Medicine Lake Extrusions Bought by Optinova

Onneksi olkoon! Or congratulations, as most of English-speakers might say.

The management at Medicine Lake Extrusions might want to brush up on their Finnish or Swedish. The Plymouth, Minn.-based supplier of medical-grade thermoplastic extrusions was acquired by Optinova AB, an extruder that specializes in fluoropolymer medical tubing.

Medicine Lake Extrusions, which was founded in 2004, now will be known as Optinova MLE. The added U.S. capacity will add to Optinova’s facility in Godby, Finland, which is 63,000 square feet (30,000 of which is class 100,000 clean-room space), includes 27 extrusion lines, 140 employees, an in-house automation department, as well as tooling design and manufacturing.

According to officials of the newly expanded enterprise, the company will offer research and development services; rapid prototyping runs; small-, medium- and high-volume production extrusions; and will position itself as a single-source solutions provider.