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Build Better Medical Devices, Faster. See What Top Engineers Do Differently.

Speed, precision, and quality aren’t optional in medical device manufacturing. This free handbook gives your team actionable ways to improve outcomes and avoid costly delays.

  • Cut prototyping and production lead times
  • Reduce costs without sacrificing performance
  • Improve manufacturability with expert DFM principles
  • Avoid QA pitfalls that delay regulatory approval

Partnering with Medical Innovators & Manufacturers

Medical manufacturing companies are tasked with uncovering life-saving innovations and delivering critical instruments, machines, and devices from the smallest implantables to the largest diagnostic machines.

Ensuring the efficacy, reliability, and durability of every piece delivered to the medical sector can be daunting unless you have a partner dedicated to the highest precision, manufacturing, and quality standards.

Photofabrication Engineering Inc. (PEI) has decades of experience and expertise partnering with leading medical manufacturers. Our engineers, manufacturers, and quality assurance professionals understand the complexity and importance of every thin metal part and component, optimizing our processes to meet stringent medical guidelines.

PEI is the world’s leading photochemical etcher of titanium, producing cranial, surgical, and maxillofacial meshes, tools, implantables, and blades essential to modern medical procedures.

The PEI Expertise

PEI is known for its 50-plus-year track record of partnering with leading medical manufacturing companies, producing parts, components, and assemblies found in medical suites, hospitals, laboratories, and diagnostic centers.

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Research & Development

Partnering with leading-edge innovators looking to solve critical challenges is where PEI’s engineers and manufacturing experts shine. Together, we bring concepts to life via design optimization, prototyping, and testing.

Engineering

PEI’s expert engineering teams at each advanced manufacturing center analyze custom designs to offer guidance on manufacturing processes and materials. Our teams collaborate with you at every stage of your project, from prototyping to production.

Precision Chemical Machining

PEI is a world leader in photochemical etching, a manufacturing process that produces thin metal parts with high precision and accuracy, cost-effectiveness, and a fast turnaround. Our expertise in titanium and 316 stainless steel sets us apart from other companies.

Forming

The PEI team offers a comprehensive range of metal bending and forming services, working with thicknesses from 0.0001” to 0.125”, tailored to meet component requirements. Each part and component undergoes meticulous inspection to ensure strength, durability, and performance.

Finishing

Finishing, plating, coating, or painting metal parts plays an essential role in maintaining the integrity of precision metal parts. PEI features expert-level experience in adhering to stringent industry standards, ensuring biodegradability and durability.

Quality Assurance

Meeting and exceeding medical industry standards is a point of pride at PEI’s advanced centers. Our team leverages decades of experience and the latest technology to ensure precision, durability, and reliability.

Solutions Gallery

Here is a sampling of the precision parts and components we’ve produced for leading medical manufacturing companies.

Reviewed, Tested and Compliant

PEI’s long history of meeting and exceeding industry standards and customer expectations began in 1968. For over 50 years, we’ve kept quality assurance at the forefront of our work by training our manufacturing teams, maintaining our equipment, and establishing rigorous internal controls. PEI holds several certifications, including ISO9001:2015, AS9100:2016, and ITAR. We adhere to MIL-STD-45662, MIL-STD-105, and ANSI/ASQC Z1.4 quality standards.

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PEI – Experts in Medical Manufacturing