Drake Plastics to expand medical products operations

Manufacturer of Torlon and PEEK products, Drake Plastics, has announced it is expanding its medical products operating unit which was launched last year, pharma products reports.

The company states that it plans to expand on two new buildings next month, adding 24,000 ft on new manufacturing space at Drake’s Cypress, Texas campus,

The company’s current manufacturing space is used to produce custom designed extruders, dryers, annealing ovens and precision fabrication equipment.

Drake’s capabilities of medical cell range from the conversion of pellets through to final devices with total traceability within the confines of a single facility.

Drake president, Steven Quance said: "Last year we made the decision to apply a dedicated focus toward medical customers. Although Drake Plastics has served medical applications for over a decade, our focus over the past year has been to 'lean into' the needs of medical customers from both a supply and quality assurance standpoint.”

Drake Plastics Medical business manager Kathy Oliveto said: “Our site is FDA registered as a device manufacturing location and we expect to obtain ISO 13485 certification in 2017.”