MedtechFORCE – When Process Expertise Becomes a Driving Force
How is a medical device developed that meets regulatory requirements, is manufactured efficiently, and remains traceable throughout the entire supply chain?
MedtechFORCE provides clear, practical answers to these questions during a presentation at MedtecLIVE: through connected expertise across the entire value chain.
From trade fair booth to a shared vision
What began as a joint idea at the MedtecLIVE trade fair has evolved over the years into a robust network that maps the complete value chain of medical technology manufacturing – from precision components and production to marking, cleaning, packaging, and digital workflows. MedtechFORCE brings together specialists from different areas of medical technology with a clear objective: to present the industrial reality of modern medical technology manufacturing transparently and to take it a step further.
The participating companies – FOBA, Medipack, Gindele, KKS Ultraschall, Kumavision, Forecreu, and Laubscher – each contribute their core competencies and jointly demonstrate how individual manufacturing steps combine to form a resilient overall system. Not as a theoretical model, but as a realistic production line that can only exist through the collaboration of specialized partners.
Knowledge emerges where processes interlock
Requirements in medical technology are continuously increasing: stricter regulatory demands, higher requirements for traceability, quality assurance, and process stability, as well as growing integration of digital and physical production steps. In this environment, it is no longer sufficient to consider individual technologies in isolation. What matters is an understanding of the entire value chain — and the interactions between its individual steps.
This is precisely where MedtechFORCE comes in at MedtecLIVE 2026. As part of the technical presentation, the network partners demonstrate step by step how individual components are transformed into a medical technology product and which technical, organizational, and regulatory requirements must be taken into account along the way. The focus is not on theory, but on real industrial processes.
Instead of isolated exhibition booths, a holistic picture of industrial reality is created — a behind-the-scenes view that often remains hidden in day-to-day operations.
An implant as the common thread through the production process
Using a concrete implant manufactured across the entire process chain, the individual production steps are clearly presented — from the first component to the final medical device.
The participating network partners illustrate how their respective technologies interact and which requirements must be considered along the value chain. The presentation makes it clear how the interplay of materials, manufacturing, cleaning, marking, digitalization, and packaging results in a safe, regulatory-compliant implant. Visitors gain a clear understanding of why holistically designed manufacturing processes are essential in medical technology — and the role connected partner concepts like MedtechFORCE play in achieving them.
FOBA demonstrates the contribution precise laser marking and reliable traceability make within this chain. Concrete examples show how marking not only supports regulatory requirements such as UDI, but also represents a key element for stable processes, transparent documentation, and efficient production.
Traceability as an integral part of the production system
As a specialist in laser marking and traceability, FOBA represents a crucial aspect of modern medical technology manufacturing within MedtechFORCE: the safe, permanent, and biocompatible UDI-compliant marking of medical products.
Laser marking is not an isolated step, but an integral part of an end-to-end manufacturing process — closely linked with upstream production steps and downstream inspection, cleaning, and packaging processes.
Within the MedtechFORCE network, this interrelationship becomes visible: marking is not merely shown, but understood — in the context of regulation, production safety, and efficiency.
MedtecLIVE 2026: Experience MedtechFORCE live
At MedtecLIVE 2026 in Stuttgart, MedtechFORCE will once again be tangible — not only at the exhibition stands of the network partners, but also as part of a dedicated presentation slot that explores the concept and added value of the network in greater depth:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
2:00 – 2:40 pm
(in German language)
The presentation provides insights into the formation of the network, the showcased process chain, and the question of why connected manufacturing is becoming increasingly important in times of growing regulation, automation, and digitalization.
Networking that extends beyond the trade fair
MedtechFORCE exemplifies what trade fairs can achieve when encounters turn into genuine collaboration. The cooperation has grown out of discussions, joint projects, and the shared belief that better solutions emerge through partnership-based thinking. The presentation at MedtecLIVE 2026 makes this collaboration visible and highlights the value it creates for all involved.
For FOBA, MedtechFORCE expresses a clear self-image: technology unfolds its full value only within the process — and through dialogue with strong partners.
Learn more
Would you like to learn more about the MedtechFORCE network, the participating companies, and the solutions presented? Further information is available at:
👉 https://medtechforce.com
Experience how connected manufacturing in medical technology is conceived and implemented today.
