Anuva & TriE Medical Leaders to Present at Surface Mount Technology Association Carolinas Session

MORRISVILLE, N.C. - Aug. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- “Design to Distribution” partnersAnuva and TriE Medical are pleased to share their electronics assembly insights at the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Carolinas chapter two-hour information session and dinner this month.

Anuva Manufacturing Services Vice President of Operations Jim Davis and TriE Medical Co-Founder John Popow will enlighten attendees with their business operations knowledge and expertise during a special presentation entitled “Design-to-Manufacture: Is SMALLER Better?” Anuva will also host the SMTA event at its facility in Morrisville, NC. The SMTA is a network of professionals, spanning across more than 50 chapters worldwide, who build skills, share practical experience, and develop solutions in electronic assembly technologies, including microsystems, emerging technologies, and related business operations.

Seating will be limited for this exciting event, so register today!

Where:140 Southcenter Court, Suite 600, Morrisville, NC 27560 

When: Thursday, August 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Who Should Attend: SMTA members, nonmembers as well as students pursuing careers in the technology sector.

To register: Please visit http://smta.org/chapters/chapters_detail.cfm?chapter_id=28.

Cost: From $5 (students) to $30 (nonmembers who do not prepay). The prepay deadline is August 26.

“John and I are honored to present at this month’s SMTA chapter event,” says Anuva Manufacturing Services’ Mr. Davis. “We look forward to networking and sharing our best practices with this prestigious group of professionals.”

Mr. Davis has more than 30 years of broad-ranging experience in all facets of electronic manufacturing. Throughout his career with Dictaphone Corp., Mr. Davis held various leadership roles in quality, engineering, and operations, including leading the operation when it was one of the Top 100 Contract Manufacturers worldwide. During this time, Jim developed a keen understanding of the OEM/Contract Manufacturer relationship as Dictaphone was both and OEM and a CM. Mr. Davis currently leads the Anuva Manufacturing Services operation in Melbourne, FL. Mr. Davis is a strong believer that, through proper design and management, most products can be competitively launched and produced domestically with a faster time-to-market, lower cost-to-market, and higher levels of quality and customer satisfaction. Mr. Davis has had many “best practices” articles published and served on a variety of boards aimed at entrepreneurship and the high-tech sector. Mr. Davis earned a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Florida Tech.

Mr. Popow co-founded TriE Medical in 2002 to support startups and large corporations both domestically and internationally in medical device development. TriE Medical provides device development support from product conception to market entry including: technology evaluation, turnkey product development, device testing, feasibility studies, animal and / or clinical studies, documentation to meet 510(k), IDE, or PMA submissions, and manufacturing. Mr. Popow is a veteran medical industry executive with more than 35 years in the medical device and defense industry. Prior to TriE Medical, Mr. Popow founded JDP consulting group, which specialized in consulting to the medical industry in product development and medical device acquisitions. Mr. Popow pioneered technical development in HIFU systems for interventional treatment of AMI and Peripheral Ischemia. Mr. Popow’s consulting group worked with companies such as: ArgoMed, Angiosonics, Vascular Solutions, Boston Scientific, Tyco, ITT, and Kollmorgan. Mr. Popow holds multiple patents in areas of ultrasound, delivery systems, dose counters, I2 Systems and Forward looking infrared systems. Mr. Popow has extensive expertise in supporting clients to ensure their devices are designed to meet compliance with IEC device safety standards and risk management compliance. Mr. Popow interfaces directly with the certified labs to ensure successful compliance and expediting of testing in order to meet regulatory approval.

About TriE Medical
TriE Medical is an ISO 13485 certified medical device design and development organization located near the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. TriE Medical works with large or emerging organizations, universities, researchers, and physicians to provide product development services to the highly regulated healthcare industry. TriE’s turnkey product development team works with clients to take “medical device ideas” from the initial concept phase through the total product development life cycle, while maintaining the necessary FDA standards, certified testing, validation requirements, and documentation. TriE’s clients range in size from start-up to mid-size to multinational companies. Learn more about TriE Medical by visiting http://www.triemedical.com.

About Anuva 
Anuva is a “Design to Distribution” family of businesses that started in 2008 with the launch of Anuva Services in Morrisville, NC. Anuva Services, a Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council-certified minority business, began by providing world-class after-market and logistic services to customers. Despite launching during a challenging economic environment, Anuva experienced tremendous start-up growth and tripled the space of the facility. Three years later, Anuva further expanded by acquiring a contract manufacturing operation whose roots date back to the Dictaphone operation in Melbourne, FL. In 2011, Anuva Founder Vinu Patel launched Anuva Manufacturing Services and relocated the headquarters to a new facility in Melbourne. Both Anuva Services and Anuva Manufacturing Services adhere to the industry IPC-A-610 and related standards. In 2012, Anuva expanded once again by launching a sister company, Anuva Resource Solutions (www.anuvaresource.com). Anuva Resource Solutions was created because our customers needed help growing their businesses by hiring talented people. Specializing in small to midsize companies, Anuva Resource Solutions handles each employment opportunity with the highest integrity and dedicated, personal attention. In 2013, Anuva continued to expand by developing a strong partnership with TriE Medical Inc. The partnership between TriE Medical and Anuva created the Design to Distribution vision of our company. Anuva is a US-owned and operated company with a mission to provide a total solution for our clients and employ domestically while making a global contribution. To find out more about Anuva’s services, please visit http://anuva.com. 

Contact:
Gary Sulski
Anuva Manufacturing
Director of Business Development
919-468-6441
gsulski@anuvamfg.com (mailto:%20gsulski@anuvamfg.com)

Sarah Evans
TriE Medical Inc.
Marketing Manager
919- 388-3360
sevans@triemedical.com