Two veterans of the medical device industry have returned to give it their all. Mary Burton, along with her son Ed Burton, is back in business after a three year absence from the industry. They have a new facility dedicated to the production of orthopedic and spinal implants…and, they have just achieved ISO 13485 Certification of their new venture, MDI, LLC. Mary Burton is now in the role of Vice President of Sales & Marketing for MDI and Ed Burton is leading the new company as President.
“ISO Certification validates everything we’ve put into place over the past several months, ” said Ed Burton in the February 22, 2013 news release. “It puts us in the position to once again become a superior, quality supplier in the marketplace.”
“We are so excited to be back, ” said Mary Burton. “We felt we owed it to our customers and to our employees to rebuild the tremendous relationships we had in the past.”
“MDI has exceeded our expectations for delivery and quality. We have been extremely impressed with their talented team, which began manufacturing for us quickly and efficiently. We are looking forward to establishing a long term relationship that will produce great success for both companies, ” said Mahmoud Abdelgany, CEO, Custom Spine, Inc.
Asked what they have learned in the intervening years that will allow them to better meet the needs of their customers, Mary Burton told OTW, “We didn’t really leave the market intentionally. Our former companies had grown to such a point, that in order to take them to the next level, we agreed to sell to another major medical device supplier. The company moved operations out of the area, and with the loyal employees who were left behind, their experience and our extreme knowledge of this business, we realized this wasn’t a chance we could pass up. It was time to start-up again. This time, we are more focused. We used to do work in various industries; now we are focusing strictly on medical device and implants (thus the name of the company). This will allow us to stay more closely focused on our core group of customers; to provide even better service, superior quality, and lightning-fast turn-around time. By focusing on one industry, we were able to invest our money wisely, to purchase equipment specific to the industry we serve. We decided to focus on performing critical finishing operations in-house. We invested heavily in equipment for finishing operations such as titanium anodization, laser marking, passivation, electro polish, micro deburring and vacuum heat treat. We are now also in the process of completing our validated cleaning certification. Offering these expanded services allows us to offer better prices and faster lead times, and stay in control of the quality of the parts being made.”
