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Meet Vonco Products

Did you know Genesis Plastics Welding was recently acquired by Wisconsin-based Vonco Products LLC? The acquisition merges the talents of both organizations and further fuels even more end-to-end contract manufacturing solutions for customers. Read about the acquisition here.

Meet Vonco Products

An industry-leading risk-free plastic products and packaging manufacturer, Vonco Products has over 60 years of experience delivering custom flexible packaging, product, and component solutions, from concept to commercialization.

Vonco began as a custom equipment and packaging pioneer. As market demand grew exponentially, they diversified to include the design and manufacturing of custom plastic products, components, and packaging, as well as, several value-add services.

Custom Fluid Bags

Their unparalleled ability to customize liquid-tight bags for fluids into and out of the body of any desired shape or fitment utilizing both supported and unsupported films provides an edge over industry peers within medical and consumer markets.

Where others run from a challenge, Vonco runs toward it. Their custom liquid-tight flexible packaging solutions are guaranteed. And that’s more than just sales talk! Their proprietary manufacturing techniques allow for bag film to be shaped, sealed, and cut at the same time, ensuring liquid-tight seals for every bag.

Vonco has the technology, creativity and experience to take products and flexible packaging to the next level for global OEMs. The Genesis family is thrilled to join forces knowing that Vonco is just as passionate about collaboration, manufacturing excellence, and solutions that enable innovation.

Stringent Quality Standards & Roadmap to Launch Success

Additionally, Vonco features stringent quality management systems and is ISO 13485:2016 certified and FDA 21CFR 820 compliant. Products and services meet, or exceed, regulatory, and customer requirements.

Vonco also has the ability to assist clients with a roadmap to commercialization, a comprehensive plan that streamlines the product development process, from concept to launch success. They have a keen understanding of design for manufacturability (DFM) and building efficiency within critical processes and risk mitigating along the way.

As a division of Vonco Products, we look forward to maximizing our talents and bringing you even more value as a full-service turnkey contract manufacturing partner.

Expanded capabilities include:

  • Custom plastic fitments, spouts, and more
  • Filling relationships and placing filling equipment
  • Even faster rapid prototyping
  • Robust concept to commercialization support
  • Even more clean room manufacturing space
  • Turnkey stand up pouches, and even more custom fluid bag solutions
  • Management of your sterilization process
  • Sourcing consolidation and critical component sourcing support
  • Finished device assembly, kitting, and packaging services

View Vonco’s medical industry product gallery here.

View Vonco’s consumer industry product gallery here.

Ready to quickly take your innovative product from concept to commercialization?

Ready to quickly take your innovative product from concept to commercialization? Let’s chat. 

Vonco acquires Genesis Plastics Welding, a trusted plastics contract manufacturer.
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Vonco Acquires Genesis Plastics Welding

Vonco Acquires Genesis Plastics Welding, a Trusted Plastics Contract Manufacturer

This acquisition significantly expands Vonco’s plastic contract manufacturing capabilities and services for healthcare and consumer markets.

Vonco Products LLC, an industry-leading risk-free plastic products and packaging manufacturer is excited to announce the acquisition of Genesis Plastics Welding, its third acquisition in as many years.

Indiana-based, Genesis Plastics Welding is an ISO 13485-certified:2016 thermoplastics contract manufacturer providing world-class medical device innovation and collaboration through radio frequency (RF) welding and heat sealing.

“Vonco is on a mission to create more value by broadening the scope of our innovative services and product lines for our customers,” said Keith Smith, CEO of Vonco.

This acquisition will enable Vonco to provide exceptional support and value to clients who need specialty medical devices, fluid bags, flexible packaging, contract packaging and sterilization management. Additional capabilities include:

  • RF welding and heat sealing manufacturing
  • Increased clean room manufacturing footprint
  • Expanded product offerings: bioprocessing, cell separation and culture, cryogenic storage, and blood bags

For nearly three decades, Genesis has tailored its custom solutions to create value and reduce risk by providing breakthrough single-use fluid bags and other disposable healthcare products. Their expertise in RF welding, in combination with industry experience, helped leading OEMs with concept design, process and product validation, materials selection and evaluation, prototyping, product and process improvement, sterilization, PVC replacement and much more.

