SCHERDEL MEDTEC
Creating Device Components that are Unseen Yet Ubiquitous BY DREW JELGERHUIS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, MEDICAL, SCHERDEL MEDTEC
Springs are the engine in almost all drug delivery devices. They provide the energy to propel restorative and life-saving medicines from a device, through a needle, and ultimately into a patient. Despite being an essential and ubiquitous component in these devices, springs are unseen and rarely considered – except by those who make them.
world’s first diesel engine. In the next century, Scherdel innovation brought the best technology in springs to automotive production and advanced engineering for events in Formula 1 racing and beyond. By 1985 Scherdel was positioned to expand internationally to meet customer demands around the globe. Now – after more than 130 years from that first set of piano strings – Scherdel sets the standard for processing metallic wire and strip for springs and stampings in multiple industries.
Scherdel Medtec is a global supplier of technical springs and stampings for the medical device industry. The company has been working with the top drug delivery OEM’s in the world for decades providing technical expertise during development and manufacturing excellence during serial production.
The company’s rich history and deep expertise in high precision technology and innovative manufacturing set the stage, and a strong foundation, for the beginning of the Medtec division in 2014. Currently, Scherdel Medtec designs and manufactures 100’s of millions of springs and stampings that are critical to drug delivery devices the world over. Scherdel’s customers supply life-saving medicines and Scherdel springs provide the energy required to deliver those medicines to patients.
While Scherdel currently has facilities in 12 countries and produces over 6 billion springs annually, the company had a humble beginning. In 1889 Sigmund Scherdel began producing piano strings using his wire drawing mill. By 1893 his offerings had expanded and, notably, Rudolf Diesel experimented with springs from Scherdel in the
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