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Medical Component Specialists, provider of precision medical components, proudly announces that Chris Hester has joined the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Hester’s appointment marks a milestone in the company’s 2026 leadership team expansion and signals an era of forward momentum, capacity scaling, and international growth.
Hester brings over 30 years of experience driving outstanding customer experience, optimizing manufacturing processes, and developing new markets to create stakeholder value. Before joining Medical Component Specialists, Hester served for many years as CEO of Grover Precision during a period when that company entered new business lines, added new facilities, engineered proprietary new products, and built out its team to better serve its customers, including many of the largest medical device OEMs and their manufacturing partners.
Hester joins the executive team at a time of expansion for the company, coinciding with the operational launch of Medical Component Specialists’ new Costa Rican manufacturing facility. Located in the free trade zone outside Orotina, this over 20,000-square-foot facility utilizes a proprietary, fully automated grinding process that delivers immediate capacity and value benefits to manufacturers and is a testament to the company’s commitment to scalable innovation. The facility is launching with 20 CNC work centers, with plans to double capacity within the next six months to support accelerating global demand.
Source: Medical Component Specialists
