Secant Group in the News and Company Updates

Nov 14, 2018 Secant Group, LLC Milestone: 75th Anniversary Secant Group is proud to announce that we have reached another milestone in our lengthy company history. November 2018 marks the 75^th anniversary of our company.
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Jul 31, 2018 Secant Group Announces Collaboration with Orgenesis and Atvio Biotech

Secant Group announces collaboration with Orgenesis and Atvio Biotech, to develop and commercialize scaffold technologies for advanced cell therapies.

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Jun 25, 2018 Secant Group featured in Medical Design Briefs

Secant Group is featured in Medical Design Briefs. The article, “Innovations in Textile Engineering and Advanced Biomaterials”, discusses the use of textile design engineering and biomaterials to improve regenerative medical implants.
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Mar 20, 2018 Fenner PLC Becoming Part of the Michelin Group Fenner PLC, the parent company of Secant Group and SanaVita Medical, has agreed to a transaction with Michelin, which when completed will lead to Fenner becoming part of the Michelin Group. Jeff Robertson, President of Secant Group and SanaVita, released this statement to the companies’ partners.
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Mar 15, 2018 Secant Group to Participate in The Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting Secant Group is excited to participate in the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting April 11-14 in Atlanta, GA. Clinicians, researchers, and medical device manufacturers from across the country and around the world will convene in Atlanta to discuss their latest research.
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Mar 02, 2018 Secant Group Inspires Next Generation of Innovators Secant Group (Telford, PA) recently hosted a group of high school cadets from Valley Forge Military Academy to help develop their understanding and awareness of the diversity of career paths available in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Feb 22, 2018 Secant Group Receives Medtronic 2017 Supplier Excellence Award Secant Group is proud to announce we have been selected to receive the Medtronic 2017 Supplier Excellence Award.
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Jan 16, 2018 Secant Group Develops the First Synthetic Regenerative Cardiovascular Graft Secant Group, in partnership with its sister company SanaVita Medical, announce game changing technology to advance cardiovascular regenerative medicine with the development of a synthetic, small bore, vessel that encourages endogenous regeneration and new vessel formation.
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Jan 05, 2018 Nanowear and The Secant Group Announce Exclusive Partnership Nanowear, the leader in cloth-based diagnostic monitoring nanosensor technology, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive, worldwide supply-chain partnership agreement with The Secant Group for scaled manufacturing and production of its medical-grade cloth-based nanosensor technology.
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Oct 10, 2017 Secant Group Hosting On-Campus Job Fair Secant Group will be hosting an on-campus job fair at our Quakertown facility, located at 195 O’Neill Dr, Quakertown, PA 18951. On-the-spot interviews will he held for a variety of positions on Thursday, October 19th from 3 pm to 7 pm and Saturday, October 21 fro 10 am to 1 pm. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online prior to the event.
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Dec 14, 2016 Secant Group Sets New Standard for Medical Device and Component Manufacturing The Secant Group recently renovated two facilities into state of the art manufacturing, research, and office spaces. The driving objective of this investment was to offer new benefits to our customers utilizing the latest design and technologies to help get their products to market faster.
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Dec 07, 2016 3 Key Trends of a Single Integrated Contract Manufacturing Organization Medical device manufacturers face a daunting challenge in today's market. In addition to understanding stringent government regulatory requirements to ensure products are safe and effective, they must also bear the burden of understanding the complexities and rigors involved in moving their innovative concepts through the product development phases while driving the cost down.
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Nov 30, 2016 Accelerated Development: Keeping Innovation on Schedule Aging demographics, increasing health conditions, and pressures to treat patients more cost efficiently are driving the medical device market toward new product innovation. Custom development and new conceptual typically trigger lengthy schedules and delays; however, there are services available to help expedite development.
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Nov 07, 2016 Secant Group Launches Regenerez® Extruded Components Secant Group will announce the launch of Regenerez® Extruded Components at the Compamed tradeshow in Düsseldorf Germany November 14-17, 2016.
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Oct 11, 2016 Secant Group Develops Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Fiber Structure for Aerospace and Satellite Applications The discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in 1991 ushered in a new era in materials science. These structures have unique electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties. CNT are at least 100 times stronger than steel, but only one-sixth as heavy, so nanotube fibers add strength to materials and structures. Nanotubes also conduct heat and electricity better than traditional metals or fibers.
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Jun 01, 2016 Secant Group’s New Business Framework Brings Innovative Products to Market Through Advanced Materials and Process Technologies Defining the future of advanced materials and engineered products is the ambitious vision set by the newly named US corporation, the Secant Group, LLC. As the newly formed parent company for Secant Medical Components and Secant Technical Materials, combined with sister company SanaVita Medical, LLC, the Secant Group works with innovative teams in industries ranging from medical devices and pharmaceuticals to space and energy to bring extraordinary solutions to market.
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Feb 11, 2016 Secant Medical Develops Biomedical 3-D Textile Engineering Technology Secant Medical has developed a new 3-D textile engineering technology by integrating traditional textile engineering with advanced biomaterials.
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Feb 02, 2016 Secant Medical Releases Regenerez® Antimicrobial Study Results Secant Medical releases new study results for a series of Regenerez®-based materials which exhibit >99.99% antibacterial activity against a range of bacterial species.
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Sep 30, 2015 Secant Medical to Present the Prevention of Device Implant Infections at MD&M Philadelphia Jeremy Harris, technical director at Secant Medical, will present “Medical Materials to the Rescue: Leveraging Polymer Innovation to Prevent Device Implant Infections” at the MD&M Philadelphia Conference during the New Materials/Medtech Polymers session on October 8th from 11:15-11:45 a.m.
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Sep 01, 2015 Secant Medical to Present Controlled Release Kinetics of Vitamin Loaded Poly(glycerol sebacate) at the 2015 TERMIS World Congress Secant Medical's research involving the controlled release kinetics of poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) has been accepted for presentation at the 2015 TERMIS World Congress in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jun 29, 2015 Secant Medical Moves Corporate Headquarters to Telford Secant Medical announced today the corporate headquarters have moved to 551 East Church Avenue, Telford, Pennsylvania 18969 from its long time Perkasie location.
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Mar 31, 2015 Secant Medical to Discuss Creation and Commercialization of New Biomaterials at Society for Biomaterials 2015 Annual Meeting Secant Medical will present “Building a New Biomaterial: From Creation to Commercialization” at the Society for Biomaterials 2015 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC on Friday, April 17 and exhibit in booth #301.
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Mar 16, 2015 Polymer Principles Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO)

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Jan 28, 2015 Secant Medical Brings Versatile Biomaterials and Coated Composite Structures to MD&M West Secant Medical will present its latest advances in biomaterials, coated composite structures, and biomedical textiles during the MD&M West tradeshow, February 10–12, 2015, at booth #1973.
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Jan 09, 2015 Bioresorbable Technology from Secant Medical Addresses Limitations of PLA and PGA Not all bioresorbables are created equal. Poly lactic acid (PLA) and poly glycolic acid (PGA) are the most common go-to materials for the fabrication of resorbable implants—devices that perform a function and, once completed, are resorbed by the body. They have their drawbacks, however: PLA and PGA may leave behind an unwanted souvenir—inflammation—as they leave the body, and, because they are stiff materials, they do not conform well to the elastic nature of tissue. Regenerez technology based on poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) from Secant Medical offers an alternative.
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