Dalsin Industries
Driving Manufacturing Innovation for Medical OEMs

Every company in the manufacturing supply chain—big or small— has a critical role to play; the manufacturing industry never can succeed without collaboration and seamless interactions. By merely investing time and resources toward developing inter-organizational relationships, companies can expect to drive highly desirable outcomes much more quickly and profitably.

For industries like medical equipment manufacturing, the establishment of a holistic partnership with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) reinforces a health system’s confidence in delivering the best patient care outcomes. Continuing this cycle of reliance on collaborative relationships, OEMs also have recourse to industry-leading contract manufacturers for building world-class, high precision tools and equipment. This is where Minnesota-based Dalsin Industries’ name often resonates among OEMs. Dalsin Industries is a contract manufacturing expert that strives to fabricate and deliver specialized parts based on an OEM’s highly specific requirements. More importantly, Tom Schmeling, VP of sales at Dalsin, highlights, “Designing and manufacturing products that meet a medical OEM’s unique expectations, and at the same time, being able to adapt to their evolving needs is a challenge that many contract manufacturers are not always prepared to face.” Dalsin, by virtue of the company’s 75 years of experience in the field, is poised to confront such unique demands every day. Understanding and delivering best-in-class product development solutions for OEMs is the result of Dalsin’s unique core competencies over the years.

Dalsin has witnessed a significant share of growth in manufacturing technologies and its applications in nearly every customer-facing industry since 1945. Having been an innovative manufacturer at its core, Dalsin always ensured to abide by its motto: adopt and adapt. “We believe in continuous advancement; of technologies, processes, and people.

Having been an innovative manufacturer at its core, Dalsin always ensured to abide by its motto: adopt and adapt

Dalsin consistently invests in these three fundamental elements to ensure the best performance and quality of its products,” comments Schmeling. To that end, the company has recently acquired fiber laser machines and state-of-the-art robotic welding systems in order to meet and exceed current market demands for expeditious and precision manufacturing. The new equipment empowers Dalsin’s well-trained staff to streamline cutting, marking, and engraving processes with ease, while the automated welding capabilities— which encompass a set of mechanized programmable tools—speeds up the relatively time-consuming process of welding. “From a workflow standpoint, we employ a lean manufacturing methodology to eliminate waste and have more control over the quality of the final product, which is very pertinent when catering to the healthcare industry,” states Schmeling.

Today, Dalsin leverages its high-volume, precision metal manufacturing expertise to design and produce medical and technical equipment like drawer assemblies and tables for health systems and pharmaceutical OEMs. The company also supplies close-to-complete carts for product storage, security, and general-purpose assemblies. “These carts include plastic injection molded parts, thermoform plastic parts, aluminum extrusions, wiring harnesses, electronic components, hinges, drawer slides, and casters—all purchased, installed, and tested by Dalsin,” elaborates Schmeling. And, owing to its automation and metal fabrication capabilities, Dalsin is always able to collaborate with its OEM clients and design custom medical hardware and new prototypes for medical and pharmaceutical tools.

Above all, reflecting the company’s emphasis on its “people” pillar, Dalsin ensures to deliver honest customer support services that go over and beyond the simple necessities of developing and maintaining relationships with its clients. By actively participating with OEMs from the beginning of a product’s journey all through to its deployment in the supply chain, Schmeling and his team of talented professionals ensure the procurement of the best possible products. Moving forward, Dalsin intends to leave a global footprint in the medical devices marketplace, while driving innovation and setting new benchmarks of manufacturing quality.