What Makes PDC the Market Leader in Micro Molding?
That’s easy. At PDC, we know the success of your project depends on an unwavering focus on the details. Leverage our 30+ years of experience. Our production takes place in our state-of-the-art, ISO Class VIII environmentally-controlled clean room. The products we manufacture meet exceedingly high requirements, and we are pioneers in breakthrough technologies. As a result, we are an established leader in our field.
What We Offer
The products that PDC manufactures for the healthcare and life sciences meet exceedingly high requirements. We proudly offer:
- Micro Molding
- Micro on Macro Molding
- Surface Enhancement
- Prototyping
- Micro Titre Plates
- Micro Fluidic Cartridges
Micro Molding You Can Trust
The MedTech and Life Science markets are a constantly and rapidly changing landscape. As technology expands, so does the many possibilities for new, innovative medical devices and implants. That’s why it’s crucial to find a trusted leader in the field of micro molding to help. When you choose PDC, you’ll be working with a top industry expert.
- State-of-the-art equipment and technology
- Highly skilled, experienced workforce
- Customer relationships based on trust
- Micro-on-Macro features expertise
- Exclusively cleanroom production and assembly
- ISO: 13485:2016 Certification
Components You Need
PDC excels at providing customers in the healthcare and life science fields with the technically demanding parts they need. We design for manufacturability, with in-house mold production and cleanroom production and assembly. When you work with PDC, you can count on us to produce the components you need, when you need them. We provide:
- High-performance materials (COP/COC, PEEK, PSU, TPE)
- Injection, injection/compression, multi-material and insert molding
- All tooling produced in-house
- Implantable components
- Deployment tool components
- Cartridges for micro fluidic devices
- Custom solid-and-film-bottom Micro-Titer plates
Why Choose PDC?
We offer our customers 30 plus years of tenacious problem solving. In fact, we’re proud to take on the jobs that intimidate other molders. And, we’re here for you from the beginning to the end of your project. Learn more about the PDC Difference:
Produced in the USA
We only produce in the USA, cutting out logistical barriers to better serve the North American market.
Quicker Decisions
PDC's size allows us to offer our customers quicker decision making and flexibility.
In-House Tooling
We produce our tooling in-house, which gives us more control over timelines, part iterations, and scheduling.
ISO:13485 Certified
All production is performed in an ISO Class VIII cleanroom, using ISO 13485 manufacturing protocols.
Our Facility
PDC boasts a 20,000 square foot integrated tooling and manufacturing facility dedicated to healthcare and life sciences. Our facility is process-focused for ease of internal communication, efficient operations, and material flow. All departments are within 100 feet of each other. We are an exclusively cleanroom production and assembly facility, featuring first-rate equipment for greater control over quality and lead times. We are proudly certified to the latest ISO:13485:2016 standard. As a world-class molding company, we are a competent and trustworthy partner, whether you’re a startup company or blue-chip manufacturer.
The Industries We Serve
Within the medical sector, micro molding has applications across both the medical device and life sciences markets. Learn more about the industries PDC proudly serves.
CARDIOVASCULAR
Components for cardiovascular deployment tools
CARDIO RHYTHM MANAGEMENT
Electronic chassis, strain reliefs, header components
NEUROMODULATION
Electrode fixation components, electronic chassis, header components
LIFE SCIENCES
Consumables that include microfluidics, microplates, PCR systems, and test cartridges
NEUROLOGICAL AND SPINAL
Spinal fixation, annulus repair
ORTHOPEDICS
Sports medicine device components, fixation screws, orthopedic implants, soft tissue fixation
High-Tech Injection Molding Manufacturer Adds to Management Team
Plastic Design Corporation, a Vance Street Capital portfolio company, is excited to announce Jeff Kyle has been appointed CEO of Plastic Design Corporation (PDC), effective immediately.
Mr. Kyle has nearly 25 years of experience in the medical device industry, including senior leadership roles in product development, engineering, and manufacturing. He brings extensive experience partnering with prominent life science, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies throughout the product life cycle, from design and development through commercialization and sustaining. Prior to joining PDC, he held senior roles at West Pharmaceutical Services, Pall Corporation & Beckman Coulter where he was most recently responsible for development of proprietary drug delivery systems. Mr. Kyle has a MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
Mark Kinder, founder of PDC, will continue to support the business in an advisory capacity, focusing in areas such as strategic planning, technology development and opportunity assessment of new markets and customers. Additionally, Mr. Kinder will play in pivotal role as the company enters into its next stage of growth, providing his vast depth of knowledge and experience in support of the transition to the new leadership team. “PDC’s future is in great hands with Jeff joining as the new CEO. Jeff’s industry experience, strong technical background and his focus on operational excellence will benefit the entire organization” said PDC’s founder, Mark Kinder.
