Flex Opens New Product Introduction Center for Healthcare

Flex, a global manufacturing partner, has opened a new product introduction (NPI) center near Boston, Mass. to serve its healthcare customers.

The center supports end-to-end product development from prototype to preclinical build, design verification, and production transfer. It supports customers in surgical robotics, medical devices, medical technology systems, imaging equipment, and lab diagnostic equipment, among a variety of other healthcare products.

The center touts an 8,000-square-foot NPI lab that can run several lines simultaneously, and a 2,000-square-foot quality and design validation testing lab. It’s expected to be ISO 13485-certified by Q2 oof this year.

This new NPI center joins Flex’s global footprint of about 100 sites. The company hopes to help customers get products to market faster, at scale, and with less risk.

The location near Boston provides the company access to one of the world’s largest medical technology innovation hubs.

“Our new NPI center offers healthcare customers in North America a truly integrated, design-led manufacturing solution that ensures a seamless transition from prototype to product launch,” said Kate Benedict, President, Health Solutions Business, Flex. “This expansion builds on existing NPI capabilities in Flex’s healthcare sites around the world, further strengthening the end-to-end, vertically integrated solutions that customers rely on to deliver products at scale with increased quality, productivity, and speed.”