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Precision Coating has appointed Michael Duquette as Group Vice President of Operations. Duquette brings decades of medical device manufacturing experience from senior-level positions within the industry at Infraredx, Omni Lifesciences, Insulet and MedSource Technologies, among others. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a materials science emphasis from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Duquette, a Master Black Belt, applies lean principles to engineering, manufacturing and supply chain management disciplines. He brings extensive knowledge of ERP and manufacturing execution systems implementation and management.
Bill Ellerkamp, PCCI’s President, said about Duquette’s arrival at the company, “Mike comes to us with a wealth of insight and practical experience in medical device manufacturing, backed up by exceptional energy, a lean toolkit, a can-do attitude, and a roll-up-the-sleeves and collaborate approach with people. Mike deepens our management team and will certainly help us continue to deliver customer value through quality, delivery, and efficiency enhancements.”
Precision Coating provides coating and specialized metal-finishing services to the medtech industry for applications including orthopedic implants and instruments. The GlideLine™ family of medical device coating finishes is among the broadest offerings of applied fluoropolymer (PTFE) coatings in the industry, customized to optimize the design, quality and performance characteristics of medical products. The InfiNiTiCoat™ proprietary low-temp cure process is optimized for coating performance on nitinol devices; specifically optimized to preserve the desired characteristics of nitinol in wire, strip and tube forms.
