Manufacturing Today Issue - 224 May 2024 | Page 88

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Revolutionizing healthcare

With a legacy of excellence , Trulife provides solutions that enhance patients ’ quality of life

With more than 60 years of industry expertise , Trulife is an international group of businesses specializing primarily in the production of niche healthcare and consumer products . It started out in Detroit , Michigan , as a single business in 1958 , and has since evolved into an international entity engaged in the creation , development , and manufacture of medical , aerospace , and other commercial products .

Headquartered in Dublin , Ireland , Trulife ’ s European manufacturing , research and development , and marketing operations are conducted through wholly owned subsidiaries in England and Ireland . Similarly , Trulife trades through wholly owned companies in the US and Canada , with two manufacturing plants and a distribution center in Michigan .
Until the turn of this century , Trulife ’ s operations focused primarily on breast prostheses , but the business has since evolved to offer multiple medical devices , including lower limb prosthetics and adaptors , orthotics , and walking aids . Also , in 2014 , Trulife acquired ProCNC , which launched expansion outside of medical devices and instead into the design and manufacturing of products for the aerospace , defense , and commercial markets .
We sit down with Eoin Redmond , General Manager ( Ireland ), to learn more about Trulife and how the business has grown to its current position . “ Trulife , as we know it today , started producing breast prostheses in Dublin , Ireland in 1987 , to make
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