Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
As medical devices and components become smaller and more complex, they present unique challenges for many conformal coatings. Poly(para-xylylene), better known as Parylene, is an ultrathin, inert, transparent coating that meets these challenges by providing dielectric and barrier properties, extreme chemical inertness and freedom from ...
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
As part of the opening ceremony of its new parylene coating facility in Galway, Ireland, Metal Improvement Company (MIC) is hosting a complimentary seminar on advanced surface technologies for the medical device industry. The session will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Galway on Thursday 24 March and will ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) has announced new dates for its 2010 road trip, which was cancelled last spring because of a certain Icelandic volcano by the name of—take a deep breath—Eyjafjallajökull. The one-day seminars on the use of Parylene coatings in medical and other applications will be held on 21 ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) has opened its newest Parylene coating facility in Plzen, Czech Republic, approximately 100 km southwest of Prague. The 930-sq-m facility is SCS’s third European plant, joining existing sites in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and represents the company’s 10th coating centre worldwide. The two-level facility is comprised ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) has announced its spring 2010 parylene seminar schedule. The complimentary one-day seminars will discuss the applications of parylene polymers for the medical device, electronics, automotive and aerospace industries. A technical specialist from SCS will lead the events, which will detail the use of parylene conformal coatings for ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
A series of free one-day seminars on coating with Parylene will take place in France and Germany in April. Organised by Specialty Coating Systems, the seminars will address some of the most common surface modification challenges facing the medical device and other industries.
A choice of locations are offered:
Toulouse, France – ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Discovered in 1947 and commercialized in 1965, parylene coatings are well-suited for use on biomedical instrumentation because the polymer provides a nonreactive, inert, and pinhole-free barrier. Its strength and purity allows for functional utilization with implantable devices. Specialty Coating Systems (SCS), a provider of parylene coating services for advanced technologies, will host ...
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