Trelleborg recently announced that it has acquired Sil-Pro, a Delano, Minn.–based medical device manufacturing outsourcer with a specialty in silicone and thermoplastic molding. Financial terms of the deal, which closed Jan. 2, were not disclosed. Founded in 1998 and owned by two generations of the Carver family, Sil-Pro has an employee count in the 200 to 500 […]
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5 secrets of contract manufacturing longevity
Whether it’s a few decades or the better part of a century, there are important factors that enable a contract manufacturer to last for a long time – business traits that OEM customers should value. We asked top executives from long-lasting medical device industry suppliers to share their secrets. Mike Ondercin started Cleveland-based Criterion as […]
5 lessons advanced manufacturing presidents learned from their dads
Working with your father isn’t always something you grow up thinking you are going to do. And sometimes taking over your dad’s advanced manufacturing company wasn’t always the plan either. Dennis Tully, current president of MTD Micro Molding (Charlton, Mass.), was involved with the contract manufacturer from his high school days. He cleaned the machines […]