Canon Virginia, Inc. to Showcase Company's Custom Manufacturing Capabilities at PLASTEC West

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating its innovative approach to custom manufacturing solutions, Canon Virginia, Inc. (CVI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., will attend the PLASTEC West expo, a conference focused on plastics technologies and advanced design solutions. CVI focuses on providing custom manufacturing solutions, including precision mold making for the medical device industry.

"PLASTEC West provides us with a tremendous opportunity to demonstrate the great work that CVI does to deliver custom made solutions that meet the high expectations of our customers," said Ron Kurz, senior director and operations manager, Medical Business Division. "We look forward to connecting with industry leaders as we leverage CVI's three decades of expertise to apply a highly developed quality-management system across every process and product."

Since announcing its entry into the medical contract manufacturing arena at the 2017 PLASTEC West expo, CVI has added molding capabilities under its medical quality management system. Molding presses include: two 75-ton Sumitomo, one-50 ton Sumitomo and one-33 ton Milacron Roboshot, as well as a mobile clean room and mobile injection unit for two shot molding.

Also announced in 2017, CVI's collaboration with CVR Global Inc., on behalf of CVR Medical Corp. (CVM.V) ("CVR Medical").  CVI provides the manufacturing services needed to support the market entry of  CVR Medical's Carotid Stenotic Scan (CSS), which is being designed to access arterial health. CVR Medical will join CVI  in its designated PLASTEC West booth this year highlighting CVI's ability to meet CVR medical's manufacturing and Design for Manufacturing (DFM)  needs.

"CVI's commitments to quality and manufacturing excellence are key reasons why we've trusted them with our initial product launch," said Tony Robinson, chief operating officer and executive vice president for CVR Medical.

Held from February 6 through February 8 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, guests at PLASTEC West are invited to join CVI in booth #3701 to see how the company's custom and medical device contract manufacturing services can meet a variety of needs from a diverse set of customers. Within the booth, products from Virtual Imaging, a Canon U.S.A. company, will be on display – showcasing CVI's offering of medical service and support capabilities for radiography equipment and its ISO 13485 certified medical device contract manufacturing services within the United States market.

For more information on CVI, please visit https://www.cvi.canon.com/mfg.

About Canon Virginia, Inc.
Located in Newport News, Va., Canon Virginia, Inc. serves as the Canon manufacturing, engineering, recycling and technical support center for the Americas. Canon Virginia produces new products using advanced manufacturing methodologies while also serving as a factory service center providing expert customer service in the repair and refurbishment of Canon products. Canon Virginia's manufacturing services extend to injection mold making, contract manufacturing and aftermarket services. For more information, call 1-866-99-CANON or visit cvi.canon.com/mfg.

Canon Virginia website: 
http://www.cvi.canon.com/mfg   

SOURCE Canon U.S.A., Inc.