Company Category: Coatings & Finishes

Technic

For over 80 years, Technic has been a trusted global supplier of specialty chemicals, custom finishing equipment, engineered powders, and analytical control systems. Serving the semiconductor, electronic component, PCB, industrial finishing, and decorative industries, Technic delivers innovative solutions that enhance performance and reliability. Technic is also a leading provider of engineered metal powders for the solar industry, supporting sustainable energy solutions worldwide. | Technic provides specialized surface finishing solutions for medical device manufacturing, including anodizing, titanium anodizing, electropolishing, electroplating, phosphating, passivation, pickling, bright dipping, cleaning, and deburring. With advanced equipment like automated systems for anodizing and electropolishing, Technic supports precision, durability, and efficiency in producing surgical instruments, implants, and other medical components, meeting critical industry standards. | Technic’s Equipment Division offers a full-range of equipment capabilities for electroplating and related applications, from fully automated systems for new facilities to replacement parts and upgrades to improve operational efficiency. For over 80 years, Technic has been a global supplier of specialty chemicals, custom finishing equipment, engineered powders, and analytical control systems to the semiconductor, electronic component, printed circuit board, industrial finishing, and decorative industries. Technic is also a major supplier of engineered metal powders to the solar industry.

Read More

Techmetals, Inc.

For over 50 years, Techmetals, Inc. has been recognized as a leader in the metal plating and coating industry – proudly assisting clients around the globe with unmatched quality, service and reliability. Our services are ensured through compliance with the industry’s most stringent testing facilities such as Nadcap Chemical Processing, Nadcap Coatings, Nadcap Nondestructive Testing, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, AS9100D, ITAR, FAA Repair Station and more.

Read More

Tech-Etch, Inc.

Tech Etch has over five decades of experience and expertise specializing in manufacturing precision engineered thin metal components, flexible printed circuits, and EMI/RFI shielding, across three locations in the United States (Plymouth, MA, Fall River, MA, and Litchfield, MN). Our commitment to excellence begins with our employee owners who provide world class services and innovative comprehensive solutions that enhance lives globally. We partner with leading global customers in the aerospace, military, medical, telecommunication, and electronics industries that have highly complex precise designs and demanding regulatory requirements. Our solutions ensure unmatched precision, quality, and attention to detail in every project, every time. | Tech-Etch Inc. manufactures precision light-gauge flat and formed metal parts as well as fine-line and microvia flexible printed circuits. The company also manufactures a complete line of RFI/EMI shielding gaskets, honeycomb vent panels, and board-level shielding. Tech-Etch operates three facilities totaling approximately 350,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, and supports prototype through it’s dedicated innovation center. Our commitment to excellence begins with our employee owners who provide world class services and innovative comprehensive solutions that enhance lives globally. We partner with leading global customers in the Aerospace, Military, Medical, Telecommunication and Electronics Industries that have highly complex precises designs and demanding regulatory requirements.

Read More

Tantec EST, Inc.

Tantec EST Inc. develops both standard and customized plasma and corona surface treatment systems. Tantec specializes in treating 3-D parts, and our systems are developed to provide even and uniform treatment. Tantec helps our customers choose the most suitable surface treatment system for their product and production line. Ask about leak detection. | We have 50 years of experience in delivering and manufacturing quality, high-end surface treatment products for any industry. The Tantec Group is a leading manufacturer of standard and customized Plasma and Corona systems for surface treatment of plastics and metals to enhance adhesion properties. Tantec surface treaters are sold worldwide to end-users and OEM’s through our own branch offices and more than 30 partners worldwide. | The Tantec Group is a privately held company founded in 1974, and is a leading manufacturer of standard and customized Plasma and Corona systems for surface treatment of plastics and metals to enhance adhesion properties. We have more than 50 years of experience in delivering and manufacturing quality, high-end surface treatment products for any industry. Tantec continuously develops new innovative solutions for a demanding market. Tantec’s vacuum plasma and atmospheric plasma technology has been implemented to aid in the assembly process of batteries for autos. With the use of plasma you are able to enhance the adhesion properties of the batteries prior to assembly as well as cleaning critical connection points. We have a full lab just outside of Chicago to run testing to prove out the technology.

Read More

Surmodics Services & Technologies

Surmodics Services & Technologies (ST) is a leading provider of lubricious hydrophilic coatings, hydrophilic coating services, and custom polymers for medical devices. Surmodics ST’s hydrophilic coatings offer best-in-class performance in lubricity, durability, and particulates. Our thin and flexible coatings are available in either Ultraviolet (UV) light or Thermal cure and adhere to almost all substrate materials used in medical devices. The Surmodics ST service team creates unique solutions that offer high-touch services from your discovery phase through delivery. The Project Development team works as an extension of your team to ensure your device coating provides maximum performance. The contract coating services unit offers a stable and repeatable coating process. Surmodics ST also provides custom polymer synthesis, process development, and scale-up. With Surmodics ST’s full-service offering, our coating experts will be able to find the perfect solution for your project.

Read More

Surmodics Inc.

