Originally Published MX July/August 2005
MDEA WINNERS
Star Suppliers: 2005 MDEA-Winning Contributors|
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The winning medical technology companies in the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition often owe a large part of their success to the suppliers and designers who expertly assisted them along their development path.
The MDEA competition acknowledges the contributions of named suppliers through a special program designed especially to honor the companies that support MDEA-winning products. These suppliers earn the exclusive right to use and display the special MDEA supplier logo in their promotional materials and exhibit booths.
These companies are among the best in a wide-ranging vendor communityincluding design firms, materials suppliers, component manufacturers, and consulting firmsall of whose efforts play a vital role in enabling medical device manufacturers to produce these award-winning products. In fact, without the help of such outsourcing firms, many innovative products might never come to fruition.
The following guide provides contact information for the 70 named suppliers to 2005 MDEA-winning products. In keeping with the global scope of the medical device industryseven of the supplier companies are from outside the United States, representing Australia, Ireland, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, Sweden (two suppliers), and Switzerland.
For additional information about these suppliers, visit the Medical Device Link online suppliers directories via www.devicelink.com.
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| Companies that submitted winning products in the 2005 Medical Design Excellence Awards competition identified more than 70 companies as ‘named suppliers’ that contributed to their winning entries. Here, representatives of 18 honored suppliers pose for photographers at the MDEA presentation ceremony in New York City. Front row (from left): Lisa Jones, public relations and marketing manager, Insight Product Development (Chicago); Christopher S. Tompkins, business development manager, The Tech Group (Grand Rapids, MI); Julie Pajot, sustaining engineer, The Tech Group; Laurie Logan, plant manager, The Tech Group; Mark Keller, medical product development chemist, Adhesives Research (Glen Rock, PA); Connie Rogers-Newcome, East regional sales manager, medical products, Adhesives Research. Second row (from left): Lori Wright, product manager, National Nonwovens (Easthampton, MA); Wes Thompson, tooling/engineering manager, Moll Medical (Dallas); Paul Paresky, sales representative, Hi-Tech Rubber (Anaheim, CA); Christopher E. Fisher, market manager, Loparex (Willowbrook, IL); James M. Taylor, president and chief executive officer, Modified Polymer Components (Sunnyvale, CA); Israel Shalomoff, territory sales manager, clinical, Ivoclar Vivadent (Schaan, Liechtenstein). Third row (from left): Beth Vondrak, medical business unit manager, Adhesives Research; Daniel J. Baril, president, Baril Die (Haverhill, MA); Bob Roche, vice president and chief operating officer, New England Precision Grinding (Holliston, MA); Paul F. McCue, business development manager, Moll Medical; Jonas Mann, director, life science, Teleca System Design (Stockholm); Marius Balger, chief executive officer, BIT Analytical Instruments (Schwalbach, Germany); Gregg Jackson, sales representative, Delta Industrial Services (Minneapolis). Fourth row (from left): Gerald