November 2012, Medical Design Technology
Medical Molding
By Michael Hansen, PhD, Sr. Technical Development Engineer, Mack Molding
Solid Feel, Soft Touch Handles
November 2012, Medical Design
Solid Feel, Soft Touch Handles
By Dwalin DeBoer, Business Unit Director, Orthopaedics and Disposable Medical Devices
Mack Engineer Named Vermont ‘Rising Star’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARLINGTON, Vt. (October 25, 2012) – Dwalin DeBoer, business unit director, Orthopaedics & Disposable Medical Devices, has been selected by a panel of judges at Vermont Business Magazine to join its cadre of Vermont Rising Stars. The list is comprised of 40 winners under the age of 40 and was selected from over 120 nominations.
“The judges had a difficult time getting it down to only 40,” said VBM Publisher John Boutin. “These young professionals have chosen to make Vermont their home. For them, it’s not just about business; it’s about making a difference in their communities.”
For DeBoer, community support involves youth sports and education in Bennington, Vt., where she lives with her husband, Brad, and children, Callum, age 8, and Tyler, 6. She has served as assistant coach for Bennington Soccer for three years, teaching the fundamentals of the game to her son’s K-1 soccer team. “It’s thrilling to watch the light bulb moments as kids realize that teamwork, fun and winning can all go together!”
DeBoer is also serving her second two-year term as vice president of AIM (Adults Interested in Monument), the Monument School PTA. In that role, she spearheaded the development of a summer camp fair, now an annual event that pairs parents with available summer camp opportunities for their children. “I am involved in the community as much as possible and have spent many a late night planning school and community functions,” she says.
DeBoer, a chemical engineer educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.), joined Mack 12 years ago. Before that, she followed a more traditional chemical engineering career path, working for Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, GE Plastics (now Sabic), and Monsanto Plastics. Since then, she has broadened her experience base by working in several functional areas at Mack, including sales, molding and manufacturing. Most recently, she was promoted to head up MackMedical’s new business unit that focuses on the orthopedic and disposable medical device markets.
When not at work, family time is DeBoer’s top priority. “My husband and I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, tennis, canoeing, skiing, or just snuggling and reading with the boys,” she says. A green thumb, DeBoer also enjoys spending time in the five perennial gardens she has designed and planted around her home.
DeBoer will be honored, along with the 39 other honorees, at the Rising Stars dinner on Thursday, November 8, South Burlington, Vt. The group will also be featured in a special program in the November issue of Vermont Business Magazine.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 10 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is president and CEO.
Creative design cuts cost out of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing
October 2012, Medical Design
Creative design cuts cost out of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing
By Steve Fidrych, Director of Molding Operations, Mack Prototype, Inc.
MackMedical Adds Engineering Talent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARLINGTON, Vt. (June 25, 2012) – MackMedical, the medical products group of Mack Molding, has added significant engineering muscle to its organization in the areas of manufacturing, program management, quality and procurement.
Rick De Moss has accepted the position of process validation engineer, where he will be responsible for product and process validation for medical devices. With 30 years of experience in the field, De Moss has handled validation activities for implantable hearing devices for Otologics LLC (Boulder, Colo.); revalidation of cardiac products for the Blood Pump Division of Gambro, Global Therapeutics, and Telectronics Pacing Inc. (Colo.); as well as process development and validation activities for Class III cardiac long-term implantable products for Ventritex, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). In addition to Class III medical device manufacturing experience, De Moss is thoroughly steeped in the plastics industry, from tool building to injection molding and product assembly.
Bill Croisetiere has joined MackMedical as a program manager, and will be responsible for the manufacturing launch of a major new medical device. He comes to Mack from Covidien, a global healthcare products manufacturer, where he worked for 21 years in a variety of increasingly responsible positions within the information systems and corporate operations departments. Most recently, he was corporate engineering manager, manufacturing operations, with responsibility for providing process technology support to global manufacturing. Experienced in program and information services management, Croisetiere also brings strengths in regulatory compliance, Six Sigma, and lean manufacturing technologies.
Ryan Hildum has joined the organization as a quality engineer, where he will focus primarily on orthopedic accounts. He comes to Mack from Catheter Connections, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), a new medical device company that specializes in disinfecting caps for IV lines. On the ground floor of a start-up, Hildum gained widespread experience, ranging from quality systems management to R&D, process validation, design verification, root cause analyses and auditing. A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, he earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry, an American Chemical Society certified program.
Balaji Kumar has joined Mack’s procurement department, where he will serve as supplier engineer for two new medical device launches. Most recently, he worked for General Electric Energy (Schenectady, N.Y.), where he was a contract project engineer responsible for cost reduction and process improvement projects on gas turbine accessories. He has also held a contract engineering assignment with Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.), as an NPI applications engineer, and worked for Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.), as a quality engineer. Kumar earned a master’s in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio), and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai, India). He has completed training in both Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing, and is an active member of Project Management Institute’s Upstate New York Chapter, where he is working toward PMP certification.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding, designated an Environmental Leader by the state of Vermont, is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, machining, and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 10 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is president and CEO.
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