Freaks About Leaks: Inside the Future of Medical Devices with Keith Smith of Vonco Products

Episode notes

Highlights from their conversation include: Keith Smith’s Journey into Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (0:49) Overview of Vonco Products as a Medical Device Contract Manufacturer (1:53) Single Use Fluid Bags, Horizontal Services, and Turnkey Offering (2:06) Being “Freaks About Leaks” and the Liqui Lock Guarantee (4:16) RF Welding vs Heat Seal Welding for Different Polymers (5:39) The Spark Program and On-Site Rapid Prototyping with Customers (7:03) Enter Lock Innovation for Enteral Feeding and Customer Adoption (8:21) Geopolitical Shocks, Iran Conflict, and Plastic Supply Volatility (9:32) Reshoring, Near Shoring, and Rethinking Global Supply Chains (12:18) COVID, Panic Buying, and Stockpiling Risk in Medical Devices (14:34) Automation Priorities, Staffing Challenges, and Failed Experiments (17:01) Diversification Strategy, Customer Mix, and Supply Chain Resilience (19:28) Parting Thoughts and Takeaways (20:46) Dynamo Ventures is a venture firm backing founders upgrading the physical economy. As intelligence moves into critical infrastructure and technology collides with physics, industry is entering a new era of transformation - the industrial renaissance.

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