About PolarSeal Tapes & Conversions Ltd
We are a fast-moving and highly innovative medical tape and flexible material converter, partnering with you to provide solutions for the co-development of your medical components. Over the past 40+ years, PolarSeal has accumulated a wealth of knowledge within a highly skilled team, enabling us to service our clients with the perfect adhesive solution.
Our mission
Through innovation and technology, we provide end-to-end medical solutions in collaboration with our healthcare partners to improve people’s lives globally, every day.
Our vision
PolarSeal is solely focused on medical device contract manufacturing and healthcare material conversion. Operating within our ISO7 cleanroom facilities with ISO13485 accreditations and being FDA Regulated and Audited, PolarSeal can engineer the perfect adhesive solution.
Our extensive and ever-expanding capabilities allows us to assist global medical device companies in the manufacturing of advanced wound care, ostomy components, wearable device technology, consumer healthcare and so much more.
We understand the growing demand for skin-friendly adhesives and consumer products, and that is why we continuously invest in modern technology and advanced processes to deliver fully qualified products at high speeds and to the ultimate quality standards.
As a TRUSTED ADVISOR and specialists in the contract medical device manufacturing sector, PolarSeal has in-depth knowledge in combining materials and components to complex and innovative medical devices.
Company employment statement
As part of the national and international job creation efforts, PolarSeal strives to continuously provide new opportunities. Alongside new roles enabled by company growth, PolarSeal onboards ‘KickStarter’ schemes developed by the Government to assist in the prevention of unemployment and provide futures for the next generation.
Our equal opportunities mission drives us to ensure that we can empower as many individuals as we can through job creation, knowledge transfer, enrichment, and wellness.
POLARSEAL MILESTONES
1981
Business founded
1994
Original registration to BSEN/ISO 9001 Standard
1999
First Class 10,000 Cleanroom brought on stream
2006
Certification to ISO13485:2003 Medical Device Standard
2007
2nd ISO7 Cleanroom (Class 10,000) brought on stream
2009
3rd ISO7 Cleanroom (Class10,000) brought on stream
2010
7th Servo Converting machine ordered
2012
Acquisition of a new 36,000ft2 production facility in Suffolk
2013
Registration with FDA
2014
Certification to d. MDD 93/42/EEC
2015
Patent awarded for woundcare product and manufacturing process
2016
30th Production line validated
2017
4,000 square foot clean production area
2018
4th 2,000 square foot cleanroom installed
2019
Thermoforming & flow wrapping packing process added in addition to in-line pouch lines
2020
High volume PPE production lines installed
2021
New warehousing
2022