
- Posted in Business Critical | March 24, 2015 | Comments (0)
- Tags: omtec, orthopaedic market, orthopaedic industry, orthopaedic supplier
- By: BONEZONE
Of the ~130 unique companies set to exhibit at OMTEC® 2015, 28 are newcomers to the floor. Below, we've compiled key information on these first-time exhibitors to give you a glimpse of what they're bringing to the conference. These companies offer a wide range of capabilities and solutions to meet your needs. They are broken out by one main capability, as most companies have multiple capabilities.
Stay tuned for the next exhibitor-focused article set to detail OMTEC's longtime exhibitors and what you can expect from them at this year's conference.
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Meet 25 longtime exhibitors |
Device Testing
MED Institute Inc.
Specialty: Testing and regulatory services
West Lafayette, Indiana
• Capabilities: MR testing for heating, migration and marking of implantable devices with metallic or radiopaque additives, SEM
investigation, EDS, physical bench measurements and examination, radial force testing, electrochemical corrosion testing,
immersion corrosion testing, tensile and compression testing, torque, particulate matter counting and sizing, electrosurgical
accessory testing, fatigue testing, flow testing, securement testing, physiological models and boundary conditions testing,
radiopacity testing, crush resistance and local compression
• Founded 1983
• Booth #739
Orthopaedic Innovation Centre
Specialty: Testing and validation services
Winnipeg, Canada
• Capabilities: Mechanical testing: Load Frame Testing – Bi-axial, Pin-On-Disc Testing – 6-station, Hip Simulation – 12-station
and Knee Simulation – 6-station; Evaluation of medical devices: Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA) and Implant Failure Analysis;
Surgical Training Wet Lab: Cadaveric Lab Facility; Metrology: CMM, Contact Profilometry (surface roughness and contour
analysis) and 3D-Laser Scanning; Additive Manufacturing & Prototyping: Fused Deposition Modeling; Scanning Electron
Microscopy: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) system
• Founded 2010
• Booth #820
Implant/Instrument Machining
Additive Manufacturing
Materialise NV
Specialty: 3D printing, patient-specific solutions
Leuven, Belgium
• Recently acquired OrthoView, provider of 2D digital orthopaedic pre-op planning/templating software, for £8.47MM (~US
$13.7MM)
• Founded 1990
• Booth #336
Proto Labs
Specialty: Custom prototypes
Maple Plain, Minnesota
• Capabilities: injection molding, rapid injection molding, prototyping, injection molded parts, CNC machining, additive
manufacturing, metal injection molding, liquid silicone rubber molding, stereolithography, selective laser sintering and direct
metal laser sintering
• Founded 1999
• Booth #732
Electro Discharge Machining (EDM)
Five Star Companies
Specialty: Surgical instrument repair, refurbishment and manufacturing
New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Capabilities: EDM, Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM), laser marking, engraving and welding, 5th Axis, CNC
machining, AutoCAD, SurfCAM and MasterCAM software
• Founded 1998
• Booth #700
Forging
Perryman Company
Specialty: Contract manufacturer of forging of metals and fabrication of plastics and metal
Houston, Pennsylvania
• Capabilities: surface texturing, finishing operations, cleaning/packaging and quality/validation; integrated titanium producer
from melting to finishing
• Founded 1988
• Booth #612
Micro Machining
Peridot Corp.
Specialty: Custom device/instrument manufacturer
Pleasanton, California
• Capabilities: precision miniature metal machining, medical device manufacturing, laser processing, electro-mechanical
assembly, CNC Swiss machining, EDM, metal forming, metal stamping, packaging and distribution
• Founded 1996
• Booth #207
RepExact LLC
Specialty: Represents U.S. and European manufacturers of precision and micro-components
Gastonia, North Carolina
• Capabilities: micro-components such as machined, laser-cut/welded/etched, EDM and molded parts
• Founded 2007
• Booth #502
Milling
Complexus Medical
Specialty: Contract manufacturer of orthopaedic and spinal instruments
Mishawaka, Indiana
• Capabilities include: 4 axis CNC milling, 5 axis mill turn, Swiss turning up to 1 ¼ inch; 11 axis, certified welding,
in-house finishing, in-house laser welding, wire and sinker EDM, assembly, gun drilling and ultrasonic cleaning
• Founded 1968
• Booth #724
SPEC Engineering Co.
Specialty: Contract manufacturer specializing in implant and instrument development
Van Nuys, California
• Capabilities: CNC machining, assembly, packaging and labeling of finished products and inventory management
• Founded 1987
• Booth #737
Molding
Linear Mold & Engineering Inc.
Specialty: Tooling, injection molding and 3D printing
Livonia, Michigan
• Capabilities: Tooling for injection molds, compression molds and tooling required for processing of thermoplastic resins, 3D
printing
• North America’s largest privately-owned provider of 3D Metal Printing services
• Founded 2003
• Booth #712
Medbio Inc.
