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SSG's New Automated Medical Device Coating Production Line
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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,...

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Myths vs Facts: PTFE, PFAS and the Drive for PTFE-Free Medical Coatings

Fluoropolymers are used nearly everywhere, in almost every major manufacturing sector. Those of us who formulate and apply the coatings, and our medical device manufacturing customers, understand the unique benefits they bring to everyday life, but most others do not. They have come under fire for allegedly causing harm to people and the environment.  In...

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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...

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Trends in PTFE Coated Guidewires

Surface Solutions Group contributed editorial content to a recent Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO) magazine article about the thrombectomy device market. Our subject matter expert, George Osterhout, SSG President, focused on trends in PTFE coated guidewires. Here is a summary of our contributed content, as well as other guidewire coating trends we’re observing. With cardiovascular disease...