From complex medical devices to sensitive diagnostic and laboratory systems, Nefab designs custom-engineered, sustainable packaging solutions that safeguard critical equipment, optimize handling and transportation, support compliance, and reduce installation challenges.
Protect large, high-value healthcare systems that require stable transport, controlled handling, and coordinated delivery for installation.
Support safe transport of sensitive instruments and systems used in research, diagnostics, bioprocessing, and laboratory environments.
Improve protection and delivery performance for modular replacement parts, subcomponents, and service components used in maintenance and repair.
Transporting bulky, sensitive, or high-value healthcare equipment comes with complex handling, quality, and delivery requirements. Avoiding damage, delays, and installation issues is critical. With the right planning and specialized packaging solutions, companies can reduce transit risk, support smoother installation, and improve supply chain performance.
From capital equipment and laboratory instruments to field replacement units, healthcare products require different levels of protection, handling, and delivery coordination. Nefab develops solutions for medical equipment packaging, medical device packaging, and other demanding applications that help reduce transit damage, improve installation readiness, and support efficient global distribution.
With a global network of 250+ engineers, Nefab provides innovative, multi-material solutions and rapid prototyping to ensure designs that meet international regulatory standards.
Nefab operates 6 ISTA-certified test labs worldwide to support packaging evaluation under relevant transport and handling conditions, including an ISO 17025 certified lab at our site in San Jose, California.
Nefab helps customers reduce material use, improve recyclability, and optimize packaging and logistics flows to lower environmental impact.
From multi-assay analyzers and patient monitors to imaging equipment, Nefab develops packaging solutions designed to support safe and efficient movement through the supply chain. Explore customer cases from the healthcare sector below.
Nefab engineers developed a fully recyclable FiberFlute solution to replace PE foam that reduced packaging space requirements, provided consistent cushioning in both dry and humid conditions, and enhanced stacking strength.
The corrugated monitor packaging, developed for GE HealthCare’s CARESCAPE Canvas™ patient monitors, provides sustainable and protective transit for high-value glass displays.
A leading healthcare company faced challenges with its packaging solution for delivering C-arms. Nefab’s nail-less solution improved shock protection, reduced costs, and simplified installation and disassembly.
Healthcare equipment packaging requirements vary by product size, fragility, transport conditions, and service model. Nefab supports several common application areas including: full systems and capital equipment, life science and laboratory equipment, and field replacement units and subassemblies.
Large healthcare systems often involve complex shipping, specialized handling, and coordinated installation. When moving full systems and capital equipment, even minor transit impacts can affect sensitive components, delay installation, and create avoidable cost. Protective packaging should be engineered to support product stability, handling, and transport requirements.
Nefab develops protective packaging solutions for full systems and capital equipment to help reduce handling risk, support transport stability, and improve readiness at destination.
Typical applications include:
Designed for a 600 kg surgical robot requiring truck and sea transport. It consists of a plywood ExPak XL with skidmate pallet, ramp, and perimeter foam.
Designed for a 500 kg C-Arm. Solution includes a plywood pack with butterfly locks, cushioned pallet, vibration and shock protection, and fixation features for transport stability.
Engineered crate solution for patient tables designed to improve handling protection and transport stability for large assembled components.
Heavy-duty corrugated packaging with internal cushioning developed to protect ultrasound equipment during transport and storage.
Support delivery planning, sequencing, and coordination to improve installation execution, increase shipment visibility, and reduce issues caused by missing or damaged parts. These services help improve last mile delivery performance for complex healthcare equipment programs.
Track high-value shipments with visibility tools and condition monitoring for factors such as shock, temperature, and humidity to support proactive issue management.
Pack products at the customer site to reduce handling steps, improve packing control, and support efficient workflows with trained personnel, tools, and materials.
Laboratory and life science equipment often includes fragile components, calibrated instruments, and systems that must perform reliably after transport. Packaging must protect against shock, vibration, and handling damage while supporting efficient movement through global supply chains.
