What Engineering by Design does

Engineering by Design (EBD) is a U.S.-based manufacturer of precision equipment used in the production of interventional medical devices, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company designs and builds machines and tooling that perform critical catheter and guidewire manufacturing processes, including micro coil winding, catheter lamination/reflow, tipping and flaring, hole drilling and punching, tube and wire cutting and feeding, thermal bonding, liner stretching, mandrel pulling, balloon forming and pleating/folding, stent crimping, UV laser marking, and pressure/leak testing. Differentiated technologies include a patented catheter lamination system, a proprietary closed-loop filar tension control system capable of recipe-controlled tension from 5 to 600 grams on filament as small as .001" diameter, proprietary Flow-Thru hollow drill bits, and a camera vision-assisted multi-filar coil winding platform. EBD also maintains an ISO 14644-1 Class 7 certified cleanroom for specialty manufacturing and proof-of-concept services.

EBD was acquired by Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) in 2021 and now operates as a brand within MMT's medical device manufacturing equipment portfolio, alongside CATHTIP, SYNEO, Glebar, R&D Engineering, MPT Europe, and Interface. MMT itself is a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management. EBD serves enterprise medical device manufacturers and R&D engineers globally, selling through direct enterprise sales with a website quote request system and regional sales/service representatives in Europe, Ireland, China, and Japan, in addition to its Charlotte headquarters and a San Jose manufacturing facility. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales, custom tooling (including over 400 die geometries for rapid prototyping), and recurring service, parts, and consumables tied to the installed base of machines.

The company's business model is built on long-cycle, high-ticket, custom-configured equipment sold under multi-year contracts to a relatively concentrated set of medical device OEM and Tier 1 contract manufacturer customers, with bundled "Total Catheter Solutions" and "Total Guidewire Solutions" integrated line offerings delivered through the MMT brand ecosystem. Customer testimonials emphasize super-fine tension control, processing speeds up to 10x faster than forced air laminators, modular customization, and responsive technical support as the core commercial differentiators.

Name

Engineering by Design

Legal name

Medical Manufacturing Technologies

Website

https://ebdesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Engineering by Design designs and manufactures precision equipment and tooling for catheter, guidewire, and minimally invasive medical device production, serving enterprise OEMs and R&D engineers globally as a brand within Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Manufacturing Equipment Sales: Sale of precision medical device manufacturing equipment including coil winders, catheter laminators, tipping machines, drilling/punching machines, and other catheter production equipment.
2. Custom Tooling: Custom catheter tooling including tipping dies, hole drilling drill bits, and specialized manufacturing tools. Includes over 400 die geometries available for rapid prototyping.
3. Service, Parts, and Consumables: Ongoing machine maintenance, OEM parts, consumables, and manufacturing-as-a-service support programs for production equipment lifecycle management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Engineering by Design (EBD) designs, manufactures and sells precision equipment used by medical device manufacturers to produce catheters and guidewires. Its portfolio spans coil winding machines, catheter lamination/reflow systems, tipping machines, hole drilling equipment, tube/wire cutters, feeders, bonding systems, balloon forming machines, parison stretchers, and stent crimpers, along with proprietary tooling such as Flow-Thru drill bits and tipping dies. The company also offers Total Care Services for installation, maintenance, parts, consumables and process support across the catheter manufacturing continuum.

