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Vesta’s New White Paper Helps Medical Device Design Engineers Optimize Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing
Vesta announced today the publication of its new white paper: Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing for Tight-Tolerance Medical Applications. This paper will help medical device design engineers optimize the polyolefin heat shrink tubing design and manufacturing process.
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Vesta Introduces New Sales Manager in Latin America
Vesta is pleased to announce the hiring of Mauricio Giron Cortez as our Regional Sales Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. In Mauricio's new role, he will support Vesta's full line of precision silicone and thermoplastic extrusion, our comprehensive silicone molding and assembly solutions as well as our new exciting offerings resulting from Vesta's recent acquisition of SiMatrix: silicone dip molding and silicone sheeting.
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Vesta Expands Silicone Manufacturing Services Through Acquisition of SiMatrix
Vesta has acquired SiMatrix, a Victor, Mont. -based contract manufacturer specializing in tight-tolerance medical-grade silicone sheeting and dip molding services. The acquisition expands Vesta’s existing breadth of silicone manufacturing services, which include medical molding, extrusion and assembly, and complements the company’s expertise in high-quality manufacturing and engineering support for medical device product development.
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Vesta Congratulates Bill Collis on Earning His Six Sigma Black Belt
All of us at Vesta are excited to hear that Bill Collis, the production manager at our Corona facility, has earned his Six Sigma Black Belt certification! With this certification, Bill joins the ranks of several Vesta team members who have earned degrees in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma quality management principles. All of our personnel continue to advance their expertise as part of Vesta’s commitment to continuous improvement and a corporate culture built around infusing quality and value in all that we do. Congratulations, Bill!
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Vesta Announces New Northeast Regional Sales Manager
Vesta is pleased to introduce Thom Murphy as regional sales manager covering the Northeast region of the United States. In his new role, Murphy will support customers’ medical device development and medical device contract manufacturing needs with Vesta’s full line of precision silicone and thermoplastic extrusion, silicone molding and assembly offerings.
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Vesta Announces Enhanced Capabilities in High-Temperature Extrusion of PEEK™
Tubing and More
Vesta now has two lines optimized for high-temperature thermoplastics extrusion and has hired an additional engineer with extensive experience working with these materials. These additions will allow more customers to experience the benefits of high-temperature extrusion with Vesta, including superior column strength and exceptional torque.
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Vesta Announces New Class 10000 Clean Room for Stringent Manufacturing Requirements
Vesta is pleased to announce a new, Class 10000 clean room. Located at Vesta’s ISO 13485:2003 registered silicone manufacturing facility in Franklin, Wis., the Class 10000 clean room will enable lower-particulate medical manufacturing that meets clients’ most stringent product standards.
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Vesta Announces New Quick-turn Extrusion Program
Vesta is proud to introduce its quick-turn thermoplastic extrusion program. To address customer requests for shorter lead times on precision extrusions, Vesta’s quick-turn extrusion service is focused on designers and engineers who need minimum order quantities with short lead times for characterization, evaluation and design iterations during the product development process.
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Vesta Hires Regional Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East
Vesta is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Berengere Chevalier as our regional sales manager for Europe and the Middle East. As a global leader in the medical device contract manufacturing industry, Vesta makes every effort to support our customers’ product development and manufacturing needs in these key regions.
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Vesta Hires VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Vesta is pleased to announce the hiring of Robert DeRyke to the position of vice president of quality and regulatory affairs. DeRyke brings more than 20 years of experience in global quality and regulatory affairs in the medical device, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. He has held executive positions at Baxter Healthcare, Hospira and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Vesta Announces Completion of Two Facility Expansion Projects
Vesta announced the completion of two significant facility infrastructure investments to support its business growth requirements and expand its service offerings for its customer base.
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Vesta Announces Silicone Kink-Resistant Tubing Manufacturing Capabilities
Vesta is pleased to announce the introduction of a new technology to produce medical-grade silicone kink-resistant tubing, adding to its long list of ExtruMed precision extrusion solutions. The new technology represents a significant improvement over current manufacturing methods as a result of its proprietary manufacturing platform, enabling the creation of kink-resistant tubing in an integrated manufacturing process.
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Vesta Wins Leadership Award
Frost & Sullivan has awarded Vesta the 2009 North American Plastics in Medical Tubing & Catheters Market Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year Award in recognition of Vesta’s strategies to increase its customer value and market share.
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Vesta Announces Facility Expansion
To improve the value of the Vesta offering for customers, the company is expanding its facility in Franklin, Wis. The project will nearly double the existing manufacturing space. Planned features include the new Vesta Innovations Center, which offers customers assistance with design for manufacturability; dedicated final packaging lines; and enhanced manufacturing areas that incorporate lean and cellular concepts. Vesta plans to complete the expansion soon.
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Acquisition to Broaden Vesta's Outsourcing Capabilities
RoundTable Healthcare Partners (“RoundTable”), an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, announced today that its portfolio company, Vesta Inc. (“Vesta”), a leading supplier of silicone medical products to the OEM medical device industry, has completed the acquisition of ExtruMed LLC (“ExtruMed”), a portfolio company of Inverness Graham Investments and Wedbush Capital Partners.
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Vesta Named the Industry’s Second-Largest Milwaukee-Area Firm
The Business Journal of Milwaukee has named Vesta the second-largest bioscience and medical technology firm in the Milwaukee area. The complete list of the 25 largest firms appeared in The Business Journal on September 26, 2008.

Vesta credits its ranking to steady growth brought on through its long-term commitment to quality, the medical device industry and ongoing, company-wide enhancements. Since its founding, Vesta has continuously improved its manufacturing methods and broadened its support services in order to better serve its customers. Most recently, the company has invested in new equipment and augmented its team domestically as well as internationally. With the growth trend expected to continue, Vesta is expanding its facility in 2009.

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