USON PLAST

Name

USON PLAST

Legal name

USON PLAST A/S

Website

https://uson.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Plastics Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Rigid Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Plastic Packaging (Pill Bottles, Vials, Med-Grade Jars) (IMALAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Device Packaging (Trays, Clamshells, Kits) (IMALAIAD), Plastic Caps, Closures & Dispensing Systems Manufacturing (IMANAEAB)

Keywords

• Medical plastic manufacturing
• Sharps container production
• Clean room injection molding
• Medical device contract manufacturing
• Healthcare plastic products

Headquarters

HQ city

Svendborg

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Proprietary Healthcare Products: Sale of proprietary plastic products for healthcare sector including sharps containers, cups, bowls, containers, and pill organizers. Products sold directly to hospitals, clinics and healthcare institutions.
2. Contract Manufacturing: Validated contract manufacturing services for medical device industry and similar sectors requiring hygiene, traceability and risk management. Includes product development partnership from concept to validated series production.
3. Industrial Products: Sale of plastic products for food industry and technical industry, acquired through Ejers Plast A/S activities in 2016.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

USON PLAST A/S is a Danish specialist in certified plastic production for healthcare, medical device, food, and technical industries. The company develops, manufactures, and internationally sells proprietary plastic products (sharps containers, ECO LINE sharps containers, MySharps® pocket container, MEDICASE® pill organizer, hospital cups, specimen containers, kidney dishes) and offers validated contract manufacturing services including injection molding (35-500 tons, 2K multi-component) with ISO class 8 clean room capability for medical device companies.

Product overview

USON PLAST is a Danish specialist in certified plastic production for healthcare, medico, and technical industry with over 60 years of experience. The product portfolio centers on medical plastic products for hospitals, healthcare institutions, and laboratories. Core products include sharps containers (Kanylebeholdere) in various sizes from 0.1L to 21L for safe disposal of needles and clinical waste, with the ECO LINE sub-brand offering sustainable versions made from 100% recycled materials. The MySharps® pocket container addresses insulin pen needle disposal, while the MEDICASE® 7-day pill organizer serves medication management needs. Supporting product lines include hospital cups, sputum cups, specimen containers (urine, feces, expectorate), medicine/mercury residue containers, kidney dishes, and bowls. The company also offers steel safety boxes and accessories (wall hangers, trolleys, discs) for sharps container deployment. In addition to proprietary products, USON PLAST provides contract manufacturing services including clean room production (ISO class 8), validation, and injection molding capabilities (35-500 tons) for the medical device industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ECO LINE: Sustainable sharps containers made from 100% recycled material, developed to reduce CO2 impact and consumption of fossil-based plastics.
• MySharps®
• MEDICASE®

Products and services

• Sharps Containers (Kanylebeholdere)

Quantifiable outcome

• ECO LINE reduces CO2 footprint by at least 50% compared to virgin material
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ejers Plast A/SminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016USON PLAST acquired all activities of Ejers Plast A/S in 2016, expanding product range to include products for food and technical industry. This acquisition integrated products and capabilities into USON PLAST portfolio.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AptarGroup: Global supplier of dispensing systems, closures and plastic components for pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer markets. Comparable in plastic closures, dispensing and medical packaging, though broader in scope (also beauty, food/beverage closures) and substantially larger.
• Medline Industries: Large privately-held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies including sharps containers and plastic clinical products. Comparable on healthcare plastics and sharps product categories, though Medline operates at far greater scale and breadth across the hospital supply chain.
• Sonoco Products: Global packaging manufacturer with healthcare and rigid plastics divisions serving medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Overlaps with USON PLAST on plastic packaging for medical customers but operates across many packaging end-markets at a much larger scale.
• Stericycle: Major regulated waste management provider including sharps disposal containers and clinical waste services. Comparable on sharps container products and healthcare customer base, though Stericycle is much larger and integrated into waste services rather than pure plastics manufacturing.
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD): Global medical technology leader with a large Medical segment including sharps disposal products and injection-molded medical devices. Highly comparable on product category (sharps containers) and customer base (hospitals, clinicians), but operates at vastly greater scale and with a broad portfolio beyond plastics.
• Cardinal Health: Major healthcare products distributor with a Medical segment including clinical and laboratory disposables. Comparable on healthcare-customer reach and clinical waste/safety product exposure, but distribution-led rather than plastics manufacturing-led.

Direct peers

• Daniels Health: Specialist manufacturer of reusable sharps containers and clinical waste solutions for hospitals. Directly competes with USON PLAST's core sharps-container product line and shares the healthcare-customer focus, regulatory certification emphasis and reusable/recycled-content positioning.
• Sharps Compliance: US-listed specialist in sharps disposal containers, mail-back pharmaceutical disposal and clinical waste solutions. Directly comparable product set (sharps containers) and customer overlap (hospitals, home healthcare, pharma), making it a focused public-market proxy for USON PLAST's sharps business.
• Nolato AB: Swedish polymer solutions group with a large Medical Solutions segment offering precision injection molding for medical devices and pharma packaging under clean room conditions. Closely comparable on injection-molded medical plastics, ISO 13485 operations and European manufacturing footprint.

Emerging players

• Plastiq Manufacturing: Independent European plastics contract manufacturer serving medical device OEMs with injection molding and clean room capabilities. Comparable to USON PLAST's contract-manufacturing offering (clean room, validation, multi-component molding) for medical device customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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