With the recent investment by Vance Street Capital, PDC has added additional engineering resources to increase production capacity to scale both development services and contract manufacturing.
“Jeff has an extensive high-tech injection molding background. With his engineering perspective and deep understanding of the complexities in the product development life cycle he will be vital to customers as they face the challenges of advancing new life saving devices,” said Michael Janish, managing partner at Vance Street Capital.
Please join us in congratulating Jeff on his role!
About Plastic Design Corporation
Founded in 1991 by Mark Kinder, PDC is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. PDC is known for its micro-molding and “micro-on-macro” solutions, but also possesses injection-compression and over-molding capabilities. PDC’s customers include the leading medical device OEMs focused on high-growth therapies and major life science companies focused on the emerging microfluidics product landscape. For more information, please visit www.plasticdesigncorporation.com
About Vance Street Capital LLC
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information please visit: www.vancestreetcapital.com.
Contact:
Jeri Lynne Swamp, Digital Marketing Manager
P: 860-331-9935
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles – December 22, 2021 – Vance Street Capital LLC (“Vance Street”), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Plastic Design Corporation. Plastic Design Corporation (“PDC”) is a leading U.S.-based contract manufacturer of micro-molded plastic components for the MedTech and Life Science markets.
Founded in 1991 by Mark Kinder, PDC is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. PDC is a family-owned business known for its micro-molding and “micro-on-macro” solutions, but also possesses injection-compression and over-molding capabilities. PDC’s customers include the leading medical device OEMs focused on high-growth therapies and major life science companies focused on the emerging microfluidics product landscape.
“Vance Street’s long and impressive record of successfully partnering with family-owned businesses in the medical component manufacturing space made them the ideal partner for PDC’s next chapter of growth,” said Mark Kinder, who will resume as President of PDC. Finding a partner that could come in and provide not only growth-based resources, but also one that valued the technology and employee base we have built over the past several decades was an important decision factor in finding our next partner,” said Mark Kinder. “Vance Street truly understood and respected those aspects of our business.”
Vance Street has partnered with several other highly complementary medtech businesses focused on interventional and advanced surgical markets including Applied Plastics, Motion Dynamics and Wytech Industries. Each of these companies play an important role in every step of the development and manufacturing of life saving products with capabilities including wire-based micro-components & subassemblies, specialty medical wire and metal tube solutions, and proprietary PTFE coatings.
“We are honored to be partnering with the Kinder family during the company’s exciting next phase,” said Mike Janish, Managing Partner at Vance Street. “This transaction is another example of our strategy to partner with family-owned businesses who are industry leaders with a collaborative technical customer approach to serve the interventional and advanced surgical component markets.”
“PDC is a great opportunity for Vance Street to leverage its value-creation playbook and network within medical manufacturing to continue to build on the platform the Kinder family has established over nearly 30 years,” said Steve Sandbo, Principal at Vance Street. “With the addition of PDC, we are able to compliment Wytech, Motion Dynamics & Applied Plastics customer base with additional technology and manufacturing capabilities.”
Paul Hastings LLP acted as legal advisor to Vance Street Capital. MNC Capital and Brown Moskowitz & Kallen, P.C. served as financial and legal advisors to PDC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Vance Street Capital LLC
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information please visit: www.vancestreetcapital.com.
Contact:
Jeri Lynne Swamp, Digital Marketing Manager
P: 860-331-9935
March 1, 2022 – Visit Plastic Design Corporation at MD&M West 2022. MD&M West brings together Medtech engineers, business leaders, disruptive companies, and innovative thinkers to create powerful solutions and life-changing medical devices.
Booth # 1782
April 12-14, 2022
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
Contact PDC Today
If your company is ready to take advantage of the quality and expertise PDC provides, we want to hear from you! To learn more about our products and services, and how we can help you, contact us today via phone at (480) 596-9380, or by filling out our convenient contact form below.