Biocoat Incorporated has been advancing hydrophilic coating technology for over 30 years, serving medical device manufacturers worldwide with industry-leading coatings, and services. Its proprietary coating solutions are designed to improve lubricity, durability, and particulate counts across a wide range of interventional and diagnostic devices. From feasibility testing through large-scale production, Biocoat provides a comprehensive pathway for innovators to bring safer, more effective devices to market. | Surmodics, Inc. a global leader of novel surface modification has recently commercialized its most advanced hydrophilic coating known as Preside™ to significantly improve the track-ability, cross-ability, and push-ability for minimally invasive catheter or guidewire programs (or requirements). The company’s technologies include lubricious, hemocompatible, and drug delivery (polymer matrix) platforms. Our technical services include commercial development, coating services, premixed solutions, and technology transfers. | Surmodics, Inc. a global leader of novel surface modification has recently commercialized its most advanced hydrophilic coating known as Preside™ to significantly improve the track-ability, cross-ability, and push-ability for minimally invasive catheter or guidewire programs (or requirements). The company’s technologies include lubricious, hemocompatible, and drug delivery (polymer matrix) platforms. Our technical services include commercial development, coating services, premixed solutions, and technology transfers.

Read More

Surface Solutions Group, LLC

Surface Solutions Group, LLC (SSG) is dedicated to providing proven coating technologies and solutions for the global medical device industry, and offers 13 categories of functional coatings. With 60 years of coating industry experience and ISO 13485 certification, SSG’s extensive automation provides its customers with consistently applied coatings, and meets or exceeds its customers’ demanding performance and delivery requirements. SSG applies coatings to guidewires, hypotubes, needles, mandrels, electrosurgical devices, catheters, blades, jaws, silicone parts and other medical and dental devices. It serves large medical device OEMs and their contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and R&D startups primarily in the cardiovascular, neurovascular, peripheral vascular, orthopedic, surgical, spine, and dental segments. Medical device companies and their OEMs choose SSG for its unparalleled exceptional quality, delivery and service. Because Every Medical Device We Coat Touches Lives®. | Surface Solutions Group, LLC (SSG) is a precision applicator and provider of 13 proven coating technologies, including many that are PFAS-FREE, for the global medical device industry – the widest range available from a single source. Our GlideMed®-Low PTFE and GlideMed®-No PTFE/No PFAS low friction coatings are a sustainable, compliant alternative to traditional PTFE coatings and have superior adhesion. With 20 automated and 10 manual spray and dip production lines, we offer one of the largest automated, ISO 13485 certified coating facilities in North America. SSG applies coatings to guidewires, coils, needles, mandrels, continuous wire, hypotubes, blades, catheters, electrosurgical devices, silicone, dental and other medical devices. We serve large medical device OEMs and their contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and R&D startups. Medical device and component companies and their OEMs choose SSG for our unparalleled exceptional quality, performance, repeatability and on-time delivery… Because Every Medical Device We Coat Touches Lives®.

Read More

Steer Medical Inc.

Steer Medical Inc. is a Montreal area-based company that is privately owned. We are a company dedicated to the design, development and manufacturing of components, catheters shafts and delivery systems for areas such as Vascular Access, Electrophysiology, Neurovascular, Structural Heart, Cardiovascular, pulmonary and spine. We pride ourselves in collaborating closely with our customers and physicians to develop solutions for unmet clinical needs, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes. | Steer Medical works with both large and small medical device Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), offering custom, highly complex catheter solutions that meet challenging technical requirements such as single, dual and quad directional deflection, pushability, kink resistance, and torque response. Steer Medical serves a multitude of companies in the medical device industry, specifically in the following sectors:Cardiovascular marketElectrophysiology marketNeurovascular marketPeripheral vascular marketStructural heart marketSpineDrug deliveryEndoscopyCryo ablative solutions

Read More

Specialty Coating Systems

SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with over 50 years of experience and 21 worldwide locations, including 9 in the Americas, 5 in Europe and 7 in Asia. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier properties to protect components in the medical device, defense, aerospace, electronics and automotive industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with over 50 years of experience and 21 worldwide locations, including 9 in the Americas, 5 in Europe and 7 in Asia. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier properties to protect components in the medical device, defense, aerospace, electronics and automotive industries. | Specialty Coating Systems is a leader in conformal coating services and technologies with more than 50 years of experience and 21 worldwide locations, including 9 in the Americas, 5 in Europe and 7 in Asia. SCS provides multiple industry-leading coating solutions, including Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer coatings. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier properties to protect components in the medical device, defense, aerospace, electronics and automotive industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with 21 worldwide locations and over 50 years of experience. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier protection to components across various industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with 21 worldwide locations and over 50 years of experience. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier protection to components in the medical device, electronics, automotive, defense and aerospace industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with over 50 years of experience and 21 worldwide locations, including 5 in Europe, 9 in the Americas and 7 in Asia. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier properties to protect components in the electronics, automotive, medical device, aerospace and defense industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with over 50 years of experience and 21 worldwide locations, including 9 in the Americas, 5 in Europe and 7 in Asia. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier properties to protect components in the electronics, automotive, medical device, aerospace and defense industries. | SCS is a world leader in Parylene, liquid, plasma, ALD and multilayer conformal coating services and technologies with 21 worldwide locations and over 50 years of experience. SCS conformal coatings offer excellent moisture, chemical and dielectric barrier protection to components in the medical device, electronics, automotive, defense and aerospace industries.

Read More

SpecCoat

SpecCoat is a specialized provider of PCB conformal coating and electronic ruggedization services for high-reliability applications. We help manufacturers protect mission-critical electronics from harsh environments, including moisture, vibration, thermal stress, chemical contamination, electrostatic discharge, and more. With tightly controlled processes and experience supporting aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial programs, SpecCoat delivers consistent, high-quality protection that improves reliability, durability, and product performance.

Read More