Current Pulse

Long-Term Exclusive Contract
Announced by Vince Adams, VP for Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Planner, Banner Medical, a long-term exclusive contract between Banner Medical and Veridiam Inc. is for Veridiam to manufacture and supply Carpenter Custom 455, Custom 465, and 17-4 alloy cannulated bar tubular materials to Banner Medical. Owing to its long involvement in the medical device and orthopedic markets, Banner will then utilize its patent-pending quality control systems (IT-based) and validated straightening, grinding, and polishing processes to finish, stock, and market the highly specialized products worldwide under the terms of this exclusive agreement. banner-medical.com
 

Ninth Annual Medical Device Quality Congress
Slated for May 16-18, 2012, in Bethesda, MD, at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center, attendees to the 9th Annual Medical Device Quality Congress get two days of one-on-one contact with top FDA staff, consultants, lawyers, experts, and colleagues. The event focuses on five categories:

• Risk management
• Design control
• Supplier quality
• QSR compliance
• Post-market surveillance

Access to Industry Experts, Productivity, Technology
Medical and aerospace manufacturing continues to surge in the Northeast United States. To support that growth, Mazak Corp.’s Discover More With Mazak event will occur at the Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, CT, May 8-10, 2012, from 9am to 8pm.

Local manufacturers, and those in town for the Mfg4 conference at the Connecticut Convention Center, can discover how today’s advanced manufacturing systems – paired with expert guidance – can meet the rapidly growing production needs of the aerospace, medical, and other manufacturing sectors while boosting profitability.

Several productivity-improving Mazak machine tools will be on display during the event, ranging from vertical machining centers to revolutionary multi-tasking systems. Showcased through real-world application machining will be demonstrations including high-speed medical machining on the Vertical Center Nexus Compact, knee implant production on the Integrex i-150, and more. mazakusa.com

Hardinge Director to Speak at IMTS
Chosen to speak at the IMTS 2012 Conference Program is David Bassett, director of corporate operational excellence at Hardinge Inc. For the program – put on by GIE Media Inc. and AMT-The Association for Manufacturing Technology – Bassett will present MCT: Manufacturing Cycle Time – The Holy Grail.

The conferences will take place during IMTS 2012 and will run daily from September 10-14, 2012. Information regarding the IMTS 2012 Conferences is available at imts.com, and clicking on the Education tab. hardinge.com