Bright future for Creaform
The support of two major Canadian investment companies is ensuring future expansion projects and acquisitions by Creaform...
More mixed signals
Last month’s online poll asked readers if they would recommend their companies as enjoyable places to work. The results showed that a slight majority – 53% -- would not...
Surveys send mixed signals
Last month’s online poll asked readers to indicate whether their companies are applying Six Sigma tools and methods. Here are the results....
Micromolding: Ensuring proper material properties
There are more factors involved in selecting a thermoplastic material and molder for micromolded components than for macro applications because as parts...
Tech Spotlight: Micromolding
When small is not enough A medical-device company required a component with a tight tolerance; it turned to Phillips Plastics Corp. The component was...
Cutting costs through lean design is critical
Medical device manufacturers are facing the challenges of cutting costs without the flexibility of significant redesign efforts. That is, by the time...
Forum offers DFMA diversity and best practices
The 24th annual Forum on DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly), June 6-9, Providence-Warwick, RI, will present timely topics by a diverse group of manufacturers and organizations. Among the topics and companies...
Lean podcasts
Results from last month’s www.medicaldesign.com Reader Poll question showed an interest in lean manufacturing tools and methods by readers of this newsletter as reported in the April 30 Medical Edge...
Dude, Rapid 2009 ‘rocks’
Eric Clapton was part of this year’s Rapid 2009, or at least his Grammy-winning “Layla” was. During one of the opening sessions, Boris Fritz, founder and past chairman of the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s Nanomanufacturing Technical Group, shared some of the latest nano-innovations...
Applying precision stamping to endoscopic-instrument shafts
Challenging manufacturing stereotypes brings with it risks and rewards. Our company understood this in the late 1990s when we set out to develop a proprietary...
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