LEARNING CENTER
The Learning Center is Brentwood’s blog. It is updated regularly to share educational information with our customers and industry contacts.
Tray Design Improves Organization and Efficiency in the Surgical Field
One of Brentwood’s customers came to us, looking for an alternative packaging solution for their bone marrow collection kit. The pouches they were using caused numerous challenges in surgical settings: the 15 pieces in the kit essentially had to be dumped out of the pouch, resulting in disorganization, and sometimes, enabling the components to fall off the tray.
Increasing Operations Efficiency with Innovative Packaging
The Brentwood Medical team is always looking to solve problems for our customers, even if it doesn’t involve creating an innovative packaging design. Our operations specialists are always looking for new ways to help our customers increase efficiencies at every stages of the supply chain.
What is Thermoforming? Vacuum vs. Pressure Forming
Thermoforming is the primary manufacturing process Brentwood uses. Thermoforming is a timely and cost-effective solution for heavy equipment enclosures, diagnostic housing, packaging, in-transit shipping solutions, and more.
Brentwood Medical Team Raises the Bar with Development of New Face Shields
Brentwood Medical began manufacturing face shields in April 2020, in response to the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages caused by COVID-19. As a custom packaging thermoformer serving the medical device, dental, and other healthcare industries, Brentwood had never designed or manufactured PPE, but this was a challenge they were excited to take on.
Innovative Packaging for the Dental Industry
In 2017, Dentsply Sirona came to Brentwood in search of an improved packaging solution to their current off-the-shelf, injection molded polycarbonate boxes sourced from China. These boxes held their restorative dental products, including crowns, abutments, screws, and dentures. For the new packaging designs, Dentsply Sirona wanted easier to use packaging with a premium look that would reduce costs. The new trays and boxes would be part of a fully customized treatment box, tailored to each patient’s specific need
New Long Tray Forming Machine Leads Industry
Brentwood first entered the medical packaging industry in 1978, and immediately began to push the boundaries of thermoformed tray manufacturing.