Specialty Silicone Fabricators Moves Into New Facility

Specialty Silicone Fabricators (SSF) has opened a new facility in Paso Robles, Calif. The 102,000 square foot property will house all current Paso Robles departments, operations and administration under one roof, consolidating all the old offices which SSF will no longer will be using. The company also has facilities in Tustin, Calif., and Elk Rapids, Mich. The company aims for more efficiency, with all operations in one location.  According to SSF, the new facility will provide the flexible environment necessary for successful Lean manufacturing.

The new facility includes a 3,500 square-foot ISO 7 Class 10,000 cleanroom as well as 35,000 square-feet of ISO 8 Class 100,000 cleanroom space.

“Specialty Silicone Fabricators’ new facility [will power] our expansion into new markets with combination products—the science of combining active pharmaceutical ingredients with medical devices, as well as new medical materials such as hybrid polyurethane-silicone,” said Kevin Meyer, president of SSF. “The larger facility was designed to support our growing medical device manufacturing so that we can maximize our progressive partnerships. Our experienced and talented engineers partner with our clients, from raw material choice, to design for manufacturability all the way through packaging, ensuring both high value and consistent high-quality output.”

In response to a growing global demand for medical silicone device components, SSF has already been expanding into new markets—which, as Meyer said, is the current driver behind the company. SSF is experiencing more business not only in the United States but in China, India, Japan and Europe as well.

SSF provides silicone fabrication and medical device assembly for medical device companies. As well as silicone extrusion and thin film processing, the company performs micromolding, coating eservices and device assembly, final package design and validation, and high tolerance thermoplastic extrusions.