Noerdlingen, Germany – March 22, 2011 - LRE Medical GmbH, a subsidiary of Esterline Corporation, is pleased to announce its fiftieth year as a leading developer and manufacturer of medical technology instrumentation for OEM customers. In an era when many contract development and manufacturing companies have come and gone, LRE has achieved five decades of steady growth through innovative technology and quality manufacturing. The company will commemorate its 50th Anniversary on May 14th 2011 with an all day excursion for its employees and representatives of Esterline Corporation.

Over the last fifty years, LRE Medical has remained successful throughout the many changes in its markets. This can be attributed in great part to its full service “One Stop Shopping” partnerships - development, manufacturing, after sales service and life time product support and improvements – and its ability to keep abreast and ahead of the rapidly evolving scientific technology. Equally important, LRE’s engineers and manufacturing personnel are continually looking for ways to optimize product design and manufacturing processes to improve quality, reduce overall program and product costs, and most importantly – shorten time to market for its OEM customers. In doing so, LRE has won industry recognition as an innovative development and quality-manufacturing partner that can be trusted to deliver successful commercial products in a timely manner. Since its founding on May 8, 1961, LRE has continually adopted rigorous design, development and quality manufacturing processes in compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2008, EN 13485:2007 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 for Class I through Class III medical devices. 

Since its inception, LRE Medical has provided its OEM customers with over 200 successful instrument development programs and the manufacturing and delivery of millions of instruments for FDA, MDD and IVD regulated environments - without a single recall. Achieving a near perfect on-time delivery record coupled with a nearly flawless quality manufacturing system is something that LRE and its employees are extremely proud. Without a doubt, LRE’s remarkable successes are due in large part to its investment in its people, processes, and technology. LRE Medical’s customers are well known, internationally operating OEM companies as well as midsize and start-up companies. The long lasting relationship with many of its partners is convincing evidence of its superior grade of service. LRE is keenly aware that the quality of its services and products contributes to the success of its OEM customers and ultimately to its own successful operation. According to its President, “there is no doubt among LRE’s employees that customer satisfaction is its highest priority.” 

Today, LRE Medical GmbH has more than 130 fulltime employees located in Munich Germany (engineering), Nöerdlingen Germany (corporate and manufacturing) and Southern California (sales). LRE Medical GmbH (www.esterline.com/lremedical), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corporation, provides contract engineering and manufacturing of electronic medical instruments exclusively to OEM clients. LRE’s main focus is on products and customers in the market areas of in-vitro diagnostics and med-tech applications. All of its design and production processes are aligned according to the EU directives for IVD, CE Mark, ISO and FDA requirements and standards. Esterline (www.esterline.com) is a leading specialty manufacturer of highly engineered products for aerospace, defense and medical markets.

 Contact: Stephen Biby - LRE Medical GmbH - 760-722-5015 - biby@lre.de