Tom Ryder, CEO of Genesis, said “We pride ourselves on staying on top of the latest industry trends and technologies to support and understand our clients’ business needs, he continued, “We are assured to know that Vonco aligns with our passion to collaborate with current and future customers to manufacture life saving devices and provide solutions that enable innovation.”

Smith added, “This acquisition will support our mission of “We care more”, by merging the talent of both organizations and supporting our ability to produce even more end-to-end solutions for our customers. The addition will expand our plastic contract manufacturing capabilities within our current line of infection prevention, medical fluid bags and specimen transport products. Genesis Plastics Welding clients can expect to receive even greater quality, support, service, and innovation as both teams integrate.”

To learn more about the Genesis Plastics Welding acquisition visit www.vonco.com/genesis-plastics-welding, call 800.323.9077, or email sales@vonco.com.

Vonco is an FDA-registered facility with Class II medical device capability and is ISO 13485:2016-certified.

About Vonco
Vonco Products delivers the experience, innovation, technology, and creativity needed to take ideas from concept to commercialization – as quickly as possible. Both a packaging company and a components company, Vonco fills a unique space of manufacturing both custom flexible packaging solutions, and custom flexible component solutions. Vonco started as a custom equipment and packaging pioneer. Now with over sixty years of experience, equipment requests have shifted to designing and manufacturing customized plastic products, packaging and components. The unparalleled ability to customize liquid tight bags of any desired shape or fitment using both supported and unsupported films gives Vonco an edge over peers in medical and consumer markets.

About Genesis Plastics Welding
Genesis Plastics Welding is an Indiana-based ISO 13485:2016-certified contract manufacturer specialized in the art of radio frequency (RF) welding and heat sealing of thermoplastic components and products. As an industry leader, Genesis is a go-to manufacturing partner for flexible single-patient devices and custom fluid bags for clients worldwide.

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Meet IMDMC

Curious what IMDMC – Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers Council – is all about? Join us August 24, 2022, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. for a free networking event hosted by Genesis Plastics Welding. The evening will include a preview of the year’s programs, as well.

Meet IMDMC

Formed in 1991, it’s an association of medical device manufacturers and other associated companies working to promote, educate and advocate for Indiana’s medical device industry and cultivate a business environment in which member companies can flourish.

By uniting Indiana medical device manufacturers, large and small, as well as stakeholders, IMDMC serves to amplify the voices and convey the interests of these innovative companies before state and federal legislatures and regulatory agencies.

Additionally, it is dedicated to providing ongoing training and education to help equip its members to adapt to the changing environment in which they operate. Through the relationships it develops, its recognized expertise, and its passionate advocacy, IMDMC serves to increase public awareness of the economic and health benefits the Indiana medical device industry delivers throughout the world.

Genesis Plastics Welding’s (GPW) President and CEO Tom Ryder currently serves as the IMDMC Vice President and business development committee chair.

Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers Council (IMDMC) Membership

GPW finds great value in its membership and has been a corporate member for over a decade, along with other well-known medical device and life science-based corporations.

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Recovery Force Health
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Recovery Force Health Launches Flagship Therapeutic Mobility Measurement Device

Genesis Plastics Welding is proud to spread the word about the launch of contract manufacturing client Recovery Force Health’s flagship therapeutic mobility measurement device – The Movement and Compressions™ (MAC) System. The Fishers-based medtech company is unveiling the medical device this week at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition and Conference (NTI) in Houston. Visit them in booth 2409, follow them on LinkedIn and see their full press release below…

Meet The MAC System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Recovery Force Health to Commercially Launch Movement And Compressions at NTI 2022

Recovery Force Health, LLC will commercially launch its flagship therapeutic mobility measurement device, the MAC System, at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) in May of 2022.

The MAC System is cleared as an FDA Class II device prescribed by healthcare professionals to stimulate blood flow in the lower extremities. By delivering therapeutic compression, the device assists the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in at-risk patients.

As a first-of-its-kind, therapeutic mobility measurement tool, the MAC System tracks patient positioning and activity for providers to monitor adherence to mobility protocols.

