Suppliers in Medical Devices & Assemblies

Over its history of more than 100 years, UBE has continuously responded to the changes in society and industry, developing a range of businesses and producing a variety of products while constantly reforming itself. UBE's ability to make things through creative technologies and the UBE's spirit of challenge that embraces change positively combine to form the Company's core identity. These values are passed down from person to person through the decades as UBE's corporate DNA. Under the policy of development centered on the differentiated chemical business, the UBE Group currently covers five fields: chemicals and plastics; specialty chemicals and products; cement and construction materials; machinery and metal products; and energy and environment. In each of these areas, the companies concentrate on their core competence guided by the keywords of technology and innovation. Our aim is to have the Group as a whole make the next leap forward toward becoming a highly efficient and profitable, globally excellent company that is successful on the international stage. From the time UBE began living and prospering together with Ube City of Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Company's birth.

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA) ("KPPI" and, together with its subsidiaries including the Company and Arizona, "Kraton") is a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers, specialty polymers and high-value performance products derived from pine wood pulping co-products. Kraton's polymers are used in a wide range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants and lubricants, and medical, packaging, automotive, paving, roofing and footwear products. As the largest global provider in the pine chemicals industry, the company's pine-based specialty products are sold into adhesive, road and construction and tire markets, and it produces and sells a broad range of chemical intermediates into markets that include fuel additives, oilfield chemicals, coatings, metalworking fluids and lubricants, inks, flavors and fragrances and mining. Kraton offers its products to a diverse customer base in over 60 countries worldwide. Kraton, the Kraton logo and design, and the "Giving Innovators their Edge" tagline are all trademarks of Kraton Polymers LLC. Our Mission Create exceptional value by Giving Innovators Their Edge® better than all others in the industry we lead. Our Vision Guided by our Core Values, we will be an admired Fortune 500 specialty chemical company with consistent earnings per share growth, a sustaining Vitality Index, industry-leading margins, delivering returns above our cost of capital.

"ACS Technical Products has developed and manufactured a variety of chemical products since 1933. Starting with resin manufacturing, solvent reclaiming and fuel/lubricant additives, we expanded our chemical capabilities to include the epoxidation of vegetable oils, soy-based polyols and other large volume batch reactions. Our constant innovations, development of new applications and creation of new markets put us at the forefront of the industry and positions ACS as a global leader in manufacturing and distribution of specialty epoxy compounds. Today, we're bringing bio-based chemical platforms to the world. Our goal is to continue striving for excellence with unique technologies, developing high-quality solutions and creating value for our customers."

In 1990 Palm Labs Adhesives began manufacturing Cyanoacrylate Adhesives for the industrial, medical and consumer industries. What started in 1990 as an idea to have a US based adhesive company to manufacturer Cyanoacrylate, has grown to be a successful ISO certified, Mil Spec certified company headquartered in Debary, Florida. Every once in a while a new kind of company emerges like Palm Labs Adhesives. One that matches manufacturing efficiencies with customer service and quality products with prices that reflect its efficiencies. We are easy to do business with. Great products, great prices and a great organization. Buying and using our products are easy. No worries about delivery, quality or performance. It all works with friendly helpful people who appreciate you. And we love our customers! We are easy to do business with. Great products, great prices and great people.

"FORMAC Srl belongs 100% to Ruggeri Group which, since 1968, has been working with various units in the plastics world, and this company is particularly appointed to taking care of the sector relative to basic raw materials intended for molding, extrusion and blow molding processes. FORMAC boasts over thirty years of experience in thermoplastic resin additive and coloring and is organized into three business units: the production of Technical Compounds, the production of Colored Polymers, the Distribution of Technopolymers. Following large investments, the company now operates in a logistics area of 7,000 sqm, of which 4,500 sqm house a modern laboratory equipped both for color reproduction and for the physical-mechanical characterisation of the polymers, a production department consisting of co-rotating twin screw extrusion lines and a department dedicated to research & development. The constant attention to customer needs, the continuous investments in technology and the training of our technicians, our problem solving skills and our ability to customize products make us a reference in the sector."

