On May 4, 2015, Helix Medical, LLC, a Freudenberg company and global manufacturer for the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, announced that they have acquired the silicone tubing product line of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore), a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products for electronics, industrial, consumer, pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. Effective Immediately, Helix Medical will supply Gore’s existing pharmaceutical and biotech customers with GORE Silicone Tubing and GORE Reinforced Silicone Hose for fluid transfer and peristaltic pump operations.
Dr. Mark Oswald, Vice President and General Manager of Helix Medical said: “This acquisition is a strategic expansion of our successful HelixMark silicone tubing product line. With the tubing from Gore we will expand our portfolio of silicone tubing with raw material specifically formulated to meet the needs of pharmaceutical and biotechnology processes.”
Helix Medical will market the silicone tubing line from Gore under the PharmaFocus Premium brand. All products, customer relations, and well established part numbers will remain unchanged. As a hallmark supplier of silicone products for over 30 years, Helix Medical is proud to be able to continue to serve Gore’s customers with silicone products and a wide range of custom packaging and spooling services.
Tony Smiley, Business Leader at Gore spoke out and said: “Gore decided to sell the product line to Helix Medical as they have been a long-time production partner to Gore in silicone tubing. Gore will continue to serve the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry with other high performance, technology-driven products while at the same time continuing to supply our customers with the utmost in quality and value.”
GORE® is a trademark of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.