Nefab provides packaging solutions for lab and life science equipment used in research, diagnostics, bioprocessing, and analytical applications, including laboratory equipment packaging and diagnostic equipment packaging for sensitive instruments and systems.
Typical applications include:
This solution was designed as a reusable crate for lab equipment. This solution utilizes a returnable cleated crate with blocking to secure the product, while also offering foam protection.
Flight case with internal cushioning designed for a tabletop chromatography system requiring secure positioning and reusable transport protection.
Corrugated packaging with FiberFlute cushioning and an LDPE ESD bag developed to reduce plastic content while protecting tabletop diagnostic equipment.
ExPak XL solution with a cushioned support platform developed for 180 kg bioprocessing equipment requiring stable transport protection.
When medical equipment goes offline, delayed replacement parts can disrupt service operations and extend equipment downtime. Field replacement units and subassemblies must arrive in usable condition and on time. Packaging solutions for these applications should support efficient handling, dependable transit protection, and strong delivery performance for sensitive service parts and electronics.
Nefab develops packaging solutions for replacement parts, service kits, and medical equipment subassemblies to help improve protection, handling efficiency, and field delivery readiness.
Typical applications include:
Plastic-free corrugated packaging with custom fiber-based inserts developed to protect patient monitor display assemblies during transport and handling.
Carton-based solution with FiberFlute cushioning and a protective bag developed for MRI coil transport.
The returnable solution uses Reflex cushioning in a Pelican case, while the expendable alternative uses Reflex cushioning in corrugated packaging.
Lightweight corrugated packaging with PE foam fittings developed to protect an electronic subassembly from surface damage during transit.
Flight case with custom foam fitments for service tools used in CT gantry repair, designed to support organization, reuse, and transport protection
Nefab is more than just a packaging provider - we also offer:
With a global network of more than 250 engineers, Nefab develops multi-material packaging solutions supported by rapid prototyping and local execution.
Nefab supports healthcare equipment companies with packaging solutions developed for demanding quality, transport, and customer-specific requirements.
Nefab helps customers reduce material use, improve recyclability, and optimize packaging and logistics flows to lower environmental impact, including opportunities for returnable packaging and reusable packaging where transport flows support reuse.
Lise-Anais Swiegot
Global Segment Director Healthcare Equipment
Whether you are shipping capital equipment, laboratory systems, or replacement units, Nefab can help you reduce risk, improve handling, and support more efficient delivery and installation flows
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Find answers to common questions about healthcare equipment packaging, transit protection, installation logistics, and sustainable packaging solutions.
What types of healthcare equipment packaging does Nefab support?
Nefab develops packaging solutions for a wide range of healthcare applications, including medical equipment packaging, medical device packaging, full systems and capital equipment, field replacement units, and sensitive laboratory and diagnostic systems. Solutions are tailored to product size, fragility, handling needs, and distribution requirements.
How do you protect sensitive medical and diagnostic equipment during transport?
Nefab designs packaging to reduce the risk of damage during transport, storage, and handling. Depending on the application, solutions may include cushioning, blocking and bracing, and fixation features. Each solution is engineered based on product fragility, handling requirements, and supply chain conditions.
Do you support installation logistics and last mile delivery?
Yes. Nefab supports installation logistics through services such as delivery planning, sequencing, shipment visibility, and coordination. This helps improve last mile delivery performance and reduce delays caused by damaged, delayed, or missing components.
Can Nefab support global packaging programs for healthcare equipment?
Yes. Nefab supports global customers through packaging engineering, local execution, and testing capabilities across multiple regions. This helps companies align protection, quality, and logistics requirements across international supply chains.
Can Nefab support sterile packaging requirements?
No, our cleanrooms are not medical grade, and we do not have cleanroom thermoform manufacturing capabilities; however, we develop heavy gauge thermoformed and injection molded solutions for customers internal sterilization processes.
Do you provide validation support for packaging systems?
Yes, we can support packaging validation including ISTA and ASTM testing, with an ISO 17025 certified test lab at our site in San Jose, California.
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