Founded in 1979, Polymeric Resources Corporation (PRC) and its operating subsidiaries are producers and Compounders of engineering thermoplastics.

Tufnol is a proprietary brand of non-metallic material used to make engineering components for a wide range of uses. This type of material is known as ‘synthetic resin bonded laminated plastic’, and is made from layers of paper, cotton cloth or woven glass fiber cloth, dipped in resin, then compressed and bonded together in a hot press. It is a strong, hard material, made in a number of different grades with varying properties and uses. Tufnol’s reliability is key to the many sectors of engineering industry in which it serves.

Ever Polymer has the mission to satisfy all the application needs for thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) raw materials in the market. With “EVERLON” as our main brand, we specialize in the development and applications of TPE. Four major application series — EVERMedi, EVERSeal, EVERPeel and EVERAuto — have been further created according to different professional fields, with the aim to satisfy the demands for global TPE markets in terms of the top four high-end application areas, namely medical devices, food packaging, commodity sector, and automobile parts. Through astute market insights, Ever Polymer is brave to unfold its business layout. Our top three business locations are situated at Taiwan headquarters, Huanan region in China, and Malaysia, while we are able to create our own supply chains together with upstream and downstream vendors.

"Our owner-managed company is your competent partner for finished parts, semi-finished products and blanks made of thermoplastic and duroplastic plastics - with 40 years of experience. At our production sites in Hallein near Salzburg (Austria), Fachbach near Koblenz (Germany), Seoul (South Korea) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates) we manufacture with an experience that goes back to the late 1970s (under the company name Mertl at that time), standard and special semi-finished products, cast parts and finished parts. Comco EPP is not just an intermediary for plastics: customer-specific finished parts made of thermoplastic and duroplastic plastics are machined on the in-house CNC centers. Whether individual parts or entire series: You can rely on consistently high quality."

"Lifeline Technologies was established in 1993 with a mission to manufacture innovative and specialty products of global standards. We have been leading the global specialty additives industry. Our promise is to deliver performance and value addition to our business partners. Backed by a diverse product portfolio and a strong presence in over 32 countries, we cater to a wide range of industries. These range from Wire and Cable to Consumer and Household Durables, as well as Packaging and Agriculture, to name a few. Our products are a result of years of Research & Development to ensure the highest of standards"

Developed as part of NASA’s space exploration program, Dicronite® dry lubrication is the proven precision dry lubrication technology for the aerospace, plastics molding, medical devices, mechanical equipment, semiconductor and food processing industries.

In our 60 years of operation, we've grown into a nexus of technical operations and scientific laboratories housing custom synthesis, contract manufacturing and packaging and laboratory products. Through these three divisions, we are proud to offer a broad range of products and tailored solutions for the life sciences, bioprocessing, microparticles, medical device, specialty chemical and eChem industries. We strive to deliver innovative solutions, and as a result, have cultivated our interdisciplinary Specialty Products division to capitalize on our strengths as a multifaceted enterprise. Throughout our history, we've endeavored to provide our customers with the highest quality products and services, something that is only possible through our continued emphasis on partnership and collaboration with customers like you.

UCT is a leader in the field of silica-based solid phase extraction since its founding in 1986. UCT acquired the specialty chemical branch of Huls America in 1993, providing greater control over chemical processes and product offerings. UCT now offers a variety of products for the cannabis industry, such as pesticide and purity testing. UCT is committed to providing the highest quality products and service to its customers, and looks forward to another successful 30 years.

