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Lubrizol Gets Into Medical Devices

by Marc S. Reisch
August 11, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 32

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Credit: Vesta
Examples of Vesta-manufactured medical devices.
Medical components manufactured by Vesta.
Credit: Vesta
Examples of Vesta-manufactured medical devices.

Specialty chemical maker Lubrizol has acquired Vesta, a Franklin, Wis.-based maker of silicone components, thermoplastic tubing, and devices used in cardiology, urology, and wound care. Details of the purchase from private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners were not disclosed. Lubrizol, which already makes thermoplastic urethanes for medical use, says the deal broadens its life sciences manufacturing capabilities.

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