Product overview

Engineering By Design (EBD) is a medical device manufacturing equipment company offering a comprehensive portfolio of precision manufacturing machines and tooling. The product portfolio is organized around catheter and guidewire manufacturing processes, including: Coil Winding machines (924 Multi-Filar, EBD 503 Single Filar, EBD 996 Benchtop), Lamination/Reflow equipment (EBD 311 Quad Catheter Laminator, CT Reflow Chamber, CATH-TECH Reflow Roller), Catheter Tipping systems (Quantum, Magnum, Glass Die, Radio Frequency), Hole Drilling/Punching solutions (Cathtip 400 Series, Cathtip Flex-Drill, Accu-Drill MD/SD), Tube/Wire Cutting (Accu-Cut 202L/700L/202W), Feeding systems (Accu-Feed 110/HPD/LTD), Bonding equipment (CT Split Die Bonder, CT HOTBOX, BT-NG Thermal Bonder), Liner Stretching (CT-Liner Stretcher), Mandrel Pulling (CT Mandrel Puller), Balloon Manufacturing (BFMS-500-S2, BFM-500-S2, ICS BFM series, PTF pleating/folding, PSM parison stretching), Stent Crimping (CRF-200-PS, CR-60-HC, CR-150, CR-240 series), Marking/Printing (Accu-Lase V200 UV Laser), Testing equipment (GPL-501B, HPT-1000, PT-3070, Accu-Test HVT), and specialized Tooling (Flow-Thru Drill Bits, Catheter Tipping Dies). The company operates as part of Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) portfolio, acquired in 2021, offering Total Catheter Solutions and Total Guidewire Solutions through integrated manufacturing process lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EBD 311 Quad Catheter Laminator Catheter lamination machine that uses recirculated hot air and a double-lamination chamber to shrink thermoplastic tubing to minimal diameters, processing up to 10 times faster than forced air laminators. Targeted at medical device manufacturers producing interventional catheters.
• 924 Multi-Filar Coil Winder Micro coil winding machine that uses a camera vision system to wind fine filaments around a spinning mandrel, producing multi-filar micro coils with up to 4 filars. Used by medical device manufacturers for catheter and pacemaker coil production.
• EBD 503 Single Filar Coil Winder Precision single filar micro coil winder drawing from a DIN 80 supply spool with controlled parameters that increase productivity through reduced rejects and faster wind speeds. For medical device manufacturers.
• EBD 996 Benchtop Coil Winder Benchtop coil winder providing R&D engineers with control and accuracy for proof-of-concept and small-scale production of micro coils for catheters and pacemakers.
• Quantum Tipping Machine Tabletop catheter tipping machine that produces tip forming outputs to CATHTIP standards for catheter manufacturing.
• Magnum Tipping Machine RF catheter tipping machine providing flexible tip forming, flaring and bonding in production or R&D settings, achieving flashless tips and smooth bonds across thermoplastic materials.
• Cathtip 400 Series Hole Forming Machine Precision catheter hole forming machine delivering results to the highest industry hole quality standards, custom built to customer application specifications.
• Cathtip Flex-Drill Flexible, cost-effective catheter hole forming system for catheter prototypes and early development applications.
• Accu-Cut 202L Tube Cutter Automated tube cutter valued by medical device manufacturers for precision, speed, and adaptability, producing clean square corners and precise lengths.
• Accu-Feed 110 Stick Tubing and Wire Feeder Dynamic stick tubing and wire feeder providing high speed, precise stick feeding of wire, metal and plastic tubing and metal rods for medical device manufacturing.
• BFM-500-S2 Balloon Forming Machine Balloon forming machine providing precision, accuracy and quality in the manufacture of diagnostic and interventional catheter balloons.
• CRF-200-PS Stent Crimping System Stable stent crimping system with film protection for processing drug-eluting self-expandable stents.
• Flow-Thru Catheter Hole Forming Drill Bits Proprietary hollow catheter hole forming drill bits that capture drilling cores through the bit into a filter chamber, producing burr-free holes down to .0018" wall thickness with titanium nitride coating.
• Catheter Tipping Dies Proprietary high-density carbide catheter tipping dies with over 400 die geometries available for flashless tipping and optimal RF-induction response.
• Total Care Services and OEM Parts Ongoing equipment maintenance, OEM parts, consumables, and manufacturing support programs covering the lifecycle of EBD production equipment installed at customer facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processing speeds up to 10 times faster than forced air laminators
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered regional and core.

• HnG Medical IncorporatedregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales and service representative for EBD products in China. JingSun serves as the contact for sales and service support in the China market.
• MDS Co. Ltd.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales and service partner for EBD products in Japan. Provides local sales and service support for medical device manufacturers in the Japanese market.
• Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT)coreOthersEBD was acquired by MMT in 2021 and operates as a brand within MMT's portfolio of medical device manufacturing solution companies. MMT also includes CATHTIP, SYNEO, Glebar, MPT Europe, R&D Engineering, Interface, and Tridex Technology.
• Vadim Makayev (MMT)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional sales and service contact for Europe market representing EBD and MMT products.
• Jonnie Goodwin (MMT)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional sales and service contact for Ireland market representing EBD and MMT products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• CATHTIP: CATHTIP is a sister brand under MMT specializing in catheter hole drilling and tipping equipment. As an MMT portfolio brand, it shares the same parent, customer base, and interventional catheter manufacturing focus as EBD.
• Glebar: Glebar is an MMT sister brand specializing in precision grinding and abrasive machining equipment used in medical device manufacturing. It shares MMT's medical device OEM customer base with EBD but addresses a different process step in the production workflow.
• SYNEO: SYNEO is an MMT sister brand focused on tube cutting, welding, and UV laser processing for catheter manufacturing. It complements EBD's offerings across the same catheter production workflow under the unified MMT platform.
• R&D Engineering: R&D Engineering is an MMT sister brand acquired in 2021, focused on catheter manufacturing equipment. It operates within the same MMT platform and targets the same interventional medical device OEM customer base as EBD.
• Interface Catheter Solutions: Interface Catheter Solutions is an MMT sister brand providing balloon forming equipment, pressure and leak testers for catheter manufacturing. It directly complements EBD's balloon manufacturing product line within the MMT portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Nordson Medical: Nordson's Medical division provides precision fluid dispensing, catheter manufacturing, and biomaterial processing equipment. As a large diversified industrial conglomerate, it competes with EBD in catheter production while serving broader medical and industrial markets.
• Stevanato Group: Stevanato Group is a global leader in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing equipment, including glass primary packaging and drug delivery device assembly. It is a much larger, publicly traded incumbent with overlapping capabilities in medical device production technology.

Direct peers

• Machine Solutions Inc. Machine Solutions designs and manufactures balloon catheter forming equipment, stent crimpers, and other precision medical device manufacturing machinery. It is the closest direct competitor to EBD in interventional catheter production equipment, with overlapping product lines in balloon forming and stent crimping.
• Beahm Designs: Beahm Designs is a California-based manufacturer of custom catheter manufacturing equipment, including tipping, lamination, and testing machines. It competes head-to-head with EBD for catheter production machinery orders from medical device OEMs.
• Vante (MW Industries): Vante, now part of MW Industries, manufactures catheter tip forming equipment and other precision medical device manufacturing tools. It directly competes with EBD's tipping and catheter hole forming product lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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