"Welcome to CRI-SIL Silicone Technologies! Above is our guiding philosophy that we have built our company on since its foundation in 1994. Since then we have continued to be a leader in custom silicone compounding by providing high-quality, state-of-the-art HCR Silicone or Fluorosilicone and Silicone RTV compounds to a wide range of fabricators. These fabricators serve a multitude of different industries to include, but not limited to, the following: automotive, aerospace, electrical, consumer, roller, and healthcare. Leading our company since its inception are our founders and owners Mark S. Stevens, CEO, and Michael J. Hirschy, President. Their goal since the beginning was to provide a company that focused on quality, technical capability and relationships with our customer base and suppliers. At the beginning they focused primarily on tolling silicone bases for GE Silicones. All the while starting the development of a customer centric focused client service and technical specialists with the goal of building a mutual beneficial partnership. In 1995 the partners saw the need to push the envelope to success in the custom compound arena by achieving ISO accreditation. Since that day we have continually strived and succeeded in holding our ISO accreditation with ISO’s latest most compressive ISO9001 revisions. Business expanded rapidly and in 1996 a move from the original CRI-SIL 3,100 square foot leased facility in Kennebunk, Maine was needed. This need was met with a purchase of a larger 34,000 square foot owned facility in Biddeford Maine. This new site allowed the company to the expand in 2002 into RTV and LSR liquid mixing. The culmination of these creating one of the largest and longest standing independent silicone suppliers in North America."

With a successful track record reaching back to the early 1980s, Comco has vast experience in the production of standard and tailored semi-finished engineering plastic products, custom-cast parts and finished products for customers in industries ranging from automotive and consumer-goods manufacture to food processing. As diverse as the industries we serve are, our focus is always the same: to utilise the huge potential of cutting-edge engineering plastic technologies to precisely meet each customer’s needs. Large and small companies all over the world rely on us for swift and flexible service – regardless of whether we are responding to standard orders or special requests. We are specialists in solutions that meet highly individual measurements and technical specifications, even including single castings to suit your specific requirements. With production facilities in Austria and Germany, we are well equipped to serve customers worldwide.

Compounding Solutions was started by Scott Neal in 1999 with the sole purpose to become the leading medical compounder. Today it is still owned and operated by Scott Neal. Scott is the son of plastics entrepreneur Robert Neal. Scott began working with plastics processing equipment for blown film applications at the age of 10. Scott is a 1990 graduate from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, UNH, where he earned a degree in economics and business administration. Scott founded PolyColors Inc immediately following graduation in May of 1990. PolyColors was a custom color master batch manufacturer servicing blown film, injection molding, and profile extrusion plastics processors in the northeast. Scott sold PolyColors to Clariant Masterbatches in 1997 and stayed on until 1999 as general manager. He resigned from Clariant in May of 1999 and founded Compounding Solutions.

UPC Technology Corporation (UPC) is a leading, representative chemical company under the MiTAC-Synnex Group. The MiTAC-Synnex Group comprises many listed companies worldwide, encompassing sectors such as the livelihood industry, chemical & materials, information technologies, distribution & fulfillment and system integration & mobile solutions. Established in Taiwan in 1976, UPC upholds its company culture of “Honesty, Prudence and Pragmatism” to provide customer-oriented services. UPC is committed to expanding its production capacity, enhancing its R&D capabilities, and pursuing technological innovation and development in order to provide customers with comprehensive products and services.

Cymer was incorporated in 1997 by a team of chemical industry veterans, and is a privately held enterprise. In 1998 a grass-roots facility was erected in Decatur, TN and commenced operations, predominantly as a contract manufacturer. Over the next fifteen years the plant expanded, and Cymer achieved a reputation as a top-rated specialty chemical producer. In 2017 Cymer acquired the business of GP Chemicals Inc., a specialty chemical technology developer in New Jersey. Also, in 2017 Cymer acquired Fujifilm Hunt Chemicals, U.S.A.’s specialty chemical plant in Dayton Tennessee, along with certain polymer technologies.

