Optinova

Danbury,  CT 
United States
https://optinova.com

• Booth: 6550

Overview

Optinova is a leading global supplier of advanced tubing solutions for the medical device and industrial markets. Resins for our fluoropolymer and thermoplastic polymer extrusions include PTFE, FEP, PFA, ETFE, PVDF, LDPE, HDPE, PP, PE, TPE among others. Our products include anti-static, spiral cut, striped, and fabricated tubes, as well as dual layer tubing, industrial heat shrink tubing, and ultra-high purity PFA tubing.

  Press Releases

• Optinova celebrates 50 years in extrusion (May 22, 2024)

  PRESS RELEASE
  Mariehamn, 25.2.2021

  In 2021, we are thrilled to celebrate our 50-year milestone. Our history dates back to 1971, when Obi Jacobson founded Optinova, then named Godby Plast, in Finström (Godby), Åland, Finland.

  With one factory in February 1971, Optinova became one of the first large-scale extrusion houses in the world. Over 50 years, we have added cleanroom, expanded globally, built new production halls, acquired companies, established new plants and launched a number of new capabilities. Since the end of the 80s, we have been known under the Optinova brand and fully owned by Eriksson Capital. “Already from the start, the various applications of our extruded components have captured the interest of our employees, customers and the society. Optinova tubing can be found everywhere, from people’s hearts to spaceships venturing to the moon, assisting life from beginning to end”, said Anders Wiklund, CEO, Optinova Group

  
  Optinova in 2021
  Today, with over 430 employees and more than 100 extrusion lines, Optinova is one of the world’s largest extrusion companies. We are currently manufacturing from four production bases: two here in Åland, Finland, one in Thailand and one in the US. With sales offices spread globally, we are serving over 1 000 long-term partners who are global manufacturers of medical devices and specialty products.“From a modest start, Optinova has expanded substantially to become a leading innovator and supplier of advanced tubing solutions, thriving to increase the quality of everyday life with our customers. Over 50 years, Optinova has grown a global supply network of quality extruded components bridging Europe, Asia and the Americas.”, said Annette Höglund, CCO, Optinova Group.

  Over the past decade, Optinova has gradually expanded and modernized its manufacturing facilities. Recent milestones include the additional 2 000 m2 of cleanroom to the Godby factory, 800 m2 to the plant in Thailand and a brand-new manufacturing base in the US. The new addition to the Godby plant, called Hall 7, is Optinova’s most ambitious investment to date. Hall 7 represents our quest for building the world’s most modern extrusion hall with an automated quality control process and a facility management system that embraces the circular economy. While Hall 7 significantly expands our medical tubing portfolio, the new factory in the US allows Optinova to continue serving US customers with industrial tubing sourced and produced on American soil.

  #optinova50years
  As part of our 50-year celebration campaign, we will be publishing applications and technological stories of our products under #optinova50years across media channels throughout the year. With the campaign, we hope to enforce and inform our stakeholders about our pledge to increase the quality of everyday life with our customers, staying true to our #feelgoodfactory values. Being the world’s #feelgoodfactory also means that we invest heavily in a better future for the next generations. Thus, sustainability is a key focus area in our way forward. In 2020, we built the infrastructure for how we implement, measure and analyze our sustainability efforts. In 2021, we look forward to setting up our targets and reaffirming our commitment to sustainability. Optinova is committed to leading the extrusion industry in sustainability by the power of our examples.

• Optinova approves several global capacity expansion investments (May 22, 2024)

  PRESS RELEASE
  Mariehamn, 10.8.2022

  Optinova today announces a series of investments that have been approved by Group Management and the Board of Directors to significantly increase our production capacity globally. These investments are part of our long-term growth strategy and reinforces our commitment to serving customers better and supporting the local communities where we operate.

  In the first half of 2022, the Optinova Group has approved investments to expand our capacity in all four manufacturing sites in Finland, Thailand and the US. Besides additional extrusion lines, more floorspace
  will be added, together with new supporting facilities at Optinova Innovation Center.

  “The new investments reflect our increased engagement with existing customers and an influx of orders from new partners across industries,” says Allan Boye, CCO, Optinova Group. “The added capacity will enable us to meet the heightened market demand and improve our production efficiency by employing the latest extrusion technology and automation systems in the new facilities.”

  The approved investments cover a number of aspects from construction work to sustainable innovation and clean energy.

• Personalized extrusion experience with Optinova’s Customer Innovation Team (CIT) (May 22, 2024)

  PRESS RELEASE
  Mariehamn, 29.11.2022

  During COMPAMED 2022, we initiated Customer Innovation Team (CIT), a customer collaboration concept.

  CIT combines and elevates our current partnership model, world-leading extrusion expertise and the Optinova brand equity to build an even stronger partnership experience with customers.

  “At Optinova, customers are at the center of everything we do”, says Allan Boye, CCO, Optinova Group. “The principles of a CIT are already applied in many existing customer projects. But by launching CIT, we take an opportunity to refine and reimagine our management of important, business-driven, and technologically pioneering R&D projects that we co-develop with customers”.

  With CIT, we can offer customers (a) an opportunity to focus on their core business, (b) a personalized and state-of-the-art partnership experience, and (c) access to 50 years of extrusion knowledge and expertise to help expand their business.

  Ultimately, the goals of CIT are to deliver an unmatched extrusion experience for our customers and to take our strategic operational excellence to the next level.

  Unmatched customer experience

  • To deliver value to the customer by helping you identify the right case where our expertise can be leveraged
  • To increase the efficiency of our partnership by setting clear targets and delivery time
  • To provide a unique experience that can drive higher customer satisfaction and increase our collaboration volume

  With CIT, we foster a fluent and trusted co-development process that strengthens our relationship with customers and broadens the scope of our collaboration.

  “I see great potential for CIT with our medical device partners”, says Richard Jokinen, VP Business Line Medical. “Optinova is the top-of-mind extrusion partner for many of our customers due to our ability to customize solutions and meet demanding product requirements. With CIT and the focus it brings across the organization, we can take this commitment with customers even further.”

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