A. Mazzenga, president, New England Precision Grinding; Robert M. Madigan, sales manager, Pulse Technologies (Harleysville, PA); Kent F. Beck, president, Eclipse Product Development (Salt Lake City); Jedediah L. Dodrill, product specialist, Pulse Technologies; David Bell, product specialist, Pulse Technologies; Patrick Pickerell, president, Peridot (Pleasanton, CA); Peter Fernstrum, account manager, Loparex; Roman M. Stienss, president, Sterile Technologies (Queensbury, NY); Unidentified; Roland Praetsch, account manager, New England Precision Grinding. |
| Acxess
Spring 455 W. La Cadena Dr., Ste. 12 Riverside, CA 92501 Phone: 909/276-2777 Fax: 909/276-2777 E-mail: springs@acxessspring.com |
Adhesives
Research Inc. 400 Seaks Run Rd. Glen Rock, PA 17327 Phone: 717/227-3293 Fax: 717/235-8320 E-mail: cnewcome@arglobal.com |
Alcan
Packaging, Medical Flexibles Americas 6161 N. 64th St., Ste. 1000 Milwaukee, WI 53218 Phone: 414/431-2232 Fax: 414/438-1330 E-mail: robert.pietruszynski@pechiney.com |
AP
Engineering Services 6053 Hudson Rd. S., Ste. 350 St. Paul, MN 55125-1015 Phone: 651/739-7366 Fax: 651/739-7208 E-mail: robertshiggins@apengineering.com |
| Baril
Die Inc. 50 Ward Hill Ave. Haverhill, MA 01853 Phone: 978/373-7910 Fax: 978/373-7930 E-mail: dbaril@barildie.com |
BC
Tech 2100 Delaware Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: 831/459-6470 Fax: 831/459-6465 E-mail: ben@bctechinc.com |
BIT
Analytical Instruments Inc. 67 S. Bedford St., Ste. 400 W. Burlington, MA 01803 Phone: 781/229-5887 Fax: 781/359-1831 E-mail: brian.jarvis@bitinstruments.com |
BSC
Engineering 27 Romano Dr. Dumont, NJ 07628 Phone: 201/385-9484 Fax: 201/384-5223 E-mail: bennychi@optonline.net |
| Celadon 50 Mitchell Blvd. San Rafael, CA 94903 Phone: 415/472-1177 Fax: 707/648-1098 E-mail: mgriswold@celadon.com |
Compass
Product Design 1061 Serpentine Ln., Ste. G Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: 925/485-1072 Fax: 972/462-3716 E-mail: bob@compassdesign.com |
CTS
Electronics Manufacturing Solutions 200 Science Dr. Moorpark, CA 93021 Phone: 805/532-2800 Fax: 805/432-1608 E-mail: don.schroeder@ems.ctscorp.com |
CullDez
Product Development 2995 Taylor Ln., Ste. 4 Byron, CA 94514 Phone: 925/634-3652 Fax: 323/634-9546 E-mail: brenda.cullen@culldez.com |
| Custom
Engineering Plastics (CEP) 8558 Miramar Pl. San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 858/452-0961 Fax: 858/452-0961 E-mail: warren@cepi.com |
CVM
Inc. 7059-J Commerce Cir. Pleasanton, CA 94588 Phone: 925/847-8808 Fax: 925/847-9635 E-mail: tomlipton@cvmcvm.com |
DD
Studio 1817 Aston Ave., Ste. 101 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Phone: 760/438-0243 Fax: 760/438-0253 E-mail: cc@ddstudio.com |
Delta
Industries 11501 Eagle St. NW Minneapolis, MN 55448-3062 Phone: 763/755-7744 Fax: 763/755-7799 E-mail: dschiebout@deltaind.com |
| Design
Continuum 1220 Washington St. West Newton, MA 02465 Phone: 617/969-5400 Fax: 617/969-2864 E-mail: acameron@dcontinuum.com |
Design
+ Industry Pty Ltd. 115-121 Mullens St. Balmain, NSW 2041 Australia Phone: +612 95551166 Fax: +612 95551182 E-mail: brad.ryan@design-industry.com.au |
Eclipse
Product Development 825 N. 300 W., Ste. C102 Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Phone: 801/539-1395 |
Ergonomidesign Missionvägen 24 P.O. Box 14004 Bromma, SE-16714 Sweden Phone: +46 850667200 Fax: +46 8268283 E-mail: dc@ergonomidesign.com |
| ESI
Visual Communications 36 Glen Ave. Newton, MA 02459 Phone: 617/964-8803 Fax: 617/964-7918 E-mail: brian@essingersullivan.com |
