Innovative Medical Device Solutions in Vandalia takes high-tech medical devices from the drawing board to the market place, creating jobs in the process.
IMDS has evolved over the decades, beginning life as AF Leis, a company that designed dedicated machines for the automotive industry in 1950. The company dove into the medical devices industry in the 1980s, says company board chairman and Chief Business Development Officer Harold Linville.
The contract manufacturer and supplier now specializes in product sourcing, co-innovation, and discovery research. IMDS acquired additional companies between 2006 and 2009, and expanded its mission beyond engineering into full-service medical device development, testing and manufacturing.
The company works with international companies like Johnson and Johnson and X-Spine in Miamisburg to develop intricate medical implants like spinal implants and joint replacement materials. The company also works with individuals surgeons who have ideas they want to bring into the medical marketplace.
Though IMDS's main offices and manufacturing facility is on Vandalia, the company also has facilities Oregon and Utah.
IMDS employs 475 and has hired 32 employees and four interns in the past year. The company has 15 open positions currently.
The Ohio Department of Development has also awarded IMDS a $1 million direct loan which it plans expand its Vandalia manufacturing facility.
Source: Harold Linville, IMDS
Writer: Feoshia Henderson