Lubrizol and Polyhose Inaugurate Advanced Medical Tubing Facility in Chennai, Strengthening India’s MedTech Ecosystem

Lubrizol, a global specialty chemicals leader, and Polyhose, a leading manufacturer in fluid conveyance systems, today inaugurated a new medical manufacturing site in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The facility will manufacture precision extruded medical tubing for minimally invasive devices, supporting India’s rapidly growing medical technology and healthcare sectors.

John Valukas, President, Lubrizol Engineered Materials “Today’s inauguration is an important milestone in Lubrizol’s commitment to India and to supporting our customers in the global medical device industry. By combining Lubrizol’s medical device expertise with the manufacturing strength of local partners in India, this facility will deliver advanced tubing solutions for life-saving neurovascular and cardiovascular applications. Our goal is to help our customers bring these critical technologies to patients faster, with reliable local supply and the highest quality standards.”

Designed as a world-class operation, the ISO13485 facility provides customers with a reliable source of high-quality medical tubing, backed by dedicated quality control and the same rigorous standards applied across Lubrizol’s global manufacturing network. This investment strengthens Lubrizol’s ability to serve customers in India and across global markets.

Operations focus on delivering precision extruded tubing from a wide range of high-performance materials, including polyamides, nylon, Pebax®, polypropylene, polyethylene, and Lubrizol’s medical grade thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).

Abhishek Shrivastava, Managing Director, Lubrizol IMEA

India is a strategic growth market for Lubrizol and a key hub for our investments in manufacturing, R&D and technical services. This medical manufacturing site in Chennai is another step in building a stronger local ecosystem for high-value, technology-driven products. By working closely with Polyhose and regional stakeholders, we aim to support innovation, create high-skilled jobs and enable India to become a more significant contributor to the global medical device supply chain.

Mittal Shah, Business Head, Medical Devices IMEA, Lubrizol “Minimally invasive procedures are transforming patient care, and high-precision tubing is at the heart of many of these devices. With this Chennai site, we are bringing world-class catheter tubing capabilities closer to our customers in India and across IMEA. This partnership with Polyhose will enable a broad range of devices utilizing high-performance materials, further strengthening our ability to partner with medical device OEMs in India across the full product development lifecycle.” 

Shabbir Yusuf Jamnagarwala, Founder & Managing Director, Polyhose “For more than three decades, Polyhose has partnered with global customers by delivering innovative extrusion and fluid conveyance solutions. Our collaboratioion with Lubrizol marks a new chapter in our journey, combining Polyhose`s world-class manufacturing strengths with Lubrizol`s deep materials science and medical device expertise to deliver advanced medical tubing solutions for the rapidly evolving healthcare industry. This investment reflects our commitment to innovation, creating skilled employment opportunities, and strengthening India`s position as a trusted global hub for advanced medical device manufacturing.” 

The new site is set to expand India’s capacity for precision extruded medical tubing, contributing to the country’s focus on building domestic medical device manufacturing capabilities, reducing reliance on imports, and enhancing patient access to high-quality, safe product.