Specialty Blades completes acquisition of Popper and Sons

According to Specialty Blades, the acquisition of Popper makes the combined company the leading contract manufacturer of cutting and piercing devices for the medical device industry. The combined companies will have locations in Virginia, New York and Rhode Island with total employment of approximately 240 members. The company’s principal market segments include medical device contract manufacturing, instrumentation and automation components for the life science diagnostics markets and industrial cutting components.

Peter Harris, president and CEO of Specialty Blades, said: “This acquisition supports our strategy of focusing the value we bring to medical device companies on improving devices through functional expertise. While we now have one of the broadest arrays of manufacturing capabilities, our unique value proposition lies in our ability to work with OEMs to enhance the performance of their instrumentation, leading to better outcomes for patients.”