Biomerics acquires majority interest in Berg Manufacturing

Biomerics, a mid-market contract manufacturer for the interventional medical device market, has acquired a majority interest in Berg Manufacturing. 

Berg Manufacturing, based in Santa Clara, California, is an industry leader in Swiss micro machining for the advanced robotic surgery, endoscope, and interventional catheter markets.

As part of the Berg merger, Biomerics announced the purchase of six additional Willemin-Macodel machining centres and the acquisition of Knight Machining LLC, a metal component and laser processing business located in Plymouth, Minnesota. The combined business unit will have over 100 laser processing centres and 45 machining centres, including 18 Willemin-Macodel micro machining centres.

Biomerics CEO Travis Sessions said: “Berg Manufacturing and Knight Machining will join the Biomerics NLE team. The Berg and Knight additions are part of our vision to build a leading vertically integrated micro-metals business unit. The BNLE division has expertise in laser processing, Swiss micromachining, Swiss turning, guidewire processing (coiling, grinding, and marking), metal finishing, and medical device assembly. In addition, we anticipate follow-on acquisitions and organic growth in the strategic areas of nitinol and thin wall tube processing, sharps manufacturing, and metal finishing.”

Jason McCash, operations manager, Berg Manufacturing, said: “Berg’s philosophy from day one has been to become the leader in complex part metal micromachining. We believe we have accomplished this by investing in the most sophisticated equipment on the market, developing world-class process engineering, and building quality procedures to meet our customers’ needs. Most importantly, we achieved this via the hard work of our talented employees. We could not be happier with the merger and consider this the next step in significantly scaling the business. We look forward to being a part of the Biomerics team.”