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MICRO Expands Full-Service Medical Contract Manufacturing Operations with New Costa Rica Facility
SOMERSET, NJ, April 13, 2021 – Today, MICRO, a full-service contract manufacturing organization specializing in precision components, sub-assemblies, and complete devices for minimally invasive surgical procedures, announces plans to expand its global footprint with a...
How Robotics Improve Medical Device Manufacturing — Especially During the Pandemic
The advent of Industry 4.0 and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic have put robots to work in medical device manufacturing. MICRO’s Steven Jacobsen, manager of process development engineering, shares how robotics is maximizing throughput, speed, and efficiency. The...
Design for Manufacturability: Optimizing MIM in Medical Device Manufacturing
MICRO’s Executive Vice President Steve Santoro was a keynote speaker at this week’s MIM2021: International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides, held virtually February 22-25. During his presentation, Santoro highlighted the use and...
MICRO to Keynote at MIM2021: International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides
Steve Santoro, Executive Vice President with MICRO will be the keynote speaker on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. EST at the MIM2021: International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides virtual meeting. Santoro will highlight the...
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How CMOs Add Value for OEM Partners During a Crisis
MICRO’s Carl Savage conveys the importance of a strong CMO/OEM partnership especially when demand for elective surgeries is unpredictable and challenges are evident with supply chain and market needs. An evolving healthcare market has presented medical device original...
Reducing the Spread of Infection with Single-Use Surgical Devices
MICRO’s Steve Santoro discusses the need for hospitals to stock up on single-use surgical devices that can help reduce the spread of infection. A tubing approach can help to reduce production time, component costs and secondary operations for the manufacturing of certain subassemblies….
Innovation and Expertise Drive Evolution in Medical Device Manufacturing
MICRO’s President Brian Semcer offers a look at the company his family founded 75 years ago as well as the industry it’s supported. MICRO, founded in 1945, was initially focused on manufacturing high-precision metal stampings, but has developed into a full-service contract manufacturing organization….
An Inside Look at Maximizing Throughput, Speed, and Efficiency with Robotics in Medical Device Manufacturing
One of the initiatives that has helped us to use robotic automation on our production lines successfully has been to develop our process and tooling in a semi-automated state prior to full robotic integration. These initial cells are designed for future automation from the start but built in a way that allows a person to safely complete the work in a manual state. Once stability is proven…
Subtractive Solutions: Modern Machining Techniques and Technologies
CNC machining and other hybrid technology systems can simply be programmed to accommodate part geometry, ensuring the accuracy of every part produced. - John Cross, Micro Computerized numerical control (CNC) machining (such as a CNC burn table) is a critical...