"A complete, global supplier of high-tech, EMI shielding and conductive, resistive, and microwave-absorptive materials, Marktek Inc., was established in 1994. Marktek's specialty materials include a broad variety of high-quality conductive, resistive, and microwave-absorptive fabrics, fibers, foams, felts, fillers, meshes, gaskets and tape. Marktek Inc. carries fabrics that possess surface resistivities ranging from <0.1 ohm/sq up to over 100 Mohm/sq, and its Fibreohm™ resistive wire product line ranges from about 5 ohm/in up to 500K ohm/in."

In 2016, NuSil Technology, LLC merged with Avantor, a global supplier of ultra-high-purity materials for the life sciences and advanced technology markets, to create the global leader in ultra-high-purity materials for the biomaterials and advanced technology markets. To learn more about Avantor, visit www.avantorinc.com.

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Founded as a family company in 1980, Polimersan is the first company in Turkey to manufacture many plastics known as Engineering Plastics . Progressing with the principle of the best quality and fast service since the day it was founded; Polimersan is one of the first 3 manufacturers in the world in terms of production capacity. Polimersan is producing Engineering Plastics in Turkey for many years, which were being imported previously. Polimersan produces its products in compliance with the world standards at its production plants established on a total area of 45,000 m² . Those products are provided to both domestic and foreign customers directly from the factories in Turkey, USA, and Italy. At the end of 2013, Polimersan added a very powerful player to its production chain by acquiring the extrusion factory of British Global EPP, which is one of the leading companies in plastics production in England. Our manufacturing methods are extrusion, roll-extrusion , molding, ram-extrusion, automatic molding and surface treatment. Polimersan has all the quality certificates in the world related with its filed. Thanks to its own R&D department, Polimersan is in a highly advanced position in manufacturing technology and product development .

3H Vinacom Co., Ltd (100% Korea qualified investment and technology) was established since 2004, has extensive experience in research and development with perfect laboratory, production for a wide variety of wire and cable compounds from Korea. 3H Vinacom Co., Ltd. is one of the leading wire and cable manufacturers in Vietnam .3H Vinacom Co., Ltd specializes in manufacturing XLPE compound and low voltage PVC compound

Solvay, an international chemical group, offers a broad range of products that enhance performance in Home & Personal care products. Solvay delivers creative solutions to deliver new product innovations that maximize consumer benefits. Solvay Novecare is an industry leader in natural, naturally-derived and synthetic polymers, and specialty surfactants, delivering high-performance solutions to diversified markets, including health care, personal care and home care. With a worldwide industrial footprint and global R&D and tech support network, Solvay Novecare has developed the expertise to answer a variety of needs in surface modification, rheology, active delivery, and improvement of formulations and processes while committed to sustainable development.

The worldwide leader for Habitat, which accounts for more than 70% of its sales – mainly for new residential construction and renovation – Saint-Gobain is also very active on industrial markets. The Group provides its expertise in the areas of innovation and co-development through a wide range of high-performance materials for demanding applications in diverse segments, such as the automotive, aeronautical, health, defense, security, and even the food & beverage industries.

"We enable our partners to solve complex engineering problems through our leading range of innovative materials. Viva Nylons as it is known today was established in 2013, however we have a long history of Cast Nylon 6 production in Leicester, UK. The very beginning of our journey, and our Cast Nylon 6 expertise began over 50 years ago as Nylacast Polymer Materials. Since then, Viva has grown to be a leading fully integrated cast nylon-6 manufacturer, with a global customer base. This growth has been built on our core material principles – quality, innovation & support."

"Our passion is in developing creative solutions to meet our customer’s requirements. Many of our customers call us in early, when an application or product is still in development. At times, our customers don’t know exactly what they need, but they know what they want to make. We’ll work closely with your technical staff to understand your product, process and material requirements. The development of new and innovative materials is what drives our creative team. As a custom compounder, we are constantly developing new materials and helping to provide solutions for new applications. We continuously search for ways to improve thermoplastic materials by providing better physical, chemical resistance or electrical characteristics."

