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Medical textiles producer BeoCare acquires Shelby Elastics

06 Nov '14

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Two North Carolina – US based manufacturers of medical textiles have combined to project a one- stop- shop for OEM medical knitted textiles.

BeoCare Group Inc., a manufacturer of knitted medical textiles, has acquired all the assets of Shelby Elastics of North Carolina.

Both North Carolina-based companies manufacture specialty medical textiles used in a wide range of applications in hospitals and long term care facilities.

Beocare says, Shelby Elastics will continue to operate as an independent division of BeoCare from its current location in Shelby, NC where it employs 51 people.

Shelby Elastics was founded over 35 years ago as a specialist knitter of elastic products.

Over the years the company has become one of the leading ISO 9001 certified manufacturers of specialty elastic products for the medical industry.

“Many leading medical device companies look to Shelby Elastics for technical and innovative support in developing new products”, says Craig Wood, President of Shelby since 1999.

He adds, “Our ventilated and stretch loop products are examples of innovations that are widely used in medical products”.

Craig Wood will stay on with Shelby and will take on the wider responsibility as VP of Sales & Marketing, for the entire BeoCare group of companies.

BeoCare, which employs 103 people in Hudson, NC, is the leading domestic OEM contract manufacturer of knitted textile products for use in maternity care and incontinence care.

BeoCare is certified ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 and counts some of the largest medical distributors in the US amongst its clients.

Peter Vanderbruggen, CEO of BeoCare Group says, “We will add extensive capabilities of Shelby crochet knitting to our own capabilities in seamless knitting, which will result in a one-stop-shop for OEM medical knitted textiles”.

“With the acquisition of Shelby Elastics we are step closer to realizing our vision to become the preferred OEM partner of choice for leading healthcare companies worldwide,” he too adds. (AR)

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