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\n A global healthcare business has opened a new centre in Morecambe producing medical facemasks.\n <\/p>\n
The new facility has been opened by Hengst Filtration on the Vickers Industrial Estate in Mellishaw Lane.<\/p>\n
Around 75 staff will develop and produce innovative filtration solutions for medical technology and professional grade facemasks.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of 2025, Hengst acquired the British company International Filtration Solutions from Preston.<\/p>\n
The subsidiary has now moved to Morecambe, and will now also operate under the Hengst name and be present on the market.<\/p>\n
Hengst CEO Christopher Heine said: “The opening of the plant in Morecambe\u00a0once again underlines our transformation from an automotive supplier to a cross-industry filtration specialist. <\/p>\n
Brett Smyth, managing director of the British company, added: \u2018\u2019In Morecambe, we are combining our team’s many years of experience in the field of medical technology with Hengst’s global expertise.<\/p>\n
“Our plant in Morecambe is a promising location for the Hengst Group, which is sure to grow rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The heart of the building, which houses production, storage, and offices, is its 5,400 square feet ISO Class 8 clean room area on two floors.<\/p>\n
Here, Hengst manufactures filtration solutions for medical products to the highest standards.<\/p>\n
Another special feature is a dedicated assembly line for adsorbents, which will further expand Hengst’s capabilities in the removal of surgical smoke gases and VOCs (volatile organic compounds).<\/p>\n
As a family-owned company with currently 3,800 employees at 33 locations, Hengst Filtration stands for innovative solutions in filtration and fluid management worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A global healthcare business has opened a new centre in Morecambe producing medical facemasks. The new facility has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[57043,57044,27074,57042,57046,102,2960,4584,37387,8929,1382,57045,57047,128,57049,2186,57050,57048,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-306890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-103-5fm","9":"tag-107-5fm","10":"tag-beyond","11":"tag-beyond-radio","12":"tag-carnforth","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-healthcare","15":"tag-lancashire","16":"tag-lancaster","17":"tag-local","18":"tag-local-news","19":"tag-morecambe","20":"tag-morecambe-bay","21":"tag-music","22":"tag-north-lancashire","23":"tag-radio","24":"tag-south-cumbria","25":"tag-station","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}