ABLE: Solventum Preferred Converter for Innovative Healthcare Solutions
ABLE has stood at the forefront of custom converting solutions, transforming advanced materials into components that power some of the world’s most critical applications. Today, ABLE proudly operates as a collaborator within Solventum, the newly launched global healthcare company formed through the spin-off of 3M’s Health Care business on.
With Solventum’s mission to enable better, smarter, safer healthcare, ABLE’s expertise in converting high-performance materials supports that vision by enabling innovation at the component level—from next-generation wearable devices to breakthrough diagnostic technologies.
About Solventum
Solventum is an international healthcare business with the purpose of improving health through science, compassion, and innovation. Solventum was originally the Health Care business of 3M, and it was spun off into a new company with a bright vision. By ensuring teamwork and innovative technologies, Solventum finds solutions to some of the most topical healthcare problems globally, empowering agencies and enhancing patient care outcomes.
The collaboration between ABLE and Solventum envisions a mutual passion for accuracy and development. Collectively, we assist customers in providing life-enhancing products that increase better outcomes and contribute to future healthcare.
Custom Converting Solutions for the Medical Industry
Precision and quality are not merely expectations in the healthcare industry—they are necessities. As a Solventum Preferred Converter, ABLE plays an important role in supporting the development and production of next-generation medical technologies. With over five decades of experience, ABLE addresses the needs of medical device manufacturers, diagnostic companies, and healthcare innovators by offering a wide range of custom converting solutions, including:
Die-Cutting
ABLE accurately die-cuts medical-grade adhesives into highly specific geometries that are engineered for safe and comfortable application on human skin. This level of precision ensures reliable, long-lasting adhesion in wearable health technologies such as biosensors, monitoring patches, and drug delivery systems. Each component is produced with consistency to meet stringent clinical performance requirements.
Laminating and Slitting
ABLE laminates and slits multiple layers of advanced medical materials into unified, high-performance structures. These multi-layer constructions are designed to meet demanding regulatory and functional specifications, ensuring that the end product is both durable and flexible. The advanced bonding and precision slitting processes support safe and effective usage in patient-facing medical applications.
Laser Cutting
ABLE uses high-precision laser cutting to create intricate, complex geometries with clean edges and tight tolerances. This non-contact process significantly minimizes material stress, making it ideal for sensitive and delicate components used in advanced medical devices. With exceptional accuracy, laser cutting supports the production of critical elements in diagnostics and therapeutic technologies.
ISO-Certified Cleanroom Production
ABLE conducts fabrication in ISO 13485-certified cleanroom environments, guaranteeing a high level of cleanliness, biocompatibility, and sterility across all produced components. These controlled environments are essential for manufacturing materials used in direct-contact medical applications, ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance at every stage of production.
Rapid Prototyping
To support fast-paced innovation in the medical industry, ABLE offers rapid prototyping services that allow customers to efficiently iterate, test, and validate designs. This capability significantly accelerates product development, enabling medical device companies to move from concept to commercialization quickly while maintaining high quality and reliability.
Advancing Sustainability in Healthcare Manufacturing
In pursuit of more responsible solutions, to which healthcare organizations worldwide are turning, ABLE, with its partnership with Solventum, is trying to minimize its impact on the environment without compromising the quality and efficiency of its activities. By offering more advanced use of materials and optimizing the converting process, ABLE enables medical device manufacturers to produce products that are not only effective to patients but also friendlier to the planet.
Sustainability-Focused Practices at ABLE Include:
- Exploring recyclable, bio-based, and lower-impact medical materials where feasible
- Implementing lean and efficient manufacturing practices to reduce waste and optimize resource use
- Collaborating with customers on design-for-sustainability strategies during early development and prototyping
Empowering Health Through Innovation
As Solventum’s trusted partner and preferred converting collaborator, ABLE continues its long-established legacy of delivering advanced custom converting solutions with precision and purpose. This partnership brings together Solventum’s global healthcare expertise and ABLE’s five decades of converting experience—enabling the development of smarter, more integrated material solutions that support better health outcomes. Backed by Solventum’s innovation-driven mission, ABLE goes beyond component manufacturing to deliver comprehensive converting support that empowers medical device developers to bring life-changing technologies to market faster, more efficiently, and with greater reliability.
As a Solventum Preferred Converter, ABLE plays a critical role in advancing product development for the healthcare industry. More than just a manufacturer, ABLE brings over 50 years of deep industry knowledge, a strong commitment to quality and compliance, and a shared purpose of improving lives through innovation. Together, Solventum and ABLE are shaping a future where precision converting helps deliver breakthrough medical technologies that are not only safer and smarter but also more accessible—ultimately enhancing patient outcomes and redefining the possibilities in modern healthcare.
Partner with ABLE to power your next healthcare innovation with custom converting solutions built for precision, scalability, and impact!
References:
https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/
https://able123converting.com/capabilities/
https://able123converting.com/blog/medical-grade-materials-ables-custom-converting-solutions-for-healthcare/
https://able123converting.com/materials/medical-grade-materials/
