Sterimed Infection Control
STERIMED Infection Control has an history which spans over more than 100 years of industrial know how. Its DNA is nurtured with an entrepreneurship and customer-focus culture which has helped it grow from a paper manufacturer located in the South of France to a world leader in packaging materials for the healthcare industry.
STERIMED Infection Contol develops tailor-made products and unique expertise thanks to its direct contact with end-users in the medical devices manufacturing industry as well as to hospital Central Sterile Supply Departments, all around the world.
With 1,350 employees over 3 continents, STERIMED is the world-leading manufacturer of renewable resource-based packaging materials for the medical device industry & patient care facilities.
1 out of 4 medical devices in the world are packed with our products, which are manufactured in 100% healthcare dedicated production sites worldwide :
3 sites in North America (Charleston, US; Guadalajara and Tlalnepantla ,México)
6 sites in Europe (Palalda, Valenciennes, Coulommiers, France; Brno, Czech Republic; Radstock, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
3 sites in China (Suzhou, Fuzhou, Luoyang)
STERIMED products play a crucial role as sterile barrier to micro-organisms & physical protection of packed medical device. They must be safe to use for patients, hospital staff & people working on packaging lines. They must also be designed for aseptic opening at point of use and minimal impact on environement.
Supplied products are controlled for biocompatibility and bioburden.
Traceability is STERIMED other field of expertise, with software and harware solutions developed in partnership with hospital staff to help optimize workflow and patient safety in hospital premises.
Our products are manufactured with a high level of renewable ressource based content, and we use biomass energy in our medical paper product process.
We include eco-design strategies in product development phases and pay attention to consumption of raw materials, conditions of production in our industrial lines & product end life.
We are 100% healthcare focused group, in all our manufacturing sites.
Our R&D teams are experts in developing tailor made solutions to our consumer needs and innovative packaging materials wich serve as alternatives to non-renewable based products such as Tyvek®* or film-film packaging.
Our unique know how and global industrial set up makes us the partner of choice for companies looking at outsourcing industrial activities such as printing, slitting, sheeting or thermo-bonding of materials.