and conference for the medical device manufacturing industry which takes place August 10-12 in Anaheim, California.  VEM will be exhibiting in Hall D, booth 3327.

Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

Now, Jiang Guo and his colleagues from the A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology have developed a method for fabricating molds that can quickly create microfluidic channels in polymer substrates. "The technology addresses a critical problem in mold insert fabrication for microfluidic chip production, and will enhance local industry," says Guo.

For more than 20 years, VEM has focused on customer satisfaction as our highest priority. Our clients range from small innovative companies to large multinational original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Our production facility is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, with a Class 100,000 (ISO 8) cleanroom. VEM Medical can produce small and precise molded parts for medical devices. Our medical assembly line is inspected by a stringent quality control team. A static 2K mixer for medical applications. VEM Medical can produce injection-molded parts for medical sub-assembly. Each of our manufactured devices must pass a testing procedure specified by the customer. Medical inserts can be molded in our clean room. We produce parts through complex medical tooling. Our team sub-assembles a tube connection for a breathing device. Many different parts can be moulded in our Class 100,000 cleanroom. Medical plastics and device manufacturing VEM is an integrated partner from design assistance and design for manufacturing to finished device production and assembly. Our fully owned tool shops, cleanroom production, assembly and sub-assembly capabilities provide rich opportunities to partner with us, no matter which stage your product is in. Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Medical provides plastic injection molding, in-house tooling, prototyping, assembly, testing and more for medical devices, plastics and components.

VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Europe, part of VEM Group, a global tooling and molding provider to the medical device and consumer goods industry, will exhibit at the upcoming trade fair Interplas, September 28-30.  It is the UK’s leading plastics industry event, an exciting showcase for technologies, manufacturing processes and services essential to the plastics sector.  VEM will be exhibiting at booth C69.

These microfluidic systems are small and portable, easy to use without expert knowledge, and disposable because they are cheap to produce. But this disposability means that microfluidic chips need to be quickly mass produced.

For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Medical is a full-service contract manufacturing organisation for medical plastics, devices and components. We partner with medical device companies across three continents to provide plastic injection molding, in-house tooling, prototyping, assembly, testing and more. A highly experienced team, best-in-class equipment and rigorous quality control help us deliver solutions for challenging medical tooling and molding applications. For more than 20 years, VEM has focused on customer satisfaction as our highest priority. Our clients range from small innovative companies to large multinational original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Our production facility is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, with a Class 100,000 (ISO 8) cleanroom. VEM Medical can produce small and precise molded parts for medical devices. Our medical assembly line is inspected by a stringent quality control team. A static 2K mixer for medical applications. VEM Medical can produce injection-molded parts for medical sub-assembly. Each of our manufactured devices must pass a testing procedure specified by the customer. Medical inserts can be molded in our clean room. We produce parts through complex medical tooling. Our team sub-assembles a tube connection for a breathing device. Many different parts can be moulded in our Class 100,000 cleanroom. Medical plastics and device manufacturing VEM is an integrated partner from design assistance and design for manufacturing to finished device production and assembly. Our fully owned tool shops, cleanroom production, assembly and sub-assembly capabilities provide rich opportunities to partner with us, no matter which stage your product is in. Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM is an integrated partner from design assistance and design for manufacturing to finished device production and assembly. Our fully owned tool shops, cleanroom production, assembly and sub-assembly capabilities provide rich opportunities to partner with us, no matter which stage your product is in. Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

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Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM Medical helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China, where costs continue to rise, to Thailand with supply chains intact.

A fluid behaves very differently when it is confined to micrometer-scale channels. This phenomenon already has several applications such as enabling the analysis of small samples of blood.

Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Group, a global tooling and molding provider to the medical device, automotive, and consumer goods industry, has expanded operations into Eastern Europe.  The wholly owned manufacturing plant is located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which is the cultural capital and second largest city in Bulgaria.

Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

Injection molding involves shaping a material while in a molten state using a metal template. It is cheap, fast, and useful for creating microfluidic chips. However, engineering a mold with precise micrometer-scale features and smooth surfaces is challenging as burrs and tool marks create defects. A post-polishing process can fix some of these imperfections, but it is difficult for polishing tools to access the recessed corners of microstructured surfaces and remove unwanted material uniformly.

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Guo and his colleagues started by milling their template for a microfluidic channel 100 micrometers in depth and 100 micrometers in width on a special aluminum alloy. The channel was 100 millimeters in length and included two fluid inlets, one fluid outlet and a serpentine channel as reaction chamber. They then polished this template using a method known as magnetic field-assisted finishing. Two magnetic rollers rotating in opposite directions on either side of the mold create a magnetic field. This field controlled a magnetic abrasive made of carbonyl iron powder and alumina particles bound together by oil, which removed any unwanted material and smoothed the surface.

The researchers compared their template before and after this magnetic polish. They observed that the process preserved the height of the microstructure, although the edges were more rounded after polishing. The polish reduced the roughness of the surface by a factor of four, leaving a mirror-like finish. "The next step will be to use the polished mold template for actual injection molding," says Guo.

