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The Importance of Design for Manufacturing

Design for manufacturing involves efficiently designing or engineering an object. Learn how DFM works and how it improves the manufacturing process.

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Innovation

We continually innovate new thoughts and solutions to create true partnerships—enabling device development in ways only possible with our innovative technologies.

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Measurement Systems for Specialty Medical Device Injection Molding

Measurement is critical in medical device molding. Careful assessment of parts produced by specialty molding is a strong indicator of success or failure.

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Implantable and Bioresorbable Materials in Injection Molding

Bioresorbables can transform medical devices, but only when safely integrated. Here’s what you need to know to incorporate them into your products.

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Fundamentals of Micromolding: Manufacturing Miniature Plastic Components

Micromolding is a specialized manufacturing process that produces extremely small thermoplastic components. See how it works and how to optimize the process.

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Additive Manufacturing Makes Complex, First-in-Industry Medical Devices Possible

Many next-generation medical devices are only possible with additive manufacturing (AM). See how AM works and the future technologies it empowers.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Costa Rica

Spectrum Plastics Group Costa Rica serves our Latin American customers for medical tubing as well as film and packaging.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Hermann

Spectrum Plastics Group Hermann, Missouri is an expert in the laser manufacturing of high-precision products.

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Critical components, technologies, and designs to consider for catheter delivery systems

The steerable catheter market is wide open for innovation as the variety of catheter-based procedures continues to grow.

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PEEK and Beyond

Spectrum conducts a study analyzing several high-performance materials to understand their mechanical properties and how they affect production and material costs.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Sandy

Sandy Virtual Tour: specializing in tight tolerance, microbore extrusion, full-service catheter sub-assembly manufacturing.

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Micromolding

Spectrum invests in state of the art equipment at our Pittsfield, Massachusetts facility. Watch the video to learn more.

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Dilators and Sheaths

Spectrum manufactures custom and standard dilator and sheaths that support interventional therapies. Contact us today to start your project!

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Molded Components and Subassemblies

Spectrum can extrude, mold and assemble all under one roof, making us a single-source partner. Watch the video to learn more.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Pittsfield

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Virtual Tour: Operates as a precision injection molder and specializes in high performance plastic injection molding and custom tooling services.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Glens Falls

Glens Falls virtual tour: Specializing in precision extrusion and catheter sub-assembly, and the manufacturing of acetal mandrel for catheter shafts.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Tucson

Tucson specializes in design, development & manufacturing of highly-engineered catheters as well as silicone extrusions, molded components and assemblies.

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Strong upfront engineering decreases time-to-market & capital costs

Spectrum Plastics Group explains why a strong upfront engineering approach decreases time-to-market & capital costs. Learn more.

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The Extrusion of Acetal Core Mandrel at Six Sigma Quality Levels

Spectrum Plastics combines multi-layer extrusion technology with six sigma methodologies to deliver the highest quality acetal core mandrel.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore is recognized for being a pioneer in the manufacture of custom microbore tubing, high pressure braided tubing, and catheter delivery systems.

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Medical Additive Manufacturing: Innovating catheter capabilities at the component level

Case study: Learn how Spectrum Plastics Group is innovating the process of bringing medical devices to market with additive manufacturing.

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The Effect of Crystallinity on PEEK Performance in Extrusions

Spectrum performed a study to quantify the performance differences of the effect of crystallinity on PEEK extrusions. Get the results here.

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Facility Tour: Spectrum Plastics Group Reynosa

Spectrum Plastics Reynosa, Mexico supplies plastic components, sub-assemblies and finished devices to the medical and pharmaceutical industries.

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Steerable and Deflectable Catheter Capabilities

Spectrum develops and manufacture standard and customized configurations of steerable catheter delivery systems to meet your device needs.

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Long-term partnership & process optimization

Learn how Spectrum successfully launched a totally new approach to small vein reconnection that has gained worldwide acceptance in this case study.

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Well Over Decades Later...The Saga of Non-DEHP PVC and Medical Devices

Spectrum discusses the evolution of DEHP and Non-DEHP PVC in Medical Devices from a regulatory perspective. Download the full white paper for free.

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Electronic Integration for Catheter Assemblies

Our catheter assembly expertise includes integration of miniature electronic components into catheter assemblies. Watch this video to learn more.

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Film and Packaging Capabilities

Watch this video to learn more about Spectrum Plastics Group, an extruder and converter of medical films for conventional and advanced medical packaging.

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Let's Talk about PEEK and Crystallinity

PEEK provides a higher strength material for medical applications. Learn about the role crystallinity plays in PEEK's performance.

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Catheter Manufacturing

Spectrum's catheter manufacturing and vertically integrated services allow us to offer customers a single source solution for concept to production.

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How an easy-open package becomes thinner, faster, greener at less cost

The whole package: how a new, easy-open package becomes thinner, faster, greener – at less cost – in this case study by Spectrum Plastics Group.

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RF Tipping Capabilities

Watch this video to learn how Spectrum specializes in RF thermoforming including tipping, flaring, and bonding of all thermoplastics from 1F to 32F.

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Choosing Ultra Engineering Polymers for Extruded Medical Applications

Spectrum provides guidance for choosing and specifying high strength polymers for medical devices and extruded components. Download the full white paper here.

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Making next generation medical device manufacturing easy

Learn how Spectrum Plastics Group helped launch an innovative new surgical device for knee reconstruction procedures in this case study.

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Insert molding and overmolding

Watch this video to learn about Spectrum's insert molding and overmolding molding capabilities for thermoplastic and silicone polymers.

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PEEK and Medical Tubing: Here's What You Need to Know

PEEK is gaining use in medical applications as it provides a higher strength alternative to more common polymers.

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A takeover tool study – blood filtration systems for surgery

A takeover tool study. Learn how Spectrum Plastics Group manufactures blood filtration systems for surgery in this case study.

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Your Trusted Full-service Partner

Watch our video highlighting these technology platforms and learn about our full spectrum of product offerings.

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Leveraging engineer-to-engineer expertise for customer automation

Learn how Spectrum Plastics Group leverages engineer-to-engineer expertise for customer-based automation in this case study.

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Key Considerations When Selecting a Medical Injection Molder

Spectrum Plastics Group identifies key considerations for selecting a medical injection molder. Download the full report for free.

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Team up with the extrusion experts

Watch this video to learn how Spectrum Plastics provides a full range of tubing solutions & technical capabilities, unique to the medical device industry.

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A breakthrough medical procedure assisted by Spectrum Plastics Group

Learn how Spectrum Plastics Group extruded complex specialty tubing aiding in a breakthrough procedure that improves women's health in this case study.

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The Science of Multi-Layer Extruded Tubing

Spectrum Plastics discusses the multi-layer coextrusion process of dissimilar and similar polymers. Download the full white paper here.

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In-house precision tool making

Watch this video to see how the in-house expertise of our mold designers lets us collaborate with our customers in every element of the product lifecycle.

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Not Just a Molding Component Manufacturer

Spectrum Plastics is a full-service medical device manufacturer with the ability & expertise to execute projects across the stage gate innovation process.

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Spectrum Plastics Group Company Video

Watch this video to learn more about Spectrum Plastics Group, the new face of medical plastics. We inject passion into everything we do.