As demand for implants, surgical devices and other medical components continues, GF Machining Solutions will intensify its support of North American medical manufacturers with the opening of a new Medical Center of Competence at its Lincolnshire, Illinois, facility. As the first of its kind, the new center will provide manufacturers supplying the medical industry with comprehensive applications support along with world-class production technologies that include precision milling, EDM, laser texturing, micromachining, and automation.
GF Machining Solutions celebrated the grand opening of the new center with special events on April 19 and 20 at the nearby GF Machining Solutions Microlution facility. At the Medical Center of Competence event, visitors had the opportunity to tour the more than 50,000-square-foot state-of-art facility and experience firsthand some of the most advanced technologies producing key medical components. The event also showcased the company’s fully automated order-to-production system and specialized control demonstrations.
“In terms of advanced technology, GF Machining Solutions is the industry authority on medical manufacturing,” said Chris Jones, president — head of Market Region North and Central America. “The new Medical Center of Competence further reinforces that, not only creating an environment for project collaboration, but also providing a place for medical manufacturers to learn how technologies such as high-speed milling, EDM, laser texturing, micromachining, and automation will boost their productivity and keep them competitive.”
At the new center, manufacturers will have access to the GF Machining Solutions medical application support teams as well as sales and service representatives. With extensive experience in the manufacture of complex, high-precision parts, the company will provide strategies and technologies for improving the production of medical instruments, orthopedic and trauma implants, consumables, dental parts, packaging and more.
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