Raumedic

Short description

Raumedic develops solutions for life. We focus on plastic-based solutions for medical and pharmaceutical applications as well as products for intensive care. With around 1,200 employees, our core markets are Europe and North America.

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Raumedic June 30, 2023
Know-How

Smart tubing for new possibilities

We develop tubing components and systems further and make them “smart” – for greater functionality, a high level of user-friendliness, and future-oriented.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2023

Raumedic June 30, 2023
Know-How

The important role of PVC in medicine and medical technology

Selecting the right materials for medical tubing and devices plays a critical role in their development. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has long been the preferred material for many medical applications. However, today alternative materials are becoming increasingly important.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2023

Raumedic June 30, 2023
Product

Challenges in the development of wearable drug delivery devices

Portable and wearable drug delivery devices can significantly improve patients' quality of life. They are based on durable platform solutions and require high-quality disposable components.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2023

Raumedic October 1, 2018
Service

Material Expertise: The right material for every application

When dealing with human life and health, our expectations cannot be high enough. With this proposition in mind, RAUMEDIC has developed customer-specific, innovative solutions for the medical industry.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2019

Raumedic October 1, 2018
Product

Multi-lumen tubing

RAUMEDIC multi-lumen tubing is configured according to the customer's specifications and can therefore be used for a variety of applications. Manufacturing takes place in controlled clean room facilities only.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2019

Raumedic October 1, 2018
Product

Silicone sealing membranes

The complex control and sealing membrane made of medical-grade silicone is manufactured in an injection molding process in controlled clean room facilities.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2019

Raumedic September 24, 2018
Product

VariCoat - The single-step process to coat wires

In the VariCoat process, wires, braids and fibers for medical use are extrusion-coated with a polymer layer. For the coating, RAUMEDIC uses only "medical-grade" plastics.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2019

Raumedic July 20, 2018
Product

Medical high-pressure tubing for angiography

An informative image is essential in angiography. For optimal imaging, it is vital that medical high-pressure tubing withstands the forceful injection of the contrast medium, yet also stays very flexible and kink-resistant at the same time.

Swiss Medtech Expo 2019

Standards, Products, Services

  • S ISO 13485:2012
  • S ISO 14644
  • S ISO 50001:2011
  • S GMP
  • S ISO 15378:2011
  • S Product development
  • S Technology development
  • S Patents & IP
  • S Injection molding thermoplastics
  • S Injection molding elastomers, rubber
  • S Multicomponent injection molding
  • S Extrusion
  • S Surface treatment
  • S Surface coating
  • S Part testing
  • S Primary and secundary packaging
  • S Printing, marking
  • S Assembly

About us

Human health is at the core of RAUMEDIC Group's business. The company specializes in processing medical-grade thermoplastic polymers and silicones at five production sites in Germany and the United States.

As a partner of the international medical technology and pharmaceutical industry, the polymer specialist develops and produces customized components for customers, including tubing, catheters and molded parts as well as complex groups of components and systems for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. For the clinical areas of neuro-monitoring and traumatology, RAUMEDIC produces high-precision pressure-measuring systems with microchip technology. In doing so, it plays a key role in safe patient care around the world.

With 70 years of experience in the areas of extrusion, injection molding and assembly, the company with a global workforce of 800 people turns customer ideas into mature products. The foundation of this work is formed by a quality management system based on ISO 13485 and clean room manufacturing on an area of 107,000 square feet (10,000 square meters) based on ISO 14644 (class 7).

Its global sales network and its own distribution companies in core markets ensure that medical and pharmaceutical customers as well as end users in hospitals and doctors’ offices have a high level of product availability at all times.

 

Important Milestones

1948 – Founding of today’s sister company REHAU AG + Co.
1957 – First German heart surgery with Raumedic tubing
1971 – Official registration of the brand name “RAUMEDIC”
1978 – First automation in the field of injection molding
1996 – Entry into microchip technology
2001 – Installation of a 4-layer micro extrusion line
2004 – Spin-off of RAUMEDIC as a new company with 240 employees
2014 – Expansion of production and office areas at the headquarters in Helmbrechts
2015 – Construction of new development and production facilities in the USA
2016 – Start of production in Mills River, North Carolina, USA