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November 2024
Compamed from 11-14/11/2024
Are you planning a visit to Düsseldorf again this year at the COMPAMED? Then take a look at our booth D30 in hall 8b and find out about our new products.
December 2023
Press Release: Extension of the management at SAMAPLAST AG
Mai 2024
ABACUS Story: Acceptance of Abacus software is 100%
"The acceptance of the Abacus software is 100%" Stefan Okle, CEO of SAMAPLAST AG, gets excited when he talks about the Abacus Data Analyzer. He also explains in the interview which processes have been automated thanks to the introduction of the Abacus PPS software.
Mai 2024
Development partnership at eye level
Laser marking: In order to be able to guarantee the high requirements for the UDI marking of its medical products, the Swiss plastics specialist Samaplast is relying on a development partnership with Trumpf. The Trumark 6030 marking laser and the Trutops Mark 3D software were used.
April 2022
Raise potential for implants
High-performance material for medical injection molding and 3D printing The Swiss plastics specialist Samaplast and the chemical company Evonik have a common cause: the two companies are pooling their expertise in the development of Vestakeep Fusion, an osteoconductive PEEK biomaterial.
November 2023
Absorbable material for a vascular closure system
Implantable plastic - Samaplast AG is supporting the Irish manufacturer Vivasure Medical in the development and production of a new plastic vascular closure system for closing punctures of large arterial vessels. The bioabsorbable plastic material is processed in a clean room.
November 2022
Teamwork for a new implant cleaning system
Development partnership - Galvosurge Dental AG from Widnau got the company Samaplast on board to work on a project for the development and production of a dental implant cleaning system - and benefited from their know-how in injection molding of complex geometries as well as process validation.
November 2021
Patient-specific products - low germs to packaging
By using a computer tomograph, the products remain sterile until they are packaged.
December 2020
Certification according DIN SPEC 17071
SAMAPLAST AG was certified in accordance with DIN SPEC 17071 in November 2020, so can implement customer projects from idea to printed prototype or medical product/implant under controlled and certified conditions. The Samaplast team concentrates on the medical technology/implant market, and specialises in high-end plastics such as PLA, PEEK, TPU and PCU. Samaplast has reached AM level, and fulfils the TÜV SÜD inspection criteria for third parties.
October 2020
Risk minimization from the beginning
SAMAPLAST AG has been manufacturing high quality plastic products for over 60 years. The portfolio includes plastic injection molded parts and implants, but also prototypes. Everything from a single source, from the idea to the finished assembly or even the sterile packaged medical device.
June 2020
Additive Manufacturing - Implants for Humans and Animal
Article "Additive Manufacturing - Implants for Humans and Animals" in the MEDPLAST 2020 edition on pages 32.
April 2020
The peek implant is made tie-bar-less machine in the clean room
The design and functional principle of cable ties is also interesting for medical technology: The Swiss Company Samaplast AG produces cable tie-like connecting elements in cleanrooms on tie-bar-less injection molding machines from Engel. These lock the sternum after open heart surgery.
March 2020
Absorbable Implant Stabilises Spine
Spine Welding received FDA approval for its screw system for spinal stabilisation. The system includes a bioabsorbable component made by Samaplast.
November 2019
Ready for the Medical Future
SAMAPLAST conducted complementary experiments with resorbable materials such as resomer L210S, LR 704, LR 706 S, LG 855 S, C209 and X206S. It has been shown that the process also has only minor IV reductions compared to traditional injection moulding.
April 2019
Additive manufactured implants - lot size 1 are the target
3D printing | When can additively manufactured implants be added to, or in some cases even replace, the parts produced by injection molding? The Swiss plastics specialist Samaplast AG has worked on its new technology and successfully completed further long-term tests.
Nov 2018
Lecture by Michael Wildemann in Barcelona
At the trade fair in(3D)ustry in Barcelona, Samaplast AG presented their concept for a presentation on how it meets the market demand for prototypes and small series for medical parts and implants. Special attention in the presentation was on the Arburg Freeformer, with which it is possible to produce generatively manufactured components with standard material from batch size 1 upwards.
March 2018
Prototyping and risk minimization
Prototypes are more and more a necessity in the production of high-precision plastic injection moulded parts for technical products, medical products and implants. This is why we at Samaplast have pushed this development forward together with our customers and partners.