Soaking up the Sun Precision Associates has installed over 40,000 square feet of solar panels on the roof of its Minneapolis facility to leverage the region’s average of 208 sunny days per year. The system will produce 791 kW of energy! This renewable energy initiative supports the company’s sustainability goals while reducing operational costs by utilizing 100% [...]
November 18, 2024 RE: Order Minimums/Price changes effective January 1, 2025. Dear PAI Customer, The following changes will go into effect for all new orders on January 1, 2025. Minimum order values will change as detailed below: Clean Room Products, FKM, and TFE/P (Aflas®) products available from stock $100.00 order min/$50.00 line min Clean Room [...]
PAI has introduced new pricing on two (2) FKM materials that have proven to be a good fit for sealing applications with exposure to frigid temperatures. Compounds 9705 and 9905 have outstanding low temp flexibility and maintain long term sealing force. The customer portal has updated pricing on these materials. Contact Customer Service with any [...]
Precision Associates, Inc. achieves 13485:2016 certification for best practices in medical device production MINNEAPOLIS—Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI), a provider of high-performance, consistent sealing solutions and precision-molded rubber products, is proud to announce that it has achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification for medical device production. The ISO 13485: 2016 is an international standard that details the requirements [...]
Dear Valued customer, This is a notification of an upcoming change that impacts several of the Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) FDA Fluorocarbon compounds. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are [...]
After months of research and testing new polymers and formulations to meet MIL-DTL-25988 Rev D, Colman Dungan, PAI Chemist realized that this specification is impossible to meet with the current Fluorosilicone polymers on the market. He emailed the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) the organization responsible for the management of this specification. He let them [...]
This is a notification regarding the planned reformulation of Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) general purpose silicone compound 19711. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are fulfilling our commitment to providing [...]
This is a notification of a planned reformulation of several of the Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) FDA Fluorocarbon compounds. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are fulfilling our commitment to [...]
Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI), a provider of high-performance, consistent sealing solutions and precision-molded rubber products, recently completed a significant cleanroom expansion in its 130,000-square foot Minneapolis facility. The now 13,000-square foot ISO Class 7 cleanroom will allow the company to meet growing demand for rubber part manufacturing from current and new medical device and other [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports on manufacturers response to the Omicron variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus in the United States. With short supply, limited staff and rising costs, manufacturers across the country are experiencing new challenges to meet demand while keeping employees safe. Bradley Kadue, president, shared how PAI recently reintroduced a mask mandate for [...]