DuPont’s Latest Acquisition Expands Healthcare Market Reach

Dupont recently finalized the acquisition of Donatelle Plastics, a contract manufacturer specializing in medical components and devices.

As reported earlier by Packaging Digest, the acquisition adds medical device injection molding, liquid silicone rubber processing, precision machining, device assembly, and tool-building capabilities. These capabilities complement those gained in DuPont’s $1.75-billion acquisition of Spectrum Plastics last year.

When asked how this acquisition strengthens the company’s medical packaging expertise, a DuPont spokesperson cited Donatelle’s “strong financial growth potential” and as DuPont “expands its reach in these critical healthcare markets, we have the opportunity to support more medical devices requiring sterile and non-sterile film and packaging.”

The Dontatelle and Spectrum investments are part of Dow’s ongoing healthcare growth strategy to seek new manufacturing and technical capabilities to address customer challenges with technical, materials, and application expertise.