A highly experienced team, best-in-class equipment and rigorous quality control help us deliver solutions for challenging medical tooling and molding applications. For more than 20 years, VEM has focused on customer satisfaction as our highest priority. Our clients range from small innovative companies to large multinational original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Our production facility is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, with a Class 100,000 (ISO 8) cleanroom. VEM Medical can produce small and precise molded parts for medical devices. Our medical assembly line is inspected by a stringent quality control team. A static 2K mixer for medical applications. VEM Medical can produce injection-molded parts for medical sub-assembly. Each of our manufactured devices must pass a testing procedure specified by the customer. Medical inserts can be molded in our clean room. We produce parts through complex medical tooling. Our team sub-assembles a tube connection for a breathing device. Many different parts can be moulded in our Class 100,000 cleanroom. Medical plastics and device manufacturing VEM is an integrated partner from design assistance and design for manufacturing to finished device production and assembly. Our fully owned tool shops, cleanroom production, assembly and sub-assembly capabilities provide rich opportunities to partner with us, no matter which stage your product is in. Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

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Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

More information: Jiang Guo et al. Magnetic field-assisted finishing of a mold insert with curved microstructures for injection molding of microfluidic chips, Tribology International (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2017.04.019

VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Group, a global tooling and molding provider to the medical device and consumer goods industry, has been selected by Manufacturing Outlook magazine a Top 10 Injection Molding Service Companies 2021.

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Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

Injection molding enables large-scale production of polymer and plastic materials with micrometer-sized features. Now, A*STAR scientists have developed a method for creating mold templates with high precision and few defects.

Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.

VEM Medical is a full-service contract manufacturing organisation for medical plastics, devices and components. We partner with medical device companies across three continents to provide plastic injection molding, in-house tooling, prototyping, assembly, testing and more. A highly experienced team, best-in-class equipment and rigorous quality control help us deliver solutions for challenging medical tooling and molding applications. For more than 20 years, VEM has focused on customer satisfaction as our highest priority. Our clients range from small innovative companies to large multinational original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Our production facility is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, with a Class 100,000 (ISO 8) cleanroom. VEM Medical can produce small and precise molded parts for medical devices. Our medical assembly line is inspected by a stringent quality control team. A static 2K mixer for medical applications. VEM Medical can produce injection-molded parts for medical sub-assembly. Each of our manufactured devices must pass a testing procedure specified by the customer. Medical inserts can be molded in our clean room. We produce parts through complex medical tooling. Our team sub-assembles a tube connection for a breathing device. Many different parts can be moulded in our Class 100,000 cleanroom. Medical plastics and device manufacturing VEM is an integrated partner from design assistance and design for manufacturing to finished device production and assembly. Our fully owned tool shops, cleanroom production, assembly and sub-assembly capabilities provide rich opportunities to partner with us, no matter which stage your product is in. Our experienced team uses the newest equipment and automation, including brands such as Arburg, Toshiba, GF, Hexagon and Makino. Being transparent when producing parts is what makes us stand out. Not only will we set up the production in accordance with all your needs but we can also help to improve process quality and reduce cycle times. In-house medical tooling VEM’s in-house medical molds have helped us develop medical parts for molding and assembly for years. Our fully owned mold manufacturer consistently gives us complete control over molds and materials, allowing for optimal quality control. Optimisation, rigorous quality testing, and a professional approach to solving problems have always been our key approaches. Our molds are used worldwide by large medical companies, including Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Foamtec Medical and Freudenberg Medical. Cleanroom molding and assembly VEM can offer services in design assistance, prototyping, production mold making, injection molding in a white room or cleanroom, component sourcing, assembly, testing and packaging. Both inside and outside our cleanroom, we have room and equipment for various sizes of injection machines. Our cleanroom is built in a modular way, which allows us to be flexible and increase size as quickly as possible according to customers’ needs. Three of our global locations include high-tech tool shops, which enable us to quickly develop molds from prototype to production, as well as perform maintenance and repairs. Manufacturing transfer Thinking about moving production out of China? Facing rising costs and import/export issues with medical device production in China, VEM helps clients with an expedited manufacturing transfer of plastic injection molding and assembly projects from China to Thailand with their supply chains intact. VEM has been manufacturing in Thailand for 13 years and medical device manufacturing project transfers are among our most popular services and can be set up and running within just a few weeks. For more information, read our case study under the ‘White Papers’ tab on this page. Medical plastics and device manufacturing in Thailand Manufacturing in Southeast Asia offers a lower price point, more flexibility, and a faster time to market than domestic manufacturing can provide. For more than 13 years, VEM has operated its wholly-owned manufacturing operation in Rayong, Thailand. The largest port in Thailand, Laem Chabang Port, is just a 30-minute drive from our facility and many large medical device and healthcare manufacturers are located nearby. There is an undeniable reason behind the growth of the medical device manufacturing industry in Thailand. The location is strategically attractive due to a skilled and educated workforce, a welcoming and open economy with a stable government, quality infrastructure, lower cost of labour and reduced import taxes, and ease of import/export of raw materials and components. About VEM Medical VEM currently has five manufacturing facilities across Asia, Europe and Central America.  Our facility in Thailand is ISO 13485:2016 certified and specialises in medical device production and assembly. Our tool shop in Shenzhen, China, manufactures molds for our medical device clients worldwide.