Precision Associates Summer 2025 Newsletter
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 [...]
Order Minimums/Price changes effective January 1, 2025
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 [...]
New Pricing on Extreme Low Temp FKM Materials
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 [...]
PAI Achieves 13485:2016 Certification
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 [...]
Notification: FDA Fluorocarbon Compounds
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 [...]
MIL-DTL-25988 Specification Update
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. [...]
Reformulation Notification for Silicone Compound 19711
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 [...]
Planned Reformulation of FDA Fluorocarbon Compounds
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 [...]
Precision Associates, Inc. expands its ISO Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing space to meet growing customer demand
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 [...]
PAI Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal on Manufacturing During Omicron Outbreak
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 [...]