Healthcare
Technology Group 625 N. Fulton St. Wharton, TX 77488 Phone: 979/282-8808 Fax: 979/282-8809 E-mail: schulze@neosoft.com |
Hi-Tech
Rubber Inc. 3191 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806-2803 Phone: 714/632-7710 Fax: 714/632-5647 E-mail: belwood@hitech1.com |
Hogan
& Hartson LLP 555 13th St. Washington, DC 20004- 1109 Phone: 202/637-5794 Fax: 202/637-5910 E-mail: jskahan@hhlaw.com |
| IDEO 100 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: 650/289-3409 Fax: 650/322-6321 E-mail: scott@ideo.com |
Insight
Product Development 4660 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL 60640 Phone: 773/907-9500 Fax: 773/907-0645 E-mail: bwoodard@insightpd.com |
Ivoclar
Vivadent Bendererstrasse 2 Schaan, 9494 Liechtenstein Phone: +423 2353628 Fax: +423 2354882 E-mail: diego.gabathuler@ivoclarvivadent.com |
Lambda
Research Corp. 8230 E. Broadway, Ste. E2 Tucson, AZ 85710 Phone: 520/721-3141 Fax: 520/721-5799 E-mail: mike@lambdares.com |
| LeFiell 13700 Firestone Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: 562/921-3411, ext. 318 Fax: 562/921-5480 E-mail: vraman@lefiell.com |
LMI
Inc. 5301 S. Graham Rd. St. Charles, MI 48655 Phone: 800/566-8569 Fax: 989/865-8118 E-mail: len@lendell.com |
Loparex 7700 Griffin Way Willowbrook, IL 60521-5623 Phone: 651/264-3133 Fax: 651/264-3134 E-mail: peter.fernstrum@upm-kymmene.com |
Medical
Murray 1294 Barclay Blvd. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Phone: 847/419-0090 Fax: 847/419-9861 E-mail: phil@murrayeng.com |
| Milani
Design & Consulting AG Seestrasse 78 Erlenbach, SG-8703 Switzerland Phone: +41 19147474 Fax: +41 19147473 E-mail: naef@milani.ch |
Modified
Polymer Components Inc. 242 Humboldt Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Phone: 408/733-8900 Fax: 408/733-8905 E-mail: mtaylor@modifiedpolymer.com |
Molex
Inc. 1750 Country Farm Rd. Naperville, IL 60563 Phone: 630/969-4550 Fax: 630/369-6338 E-mail: thester@molex.com |
Moll
Medical, a div. of Moll Industries Inc. 13455 Noel Rd., Ste. 2250 Dallas, TX 75240 Phone: 972/663-6909 Fax: 972/663-6950 E-mail: dana.gecker@mollindustries.com |
| Morphix
Design Inc. 68 Via Sonrisa San Clemente, CA 92673 Phone: 949/366-1933 Fax: 949/366-1994 E-mail: morphix1@cox.net |
MOS
Plastics Inc. 2308 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA 95131 Phone: 408/944-9407 Fax: 408/944-9439 E-mail: miker@mosinc.com |
Motorola
Energy Systems Group 1700 Belle Meade Ct. Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Phone: 770/338-3510 Fax: 678/898-5905 E-mail: kevin.kitts@motorola.com |
Motorola
Inc. 4000 Commercial Ave. Northbrook, IL 60062 Phone: 847/862-2938 Fax: 847/862-8085 E-mail: nick.hopman@motorola.com |
| National
Nonwovens P.O. Box 150 East Hampton, MA 01027 Phone: 800/333-3469 E-mail: pviveiros@nationalnonwovens.com |
New
England Precision Grinding 35 Jeffrey Ave. Holliston, MA 01746 Phone: 508/429-9999 Fax: 508/429-1103 E-mail: rpraetsch@nepg1.com |
Norman
Noble 5507 Avion Park Dr. Highland Heights, OH 44143 Phone: 800/474-4322 Fax: 216/761-0455 E-mail: bsobole@normannoble.net |
PacifiX
Product Development Inc. 903 Arnold Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: 650/274-3888 Fax: 650/429-2037 E-mail: ahuang@solutiontwo.com |
| Parnell
Engineering and Consulting 1150 Kelsey Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Phone: 408/732-4525 E-mail: kim.parnell@stanfordalumni.org |
Patton