Specialty: Contract manufacturer focused on precision injection molding, device assembly and design support
Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Capabilities: Detailed mold design, mold building, micro tooling, two shot tooling, prototype tooling, CNC, EDM, engraving laser
welding, diamond polishing, medical grade thermoplastics, implantable grade thermoplastics, scientific process development
(RMT), assembly/secondary processes, component assembly, laser & ultrasonic welding, gluing/solvent bonding, pad printing
and hot stamping
• Founded 2004
• Booth #118
Sil-Pro Medical Manufacturing Solutions
Specialty: Contract manufacturer focused on silicone and thermoplastic devices and components
Delano, Minnesota
• Capabilities: silicone molding, long-term implantable silicone molding, silicone extrusion, thermoplastic molding, tooling,
automation and design and development
• Founded 1998
• Booth #110
Turning
Gsell Medical Plastics AG
Specialty: Manufactures and machines high-performance plastics
Muri AG, Switzerland
• Capabilities: turning and milling with up to 7 axes, injection molding with material specific injection units, thermoforming;
post-processing: inscribing and marking, incorporation of X-ray marker, blasting, ultrasonic cleaning and customer-specific
packaging
• Founded 1984
• Booth #829
Jade Precision Medical Components LLC
Specialty: Contract manufacturer of implants and components
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
• Capabilities: CNC machining, Swiss multi-axis turning, five axis milling, EDM and grinding
• Founded 2005
• Booth #823
Microcision LLC
Specialty: Contract manufacturer of implants, components and assemblies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Capabilities: CNC Swiss turning (4-axis through 12-axis), 5-Axis milling, wire and sinker EDM, laser welding/marking, cleaning,
citric passivation, assembly, inspection and packaging
• Founded 1948
• Booth #109
Product Design/Development/Incubation
AMEDICA
Specialty: Manufacturer of silicon nitride implants
Salt Lake City, Utah
• Capabilities: Assists OEMs with proprietary design, development, manufacture and supply of silicon nitride spinal implants;
manufacturers fusion and pedicle screw systems
• B. Sonny Bal, M.D., J.D., the company’s Chairman, President and CEO will take part in Wednesday’s keynote and Bryan
McEntire, Amedica’s Chief Technology Officer will speak about silicon nitride
• Founded 1996
• Booth #733
Changzhou Kanghui Medical Innovation Co. Ltd.
Specialty: Manufacturer and distributor of joint reconstruction, spine and trauma products
Changzhou, China
• Capabilities: Distributes products throughout China, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Europe
• Acquired by Medtronic in 2012 and was the first Medtronic business unit headquartered outside the U.S.
• Founded 1997
• Booth #727
Cousin Biotech
Specialty: Designs and manufactures spinal implants
Wervicq-Sud, France
• Capabilities: Subcontracts design and production for medical devices based on flexible and textile materials and
manufacturers its own NAJA™ Ligament Correction System for Stabilization and IntraSPINE®, a device for the interspinous
space with laminar support.
• Founded 1848
• Booth #636
Mediliant
Specialty: Manufactures instruments and provides design support
Le Locle, Switzerland
• Capabilities: Design specifications, functional analysis, feasibility studies, detailed design plan, prototyping, testing,
manufacturing hand off, rapid prototyping, CNC Swiss screw machining, CNC milling centers (3X & 5X), CNC lathes, gun
drilling, CMM inspection, polishing, tumbling; packaging services: color anodizaton, type II anodization, laser marking, ultrasonic
cleaning, clean room (ISO 7) and assembly
• Product offerings: screws, plates, nails and cages
• Founded 2014
• Booth #139
Merz Biomaterials
Specialty: Therapeutic products and materials
Franksville, Wisconsin
• Capabilities: Supplier of HA and other materials to coating companies
• Founded 1908
• Booth #600
Precipart
Specialty: Design & manufacture of mechanical components
Farmingdale, New York
• Product offerings: Bone screws, plates and plate systems, drills and drill guides, taps, reamers, orthopaedic devices, complete
instruments, fracture and trauma components
• Founded 1950
• Booth #811
Ostec Medical Device
Specialty: Instrument provider
SuZhou, China
• Product offerings: surgical kits, locking plate systems, metal bone screws
• Founded 2013
• Booth #538
Sunoptic Technologies
Specialty: Surgical instrument manufacturer
Jacksonville, Florida
• Capabilities: Provides surgical headlights, Xenon and LED light sources, video cameras, documentation/ recording devices,
fiber optic cables, parts and repair services; offers OEMs and private label customers design, production and
regulatory expertise
• Founded 1978
• Booth #330
Software/Technology Solutions
Swoosh Technologies & Solutions
Specialty: Software provider/consultant
Chesterfield, Missouri
• Capabilities: Design, manufacturing, simulation and data management training and software
• Founded 2005
• Booth #725
Sterilization
Beacon Converters, Inc.
Specialty: Sterilization packaging
Saddle Brook, New Jersey
• Capabilities: Preformed sterile barrier systems products, including peelable and non-peelable pouches, header bags,
rollstock, lidding materials and custom die cut insert cards
• Alison Tyler, Technical Director at Beacon Converters, will present packaging tips and lessons learned from past FDA recalls
• Founded 1947
• Booth #533
Surface Preparation/Treatments
Techmetals
Specialty: Contract manufacturer of metal coatings
Dayton, Ohio
• Capabilities: Metal finishing, anodizing, plating, electro-polishing and coating processes
• Founded 1962
• Booth #637