2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000

12/04/03 - Envision Manufacturing's orthopaedic implant and instrument manufacturing facility has been registered to ISO9000:2001.

10/23/03 - MedSource Technologies began work on a new metal forging facility. The company hopes to increase its scope of manufacturing processes to serve customers in the orthopaedic market.

09/29/03 - Tecomet announced the availability of Tecotex®, a new class of aggressive, engineered 3-dimensional surface textures designed to optimize fit, stability, bone adhesion and service life of orthopaedic implants.

09/25/03 - Coastcast, which manufactures a variety of investment-cast orthopaedic implants and surgical tools, is no longer seeking to be acquired. (See Bare Bones®, 5/03.)

09/17/03 - Spire Corporation received a 2-year, $.4MM grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new family of "smart" nanophase ceramic coatings to enhance bone integration and promote better device fixation of orthopaedic implants.

09/02/03 - Stealth Medical Technologies will acquire the Biomaterials Division of Astro Met, enabling Stealth to increase technological capabilities and expand its scope of services offered to the orthopaedic community.

07/14/03 - Agile Launches AgileMD™ - Product Lifecycle Management solution designed specifically for the Medical Device Industry. (see BONEZone, Winter 2002)

06/23/03 - Swiss orthopedic surgical instrument manufacturer, Precimed SA has opened its new Columbia City, Indiana facility for US production. (70KB PDF)

06/12/03 - Symmetry Medical and The Mettis Orthopedic Group have completed the previously announced merger of their businesses. The merged entity will be called Symmetry Medical Inc. (See Bare Bones®, 6/03.)

06/04/03 - Beere Precision Medical Instruments received design patent D476084 for its instrument design for pulling and twisting wire with application in thoracic and spinal surgery.

06/03/03 - Beere Precision Medical Instruments received patent number 6,575,042 for its Cannulated Axial Deflection Beam.

06/02/03 - MedSource Technologies Introduces Design for Process Excellence to Help Accelerate Design Cycle Times, Reduce Product Development Costs.

05/29/03 - Poly Hi Solidur MediTECH® has been named Supplier of the Year in the Raw Material/Engineered Product category by Smith and Nephew Orthopedics. Poly Hi Solidur MediTECH® manufactures TIVAR® and Chirulen®, used to produce orthopaedic implants.

05/16/03 - Huron Tool & Cutter Grinding was recognized as "Machining Supplier of the Year" for 2002 at Smith & Nephew's Supplier Symposium held in early May. This recognition reflects Huron Tool's excellence in quality and on-time delivery for the production of premium orthopaedic cutting tools.

05/16/03 - Beere Precision Medical Instruments announces receipt of three utility patents for screw retention design, parallel action compression and distraction instruments and screwdriver design.

05/09/03 - Symmetry Medical and The Mettis Orthopedic Group will merge their businesses to be a global orthopaedic supplier of surgical instruments, cases and implant components to the OEM marketplace.

05/09/03 - Spire Biomedical expanded the capacity of its ion implantation processing facilities in response to increased customer demand for orthopaedic prosthesis surface treatment. The company also received a $.75MM grant for a program to develop a surface-hardening treatment to provide further reductions in polyethylene wear.

04/25/03 - Coastcast Corporation announced that it will consider acquisition alternatives. The company manufactures a variety of investment-cast orthopaedic implants, surgical tools, etc. (See Bare Bones®, 6/00.)

03/11/03 - Precimed to open its first U.S. production facility.

02/11/03 - Sandvik Specialty Steels changes name to Sandvik Materials Technology.

02/04/03 - Exactech partners with Diamicron to develop diamond technology for hip implants.

01/28/03 - Sterilization Cassette Systems, Inc. to announce "Sterilization Validation Guarantee" at AAOS.

01/24/03 - MedSource Technologies announces second-quarter results.

01/21/03 - Beere Precision Medical Instruments receives ISO 13485 Certification.

01/10/03 - Friedrich Daniels GmbH is awarded ISO 9001-2000 Certification.