About Carmo

Carmo is a Danish, ISO 13485-certified development and volume manufacturing partner for medical-device OEMs and demanding technical applications. From a single integrated site in Espergærde, the in-house team covers design, manufacturing engineering, rapid prototyping in production materials (via the proprietary Carmo Print Moulding process, launched 2021), advanced 1K, 2K and 3K injection moulding, validated ISO Class 8 cleanroom assembly, in-house printing, automation and additive manufacturing — under one ISO 13485 quality management system. The same engineering team carries projects from early prototype through regulated volume production, with no supplier handover at scale-up. Behind the capability stack: three eras of ownership since 1941, customer relationships spanning twenty to thirty years, components delivered decades ago still in service in customer products today.

Carmo is a component supplier; the medical-device OEM placing the finished device on the market is the legal manufacturer under MDR (Regulation EU 2017/745). Article 10 compliance, Declaration of Conformity, UDI assignment, EUDAMED registration, and post-market surveillance rest with the OEM. Carmo’s role is to deliver components built and documented to the standard the OEM’s QMS requires.

“Three owners across 85 years means continuity. The same engineering team designs your prototype and runs your volume production — and the components we delivered twenty years ago are still in service today.”

— Claus Steenstrup Ishøy, CEO

Carmo applies sustainability the same way across both markets it serves. A per-component CO₂ calculator integrated in the ERP supports medical OEMs’ scope 3 reporting at component-level granularity. For technical applications, components engineered to extend end-product operating lifetime defer replacement cycles across customer portfolios. One supplier, two markets, one philosophy — Science Based Targets initiative committed (certificate 40001785) to a 50% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, aligned with the Paris Agreement 1.5°C target.