GF Machining Establishes Medical Center of Competency

GF Machining Solutions has established a Medical Center of Competency and has appointed a medical business development manager, Donn Wuestenberg, to head its operations. The new center, scheduled to open late 2022 in Lincolnshire, Ill., will provide medical manufacturers in North America with applications support and offer production technologies that include precision milling, EDM, laser texturing, micromachining and automation.

At the center, manufacturers will have access to the company’s sales and service as well as medical application support teams. With experience in the manufacture of complex, high-precision parts, the company says it will provide strategies and technologies for improving the production of medical instruments, orthopedic and trauma implants, consumables, dental parts, packaging and more.

According to Wuestenburg, the Medical Center of Competency will provide an environment well suited for collaboration between GF Machining Solutions, its medical customers and key industry partners. “Together,” he says, “we can identify and focus our efforts on those transformational projects that will further advance the medical manufacturing industry sector. These collaborations will also help spur the development of new and refined machines and technologies that will keep North American medical manufacturers moving forward and competitive.”

Wuestenburg brings more than 20 years of manufacturing experience with a focus on working collaboratively with key technology partners to his new position at the center. He is a master electrician and journeyman industrial electrician with expertise in plant production, project design, die/mold and production machinery for medical parts. For consultation, he can be contacted directly at Donn.Wuestenberg@Georgfischer.com.