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Medical Design & Manufacturing West Recap

March 28, 2012 14 years ago Comments Off on Medical Design & Manufacturing West Recap

  Recently Matt Keats from Keats Southwest took a trip out to Anaheim for this year’s Medical Design & Manufacturing West Exposition andConference. The MD&M show is a comprehensive resource for every aspect of the medical device industry. It gathers medtech professionals and leading medical OEM suppliers together all in one convenient location. Gatherings like […]

More Medical Devices, Less Red Tape

February 20, 2012 14 years ago Comments Off on More Medical Devices, Less Red Tape

The FDA recently announced that they have reached a tentative user fee deal with the $105.8 billion U.S. medical device industry. The deal allows the FDA to collect around $500 million from the various companies over the next five years. In return, for this near doubling of fees, companies – and in turn patients – […]

Keats and Autodesk: a winning and innovative team

February 12, 2012 14 years ago Comments Off on Keats and Autodesk: a winning and innovative team

  At Keats, we make some of the most intricate custom small metal stampings, wire forms, and assemblies around.  At all three of our locations, we are proud to bring our customers high-quality services and excellent design capabilities.  Unlike some of our competitors, Keats engineers all of our own dies and tools. This kind of […]

U.S. and European Steel Prices

February 1, 2012 14 years ago Comments Off on U.S. and European Steel Prices

If your company relies on a steady supply of steel, you are probably quite aware that the price of U.S. benchmark hot-rolled coil steel recently hit a two-year high of $783 a ton. At the same time, European steel prices have fallen, leaving a $128-a-ton gap between the two regions. That’s both good and bad […]

An EcoBoost for the Environment

January 22, 2012 14 years ago Comments Off on An EcoBoost for the Environment

  There has been a great deal of talk about the future of alternative fuels. From electric to natural gas to hybrids, it often seems that the auto industry is only focused on moving away from fossil fuels and combustion engines. But in fact that is not really the case. Major auto makers like Ford […]