Chengdu Chenguang Boda Rubber & Plastic Co., Ltd. ( FSE) specializes in the research and development and experiment of fluoron® fluoroelastomer, fluorosilicone rubber and other special fluorochemical products (fluorosurfactants) . It is a leading supplier of fluorine rubber materials in China.

Our specialization in manufacturing and formulating TPE material offers you a focused, collaborative approach for both traditional and innovative products, from the smallest wine cork to an industrial-sized piece of agricultural equipment.

Nytef Plastics, Ltd. is now a division of Polymers Industries. Nytef's equipment and technology was moved to Polymer Industries' Mechanical Division in Pisgah, AL. This acquisition enabled Polymer Industries to add a wide range of Engineered Plastics and High Performance Materials in a variety of shapes and sizes to their manufacturing portfolio. They manufacture and stock a full line of thermoplastic materials in a wide variety of rod, plate and tubular bar sizes. In addition, they offer over 30 years of experience in the custom extrusion of application-specific and proprietary resins to meet even the most demanding performance requirements. All products and is certified to ISO 9002 standards for the manufacture of extruded plastic stock shapes. These materials are supplied to a variety of industries including food processing, materials handling, architectural, marine, construction, and semiconductor electronics.

The Soundcoat Company was created in 1963 with one mission: Designing Engineered Noise Control Solutions for our Customers. We do this through 2 fully equipped acoustic labs, a materials lab, and 2 manufacturing facilities monitored under a rigorous system of internal quality control and certification to the ISO 9001 (Deer Park, NY) and AS9100 (Irvine, CA) systems. Whether you need your acoustic solution laminated, coated, or embossed, with adhesive or without, cut to shape, in sheets, or packaged in kits, The Soundcoat Company has the solution. From Aerospace to Truck and Bus to Medical Devices, we have the processes and the products you need. At Soundcoat we know noise... and we've been keeping it quiet for over 40 years. Soundcoat is part of the Recticel Group, a Belgium based company and leading global polyurethane foam producer. With 110 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries around the world, we are well-positioned to provide you with our products anywhere you need them. Recticel is a publicly traded company.

Acton Technologies, Inc. is a small, technically competent and financially strong (AAA-1 D&B) specialty chemical manufacturer and processor. We manufacture chemicals for modifying the surface of fluoropolymers to enable adhesion. We also do contract processing (batch and continuous) in large or small production runs; prototypes are etched at no charge. We specialize in fluoropolymer films, tubing, wire, printed circuit boards, and micro-particles. Acton is a four-time recipient (in Chemistry, Physics, and Advanced Materials) of the prestigious "Ben Franklin Advanced Technology Award," a grant given by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in recognition of small business innovation and developmental technology, for our work in advanced materials research.

Established in the year 1973 as a partnership firm, we are a fast growing manufacturer and exporter of an extensive array of Amino resins, Polyamide resins, Epoxy Hardeners, Acrylic resins, Phenolic resins, Ketonic resin, Alkyd resins, etc. An ISO 9001 certified firm, we have been catering to diverse requirements of various industries for years.

Everlube Products is a pioneer and leader in solid film lubricant technology. We formulate, manufacture and market several leading product brands including Everlube®, Lube-Lok®, Lubri-Bond®, Henderlube™, Perma-Slik®, Kal-Gard®, Ecoalube®, Ever-Slik®, Electrobond®, Esnalube™, Electrolube®, Formkote®, and Henco-Mask™. Our engineered coatings and dry film lubricants meet a wide variety of industry and military specifications for part and component performance.

Since the first nylon production in Korea in 1957, KOLON Industries, Inc., formerly KOLON Corporation, has made a significant contribution to national economic growth, and is now an independent company separated from the Manufacturing Department of KOLON Corporation after the adoption of a holding company structure by the KOLON Group in 2010.

Industrial Hard Carbon offers unmatched full-service engineering and surface solution capabilities. Including but not limited to coatings, surface finishes, and turn-key manufacturing solutions. We are the industry leaders in thin-film coating because we do things differently. Always have. Always will.