ActivStyle provides home medical supplies for patients with chronic conditions

ST. PAUL, Minnesota—Sumitomo Corporation has, through its group company, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (collectively Sumitomo Corporation Group), acquired ActivStyle, LLC, a U.S. provider of home medical supplies for patients with chronic conditions, in May 2025. Prior to this, in April 2025, Sumitomo Corporation increased its stake in Vast Medical Holdings, the parent company of Quest, a provider of home medical equipment, supplies and services for people with diabetes.


Partnership marks first industry use of disposable e-brief

GAINESVILLE, Florida—etectRx, Inc. (etectRx), a privately held silicon-enabled digital health sensor platform company, announced a first-of-its-kind pilot project with The Village at Gainesville, a retirement community. The pilot represents the debut application of eBrief, etectRx's patented intelligent incontinence monitoring system.

DUNBRIDGE, Ohio (October 27, 2022)—Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. (PBE) announced the promotion of Ann Hertzfeld, vice president of research and development (R&D) and the addition of Lynn Miller, vice president of people and culture. These two senior leaders will advance PBE’s commitment to uplifting the lives of those it serves, which includes providing superior protection to our customers and the best manufacturing jobs in Northwest Ohio to its associates.


DUNBRIDGE, Ohio (March 17, 2022)—Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. (PBE) announced the achievement of more than three years and over 2 million consecutive hours worked without an OSHA Lost-Time Accident as of Feb. 28, 2022.

“Our goal remains zero injuries every day,” said David Kisor, PBE Safety Supervisor. “We continually raise the bar for safety standards across the organization to ensure our Associates return home safe to their loved ones.”

WASHINGTON D.C. (January 5, 2022)—Stakeholders representing health care providers and end users with medical needs developed a white paper to educate payers and state Medicaid programs on the types of intermittent catheter products and services needed to successfully manage an individual’s urinary retention needs in a home-based setting to improve patient experience, health outcomes and reduce overall cost.