News from the Orthopaedic Shop Floor


07 January 2002

Astro Met Corporation Joins Leis Partners.

Press Release – Warsaw, IN

Astro Met, a forerunner in the development and manufacturing of the porous coating for orthopedic implants, joins Leis Partners. Since 1980 Astro Met has been supplying the orthopedic community with technologies and service related to porous coating of orthopedic implants. With two distinct locations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Olive Branch, Mississippi, Astro Met's services and technologies include: Porous Metal Beaded Coatings, Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Vacuum Heat Treating and Solution Annealing. "The addition of Astro Met is a natural fit for Leis Partners. Leis Partners can now provide our customers with all the components, raw material and services needed to complete ready to ship implants. This will reduce our customers lead times and total costs", stated Robert Delp, Vice President of Leis Partners. Below is a complete listing of companies, products, services and technologies provided by Leis Partners.

  • A.F. Leis – Dayton, Ohio. Custom machining of both instruments and implants for medical disciplines including hip, knee, shoulder, spinal and arthroscopy.
  • Carr Metal – Indianapolis, Indiana. Leader in delivery systems, servicing metal, plastic, hybrid and container needs to the medical industry.
  • NG Instruments – Warsaw, Indiana. State of the art producer of drill bits and taps for the medical device industry.
  • Brighton Partners – Sarasota, Florida. State of the art producer of compression-molded polyethylene for the medical device industry.
  • MDTI – Sarasota, Florida. Medical Device Testing and Innovations provide product testing and consulting services by Dr. Stephen Li.
  • Powder Alloy Corporation – Cincinnati, Ohio. Manufactures powder and spherical metals for uses in porous coating and injection molding.
  • Astro Met – Cincinnati, Ohio. Biomedical Technology Company focusing on the porous coating of orthopedic implants, Hot Isostatic Pressing, heat treating and annealing.

Leis Partners will better serve its customers through local sales representation and knowledge and expertise in medical technologies. The partners involved in Leis Partners will remain independent allowing them to continue to focus on servicing their customer base, reducing cost and lead times, while expanding product lines. Leis Partners will continue to add strategic partners to the organization as needs arise.

For more information about Leis Partners contact us at 219-372-3348 or by fax at 219-372-3349. www.leispartners.com.

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