ABOUT EPFLEX
To give you an insight into our company, we would like to start with a brief review: EPflex started in a garage in Dettingen an der Erms, a Swabian town not far south from Stuttgart. Here, in 1994, we founded EPflex. Everything we had was a vision. Many ideas arose combined with the ability and the expertise to implement these ideas.
Today, EPflex is one of the world’s leading OEM manufacturers of metallic components for minimally invasive medicine. With numerous patents and innovations, we are among the pioneers in the industry and push the boundaries of minimally invasive surgery every day. In this way, we set new standards for interventions and save patients from unnecessary suffering associated with established procedures.
Bernhard Uihlein
Founder
EPflex Feinwerktechnik GmbH
Quality down to the smallest detail
“We focus on people’s health”. In short, that is our ethical principle to which we direct our thinking and actions. It is essential that everything we develop and manufacture meets the highest quality standards. Whether guide wires, stone retrieval baskets or services.
Our highest quality standards also apply to our customised solutions. We fully implement the requirements of our customers and guarantee the highest product quality by providing consistent production and process reliability.
400
highly specialised employees
7000
square meters of production area
40150
kilometres of wire processing per year
Milestones
1994
Foundation of EPflex in a garage and production of the first stainless steel guide wires
1996
First Nitinol guide wires
1997
Production of nitinol stone baskets for gastroenterology
1998
Purchase of the first building for production in Dettingen
2001
Production of tipless stone baskets with the patented disc system
2002
Enlargement of the building
2005
Patent registration for MR-compatible guide wire
2006
Production of hydrophilic guide wire
2009
Production of the first TAVI-wire
2010
Invention of the patented EPflex handle for stone baskets
2011
Own CE-certification
2012
Construction of the second building in Dettingen with a class 8 clean room
2012
Production of the first CE-certified, MR-compatible guide wire
2017
52 registered patents since 1994
2019
completion and occupation of plant III
2019
EPflex celebrates 25 years in business
2020
EPflex has more than 400 employees