Data displayed on the device gives caregivers a snapshot of patient data from the current day in addition to yesterday’s data to properly gauge mobility progression.

Objective mobility status can be useful for all disciplines to help minimize risk factors for hospital-acquired events such as deep vein thrombosis, pressure injury, pneumonia, and patient falls.

NTI is the AACN’s annual premier progressive and critical care nursing conference hosting thousands of healthcare professionals with this year’s conference taking place in Houston, Texas. Attendees will be able to participate in nearly 300 different live sessions dedicated to cutting-edge topics in today’s high-acuity nursing environment.

Recovery Force Health’s booth #2409 will be open for attendees on May 17-18 giving visitors the opportunity to learn more about the company and demo the innovative MAC System.

Booth #2409 will be located in the technical section and can be viewed via this interactive exhibitor map.

Recovery Force Health (RF Health) is a digital health device company focused on data-driven, wearable, medical technology. The company has developed a cordless, lithium-ion powered, compression and mobility device for patients in the hospital and at home.

Learn more about Recovery Force Health here.

Tom Ryder, Genesis Plastics Welding
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2022 Biotech, Biopharma and Contract Manufacturing

It has been a rough couple of pandemic years. We’ve seen market changes, disruptions— and even some major advances within Biotech, Biopharma and medical device. Yes, friends, hope springs eternal, and as we continue to navigate this new normal, our team is looking forward to a 2022 filled with new projects, business relationships and exciting trends within Biotech!

Things are Looking Bright for Biotech & Medical Device in 2022

2022 is looking extremely bright for many industries, including Biotech and medical device! Industry experts predict overall revenue growth driven by continued innovation and emerging technologies.

As markets evolve and drive opportunity, it should be a banner year for medical device-focused contract manufacturers, as well. Growth for many Biotech, Biopharma and medical device OEMs is presenting capacity questions – expand or farm out? With ever-narrowing margins and increased competition, strategic outsourcing bridges the gap quickest and most efficiently. Contract manufacturing partners like Genesis Plastics Welding with medical device design, development and production expertise will be key in helping these OEMs hit the ground running in 2022 and beyond.

So what else can start-ups, OEMs, creators and contract manufacturers look forward to in 2022? Well, a few exciting things and a few continued challenges. Let’s unpack the predicted trends.

  • The continuation of global supply chain challenges – especially within plastics and paper. Strong supply chain relationships and proactive inventory management will be key in 2022. Having an agile contract manufacturing partner skilled in the art of pivoting will help keep much-needed medical device products flowing to market.
  • Acceleration and evolution of point-of-care diagnostic devices – especially rapid-response technologies and devices. The development of these types of in-demand devices in 2020 and 2021 is where Biopharma excelled. I believe we’ll continue to see this trend.
  • A rebound of elective procedures and the medical devices that support them – With the current Covid surge and the Omicron variant, these are once again on hold, but I believe it will be short-lived and elective procedures will be back by spring. We are currently seeing an increase in R&D around devices to support surgical procedures, and that is a great sign.
  • Challenges of increased labor costs across all industries – At the core of a collaborative contract manufacturer is a deep desire to serve well and continually reduce costs and improve efficiency. Despite the hurdles of the pandemic and disruptions caused by labor shortages and labor cost increases, I believe the medical device contract manufacturing industry will continue to rebounded and pivot to serve customers and be a lifeline for Biotech, Biopharma and medical device OEMs.
  • Continued integration of artificial intelligence (AI) within medical device – Daily, we become a more and more connected world. We’ll see even more AI within medical device, especially diagnostics and robotic-assisted surgery.

No matter the medical device, Biotech or Biopharma trends, one key to continued success will be a focus on leveraging strong business partnerships to help bring breakthrough life enhancing, healing and life saving devices to market as quickly as possible. At the center, is smart outsourcing—whether you are in the early design and development phases, prototyping and validation or manufacturing, having outsourced expertise, like Genesis Plastics Welding, on your side can move you faster and more competitively into the market.

Did you know we have a dedicated medical device design and development division? Let’s chat.

Moreover, we all have a lot of living to do this year. The GPW team looks forward to thriving and growing together! Cheers!

-Tom Ryder