Precision Gasket Company Designated as 2006 MDEA® Supplier

Precision Gasket Company, a Minneapolis-based leader in the non-metallic parts industry, has been honored as a supplier to a winning product in the 2006 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, the premier awards program for the medical technology community. During the entry process for this year's awards program, Precision Gasket Company was named by Smiths Medical MD Inc. as a supplier to the Cleo 90 Infusion set. Precision Gasket Company will attend the awards presentation that will be held in conjunction with the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East 2006 Conference in New York City on June 7th, 2006.

Precision Gasket Company is a key supplier to Smiths Medical MD as a custom manufacturer providing engineering and manufacturing support. Precision Gasket Company has become an active participant in the medical market contributing their expert engineering and design capabilities and innovative manufacturing processes.

The MDEA competition is the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical products. The MDEA program includes specific recognition for suppliers whose products are integral to the success of the award-winning product. “These companies are among the best in a wide-ranging vendor community, all of whose efforts play a vital role in enabling medical device manufacturers to produce award-winning products,” according to the MDEA website.