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Capital Improvements at PPI & Medicraft

PPI and Medicraft continue to decommission outdated equipment and replace them with their latest technological equivalent. I goal is to improve speed, capacity and capabilities. To date, PPI has completed installations for 2 EDMs and one milling machine. They have one turning center installation scheduled for the end of this month. At Medicraft, rough and

Maker World Faire | New York

September 23 + 24, 2017, New York City, NY | 10AM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday This is an exciting family event for parents with kids who love technology, inventions and building things of all kinds. From Solid Work APPS for kids to Power Racing Series for Vehicles, Engineering, Fabrication, and Fashion enthusiast. This is

Introducing A New Uniform Program For PPI

At the last PPI Q2 company-wide meeting, John Phillips introduced the upcoming uniform program to the staff and it was well received. The new uniforms offer a more professional corporate image while providing style and comfort for our staff. The program features two styles; 1. Black/Blue Shirt and Pant for CNC Mill, Lathe, Screw

Introducing 3-D Printing Technology at Medicraft

Medicraft is using in-house 3D printing technology to produce and test prototypes as well as design new concepts for OEMs over the past few months. Our engineering team has enjoyed using the technology and is now maximizing the resource to cultivate new business opportunities while supporting the needs of existing customer initiatives.

A Move Toward In-house Additive Manufacturing at PPI

PPI's engineering teams, along with our new technician in training have been now designing prototypes for select projects and producing custom fixturing to improve service applications with great results. Particularly, the VMM Fixture which allows an operator to load up to 26 pieces at once, rather than the single piece process currently used is drastically

PPI News: Successful Chip Compactor Shine Event

This "Shine Event" has been in the works for quite some time and the final result is impressive!! Sincere thanks to all who made this possible.

Sincere Thanks from SeaSpine

PPI received a terrific thank you letter from Tyler Holschlag, Senior Engineer at Sea Spine, acknowledging our team for the support and hardwork they received on thier latest project. All of us at PPM take pride in how hard we work each and every one of our customers every day, however it's even more gratifying

PPI Milling Department News

PPI Red Team Recognized for Innovative Thinking At the conclusion of PPI's weekly 5S meeting with the RED team, Mike Galella, 5S Operations Manager/Dept. 300, took some time to recognize the following Associates for the thinking, development and creation of a Pin Holding device that will be utilized at all 50 Milling Centers. Peter Majestic –

PPM Participates in ODT Featured Article

Implant Disruption | Additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies provide alternative fabrication strategies for orthopedic implants.  By Mark Crawford, Contributing Writer | May 19, 2017 Perhaps no other industry has such a locked-in growth market as orthopedic manufacturers do with the retiring baby boomer generation. Boomers have more dispensable income than previous generations, as well

PPM Welcomes Tommy Johns

Tommy Johns joined the Phillips team as Process Engineering Manager. He will be working on Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives throughout our implant and instrumentation facility.  Tommy came to us from Weiss-Aug Co in East Hanover, NJ.  Weiss-Aug is a component manufacturer for the medical device and automotive industries.  While there he held the title

New Promotional Video for PPI

The following promotional video could not have been created without the support and access provided by PPI's entire team. Their patience, guidance, and availability facilitated our ability to capture the beautiful imagery needed to produce effective marketing assets.

New Delivery Systems Promotional Video

With the creative support of David Seiz, access and support from Juan Rivera and Medicraft's entire team, we've produced a new and highly effective promotional video featuring Medicraft's capabilities in support of PPMs new trade show booth/kiosk. Our sincere thanks for all the time and support from Medicraft's entire team.