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Minneapolis, July 12, 2010 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, is pleased to announce its plans to exhibit at the MD&M Minneapolis trade show, which will begin October 13, 2010. For nearly 20 years, MD&M Minneapolis has been the trusted resource for what's next in medical design and manufacturing. Regardless of your particular design and development objectives, MD&M offers everything you need to drive your project to the finish line.

Formacoat looks forward to meeting its worldwide customers to help them solve their medical coatings challenges. Please contact Mark Gross to arrange an appointment. For more information on MD&M Minneapolis, please click here.

Minneapolis, June 4, 2010 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, and Biocoat, the formulator of Hydak® hydrophilic coatings, are pleased to announce their plans to co-sponsor a "Meet the Press" style panel discussion at MD&M East. The Medical Innovation Forum will consist of a live event on the show floor at MD&M East in NYC scheduled for June 8th at 2:00 pm. For those unable to attend, a Webinar will be held within 45 days of the show. Please check our news page for more.

The live MD&M East event will feature editors of MD&DI, Medical Product Manufacturing News, European Medical Device Technology, and IVD Technology who will host a panel discussion addressing current industry topics and answer questions from the Medical Device industry. A team of top industry analysts and experts will field questions from the editors and participate in a live Q&A with the audience. Topics of discussion will include such global issues as Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Comparative Effectiveness, the FDA, Convergent and Emerging Technologies, and much more.

Mark Gross, CEO of Formacoat, said, "We are pleased to invite our many customers and partners to this highly informative seminar whose focus affects everyone in our industry."

Minneapolis, February 25, 2010 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, is pleased to announce its plans to exhibit at the BIOMEDevice trade show in Boston, Massachusetts, which will begin April 21, 2010. A visit to BIOMEDevice is the most efficient way to explore the latest advances in medical-grade materials, assembly components, electronics, design and engineering support, production equipment including automation and controls, information systems, medical device software, clinical connectivity and device interoperability, regulatory compliance, packaging materials and machinery, sterilization systems, and a full complement of contract services for every aspect of the medical product development process...from initial start-up and R&D through end-product marketing.

Formacoat looks forward to meeting its worldwide customers to help them solve their medical coatings challenges. Please contact Mark Gross to arrange an appointment. For more information on BIOMEDevice Boston, please click here.

Minneapolis, November 9, 2009 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, is pleased to announce its plans to exhibit at the MD&M West trade show in Anaheim, California, which will begin February 8, 2010. Since the inaugural event in 1985, MD&M West has provided unparalleled resources and solutions for the design and manufacture of both current and next-generation medical devices. MD&M offers the easiest and most efficient way to see first-hand, the latest advances and resources in the medical device industry.

Formacoat looks forward to meeting its worldwide customers to help them solve their medical coatings challenges. Please contact Mark Gross to arrange an appointment. For more information on MDM West, please click here.

Minneapolis, December 1, 2009 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, is pleased to announce its plans to exhibit at the LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which will be held on December 9, 2009. This event brings together life science leaders from Minnesota and around the world. Attendees of this annual conference represent the medical device, health care, pharmaceutical, biopharma, agricultural and industrial biotechnology and renewable energy sectors.

Formacoat looks forward to meeting its worldwide customers to help them solve their medical coatings challenges. Please contact Mark Gross to arrange an appointment. For more information on the LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo, please click here.

Minneapolis, June 8, 2009 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, announced today its plans to exhibit at the MDM Minneapolis trade show, which will be held on October 21, 2009. Since 1994, MD&M Minneapolis has provided an unparalleled array of resources for the design and manufacture of both current and next-generation medical devices. No other event matches the breadth and depth of MD&M in delivering the most complete and comprehensive resource for medical manufacturers.

Formacoat looks forward to meeting its worldwide customers to help them solve their medical coatings challenges. Please contact Mark Gross to arrange an appointment. For more information on MDM Minneapolis, please click here.

Minneapolis, June 8, 2009 - Formacoat, a leading contract manufacturer that applies lubricious hydrophilic coatings to medical devices, today announced the launch of its new customer friendly Web site www.formacoat.com. Formacoat provides high quality, contract manufacturing coating services to medical device manufacturers the world over. Notably, the site reflects the values and vision of its founder, Mark Gross, CEO, whose has wide ranging and varied functional industrial roles in the development, manufacture and commercialization of sodium hyaluronate, a key component of Biocoat's Hydak® coating system. Formacoat collaborates with Biocoat to bring customer's coatings solutions to life.

The site is the result of a collaboration with MVP Marketing + Design, Inc. of Minneapolis, an award-winning marketing communications firm specializing in medical device marketing. The Web site was accompanied by similarly themed communications including a new corporate capabilities brochure and tradeshow exhibit, all of which share a common identity. MVP also revised the Formacoat logo to better reflect Formacoat's ideal of helping clients to "make the tools of medicine run smoother." Drawing on distinctive and proprietary imagery, the site features useful coatings information, fluid navigation and engaging multimedia to demonstrate Formacoat's ability to apply hydrophilic coatings to diverse medical and biotechnology devices, e.g., stents, drug delivery catheters, device balloons and implants.

Formacoat plans to ramp up its 2009 marketing efforts by attending such major industry events as Life Science Alley, MDM Minneapolis, as well as MDM West in 2010.

For more information, please contact Mark Gross at Formacoat.