PRESS RELEASE
| For Immediate
Release
Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
Contact:
Noel LaBine
763-477-3086 |
Sil-Pro
Holds Open House
Delano , MN -- With
a large white tent, and balloons, guest were greeted to
the Open House that Sil-Pro, a medical device manufacturer,
held in Delano on June 19 th . The guest list read like
a Who's Who list of medical device manufacturers. Engineers
from Boston Scientific, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, and
others were all over the place.
On the second floor
several vendors were allowed to set-up booth space, and
there were representatives from several silicon vendors.
Guests were given a tour of the plant, and over a hundred
showed up to do the tours. On the south side of the parking
lot, food was served under the large white tent. In the
pleasant weather, many enjoyed the barbecued pork chops,
beans, and salads. Later in the afternoon, a band played
music, Corvettes were on display and Cal Brandt did an air
show with his bi-wing airplane.
Sil-Pro, located
in Delano , specializes in custom molded and extruded silicone
parts for the medical industry. Customers for this growing
high-tech business include major national firms such as
C.R. Bard, Entegris, Guidant Corp., Johnson & Johnson,
Medtronic Inc., Sharkey, St. Jude Medical Inc., and 3M Co.
Noel
LaBine, Director of the Wright County Economic Development
Partnership, was at the event and visited with several of
the members of Sil-Pro including Lee Carver, founder of
the medical silicone molder Sil-Pro, L.L.C. and the Rubber
& Plastics News' 2005 Rubber Industry Executive
of the Year. Lee's son, Kevin Carver is now the CEO. Their
partner, Paul Kadue of Precision Associates, Inc. in Minneapolis
was also at the event. Larry Dressen, Fuel Cell Program
engineer at Entegris, said, “This is a First Class company”.
Sil-Pro has been manufacturing devices for the Entegris
Fuel cell project for over two years.
LaBine joined a tour given by Matt Erson, Senior engineer
at Sil-Pro. Others on tour inlcude Scott Fritz of the State
Bank of Delano , Larry Dressen of Entegris, and Karen and
Wally Hanson of Precision Associates
The Partnership
exists to enhance the business climate of Wright County
and help create more jobs in Wright County . The strategies
the Partnership uses to achieve its mission include being
an information resource and finding technical assistance;
aiding business development through Business Retention
& Expansion visits, providing financing resources,
and providing business information and training through
seminars and workshops. Also, the Partnership markets
Wright County to business site locators, and maintains
an excellent website, which includes a listing of commercial
and industrial property available in Wright County (see
www.wrightpartnership.org
). The Partnership also assists with Workforce Development
and has gathered economic statistical information, which
is available on its website.
