Norman Noble’s 70 years of medical device manufacturing innovation

Highland Heights, Ohio – Norman Noble Inc., the world’s leading contract manufacturer of next-generation medical implants is celebrating its 70th year of business in Northeast Ohio.

The company was founded in 1946 in Cleveland. Today, two generations of the Noble family maintain guiding principles to lead the company – and the industry – with technologically advanced capabilities and exceptional service. The company has grown to 600 employees, with 5 facilities and more than 240,000 square feet of combined manufacturing space. Headquarters and large scale production facilities are now located in Highland Heights, Ohio, with most recent expansions at facilities in Naples Florida, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Norman Noble Inc. keeps pace with current technology by continually investing in the machining, finishing, and engineering resources to enable the manufacturing of next generation medical product designs. Recent manufacturing innovations include its proprietary Noble S.T.E.A.L.T.H. athermal laser machining for nitinol and bioresorbable implants, SynchroFlash single operation laser Swiss turning & milling, fully validated manufacturing processes, and rapid development prototyping services.

A few examples of the medtech product designs we manufacture for our OEM customers include: Transcatheter Heart Valve Frames, Vascular Stents, Neurovascular Flow Diverters, and Clot Removal Devices, Bioresorbable Scaffolds, Vessel Closure Implants, Spinal Implants, Orthopedic Screws and Plates, and Multi-leaf Collimator Assemblies used for Radiation Therapy.

For medical implant and device companies in need of a manufacturing partner, Norman Noble’s U.S.-based team of engineers drives solutions to construct the most intricate designs from prototype through commercialization of next generation medical implants and devices. With nitinol experts in-house and unmatched capacity as the largest laser contract manufacturer in the world, we quickly work to manufacture and validate anything that can be designed.

About Norman Noble Inc.
Established 70 years ago, Norman Noble, Inc. remains a family-owned and -operated company offering the most advanced processes for ultra-precision micromachining of medical implants. The company is known for its exceptional ability to produce nitinol based implants, and achieve sub-miniature precision beyond the reach of most manufacturers. Norman Noble, Inc. is a supplier to most of the largest OEM’s and well-known names in the medical device industry.

Norman Noble manufactures medical devices and implants to customer specifications in compliance with FDA regulations and ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. State-of-the-art processes include athermal laser machining, laser welding, Swiss turning and milling, conventional and wire EDM, high-speed 7-axis contour milling, electropolishing, nitinol shape setting and clean room assembly and packaging. Rapid development prototyping services are available in separate and fully dedicated process development centers. FDA Registration #1531050.

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