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Design for Inspection: The Key to Lower Cost and Higher Profit Margins Inspection can represent 20-40 percent of the final orthopedic product cost, so if inspection is not considered in the product design stages, cost can easily be buried. Enter Design for Inspection (DFI) and how it can open to door to a true cost-saving partnership that benefits everyone. Read the article published by Medical Design Briefs:... Read More

Maximize the Use of Your Operation Footprint and Assets to Reduce Costs Most Medical Device Manufacturers (MDMs) have a manufacturing facility that is not utilizing its resources 168 hours a week. In an environment where MDMs are under constant pressure to reduce costs, there is an alternative to maintaining under-utilized operations or establishing larger operations and footprints. Medical device manufacturers... Read More

Terry Spada - Double Knee Replacement - The Impact of Orthopedic Surgery (with subtitles) Read More

Mike Miller Retires as Orchid’s CEO

Holt, MI - Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid) announced that Mike Miller, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board Member, has retired as CEO effective December 30, 2016 and is now the Vice Chairman of the board of directors. Jerry Jurkiewicz, formerly Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President, has been promoted to the role of CEO.

Orchid Announces Appointment of President and Chief Operating Officer, Jerry Jurkiewicz Holt, MI - Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid) has named Jerry Jurkiewicz President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective April 4, 2016. As President and COO, a new role for Orchid, Jurkiewicz will report directly to Mike Miller, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and have responsibility for managing Orchid’s global operations... Read More

Orchid Acquires Cam Bioceramics - Expands Coating Capability to Asia Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid), a worldwide leader in design and manufacturing for the orthopedic and medical device industry, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to acquire the Cam Bioceramics coating facility and operations in Suzhou (Cam China), a high quality provider of hydroxylapatite (HA) plasma coatings in China. ... Read More

Orchid Acquires Alhenia – Strengthens Role as Global Coating Leader

Holt, MI - Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid) is pleased to announce it has acquired Alhenia AG, a leading provider of coated implants to orthopedic device manufacturers.