Design Inc. 8 Pasteur, Ste. 170 Irvine, CA 92718 Phone: 949/753-1595 Fax: 949/753-8836 E-mail: dpatton@pattondesign.com |
Peridot
Corp. 1072 Serpentine Ln., Ste. D Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: 925/461-8830 Fax: 925/461-8833 E-mail: pat@peridotcorp.com |
Philips
Digital Systems Laboratory Glaslaan 2 Eindhoven, 5616 LW The Netherlands Phone: +31 402738958 Fax: +31 402736818 E-mail: david.la.hei@philips.com |
| Pinnacle
Precision Inc. 430 W. 1400 N., Ste. 4 Logan, UT 84341 Phone: 435/787-1142 Fax: 435/755-6687 E-mail: kjensen@pinnacleprecision.net |
Pleasant
Precision Inc. 13840 U.S. Rte. 68 S. Kenton, OH 43326 Phone: 419/675-0556 Fax: 419/675-3283 E-mail: repleasant@teamppi.com |
Polytech
Industries 1755 Wallace Ave. Saint Charles, IL 60174 Phone: 630/443-6030 Fax: 630/443-6035 E-mail: tim@polytech-ind.com |
Pulse
Systems Corp. 4090-J Nelson Ave. Concord, CA 94520 Phone: 925/798-4080 Fax: 925/798-4848 E-mail: jgill@PulseSystemsCorp.com |
| Pulse
Technologies 316 Ruth Rd. Harleysville, PA 19438- 1919 Phone: 215/513-0200 Fax: 215/513-0201 E-mail: jdodrill@pulsetechinc.com |
redgroup
Inc. 1681 E. Hennepin Ave., Ste. 180 Minneapolis, MN 55414 Phone: 612/378-1800 Fax: 612/378-5503 E-mail: lars.runquist@redgroup.net |
Robrady
Design Inc. 1040 Commerce Blvd. N. Sarasota, FL 34243 Phone: 941/359-6656 Fax: 941/359-6470 E-mail: rob@robrady.com |
Schematic 3457 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016 Phone: 310/202-2900 Fax: 310/202-2910 E-mail: rtitus@schematic.com |
| Silicon
& Software Systems Whelan House, South County Business Park Leopardstown, Dublin 18 Ireland Phone: +353 12911277 Fax: +353 12911001 E-mail: sheila.oshea@s3group.com |
Smart
Design 137 Varick St. New York, NY 10013 Phone: 212/807-8150 Fax: 212/243-8514 E-mail: scott@scotthendersoninc.com |
Smiths
Medical 5700 23rd Ave. Gary, IN 46406 Phone: 219/989-9150 Fax: 219/989-7255 E-mail: mark.stuart@smiths-medical.com |
Solid
Concepts 12250 Kirkham Rd., Ste. B Poway, CA 92064 Phone: 858/748-2374 Fax: 858/748-2863 E-mail: emursalin@solidconcepts.com |
| Spectralytics 145 S. 3rd St. Dassel, MN 55325-0911 Phone: 320/275-2118 Fax: 320/275-2993 E-mail: goberg@spectralytics.com |
SR
Design 21 Hillbarn Ct. San Mateo, CA 94403 Phone: 650/573-0902 Fax: 650/573-7007 E-mail: srdesign@hooked.net |
Sterile
Technologies Inc. 63 Park Rd. Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone: 518/793-7077 Fax: 518/793-8357 E-mail: roman_sti@adelphia.net |
Stonestreet
One Inc. 322 W. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502/595-7000 Fax: 502/595-7020 E-mail: telowe@stonestreetone.com |
| The
Tech Group 217 Grandville Ave. S.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: 616/643-6026 Fax: 616/643-6035 E-mail: chris.tompkins@techgrp.com |
Teleca
System Design AB Telegrafgatan 8A Stockholm, SE-16984 Sweden Phone: +46 855391000 Fax: +46 855391050 E-mail: thomas.schaumann@sd.teleca.se |
TFX
Medical, OEM Group 50 Plantation Dr. Jaffrey, NH 03452 Phone: 603/532-7706 Fax: 603/532-6108 E-mail: bmurray@tfx.com |
UFE
Inc. 1850 S. Greeley St. P.O. Box 7 Stillwater, MN 55082 Phone: 651/351-4563 Fax: 651/351-4551 E-mail: steven.snell@ufeinc.com |
| Valmark 7900 National Dr. Livermore, CA 94550 Phone: 925/960-9900 Fax: 925/960-0900 E-mail: debbiem@valmark.com |
Whipsaw
Inc. 434 S. First St. San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: 408/297-9771 Fax: 408/297-9775 E-mail: dan@whipsawinc.com |
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