MITRE PLASTICS Competitors

Crown Plastics is the world leader in the manufacturing of thin gauge UHMW polyethylene due to our unique process of continuous compression molding. We have the distinction of being the only producer of UHMW in continuous rolls with stock gauges from 003″ up to .125″ and in any length (stock rolls are 100′ and 200′ coils). Crown eliminates waste and extra fabrication on the part of the customer, and the company offers tremendous flexibility in the marketplace in a variety of industries such as transportation, material handling, food processing, agriculture, recreation, printing and packaging and many other hi-tech engineering applications.

Applied Plastics is a leader in advanced catheter components including the trademarked PTFE Natural® coating applied to fine wire, forming & extrusion mandrels and pull wires. Visit our NEW online store to purchase in stock coated mandrels, wires & hypotubes, product ships within 24 hours. For over 65 years, our lubricious and robust coatings, with tolerances held to +/- .0003”, provide the highest level of bond strength & durability to withstand the high temperatures required while manufacturing advanced catheter systems. Our smooth, lubricious coated fine wire, mandrels and hypotubes enable faster and higher quality catheter production and allow for improved navigation through the body’s tortuous anatomies. As more advanced devices are used in increasingly complex interventional procedures, medical device companies require the highest quality of PTFE coating and seek out Applied Plastics’ capabilities. Applied Plastics’ customers include the leading medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers focused on the high growth and innovative vascular catheter device market including therapy areas ranging from cardiac rhythm management (CRM), electrophysiology (EP), neurovascular, peripheral vascular and structural heart. Applied Plastics became a portfolio company of Vance Street Capital in January 2019.