When it comes to coating silicone components in medical devices, engineers have long relied on parylene (a widely used term for poly-para-xylylene). But as device designs become more complex – and performance expectations rise – traditional solutions don’t always keep up. That’s where Surface Solutions Group’s Slick Sil® LSR stands out. Designed specifically for silicone...
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Medical Device Coatings Blog
Intern to Engineer – Investing in Young Manufacturing Engineering Careers
Surface Solutions Group (SSG) and our sister company Orion Industries are obsessed with quality. Our work impacts the lives of real people – our customers, their customers, and ultimately the end users. We are engineering-focused – we solve problems from the root cause and invest in innovative technologies to continuously improve. We also invest in...
Surface Solutions Group Expands its Automated Medical Device Coating Capacity
CHICAGO, May 14, 2025 – Surface Solutions Group, LLC (SSG), a leading provider of proven medical device coating technologies, has expanded its production capacity with the addition of a new automated electrostatic robotic coating line. This latest investment brings SSG’s total to 30 coating lines – 12 automated electrostatic robotic lines, 8 automated dip lines,...
Answering Your Common Medical Device Coating Questions
With more than six decades of coating expertise, the Surface Solutions Group team is often asked questions about our medical grade coatings and their application to a variety of medical devices and components. Here are the answers to some of the more common medical device coating questions. Q: What is PTFE coating? A: PTFE, or Polytetrafluoroethylene,...
SSG Completes ISO 13485:2016 Audit with Zero-Findings, 3 Years in a Row!
As an ISO 13485:2016 certified company, Surface Solutions Group strives to constantly meet or exceed our customer’s requirements in quality, service and delivery. We monitor and maintain all of these and other critical operational statistics daily. SSG participates in routine Quality Management System audits, independently conducted by NSF ISR. The last audit concluded on July...




