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Riverside
Partners, NEPG, Accu-Met Laser and AMI Announce New Business
Formation
BOSTON,
MA; October 16, 2007 – Riverside Partners, LLC (Boston,
MA), New England Precision Grinding, Inc. (Holliston, MA),
Accu-Met Laser (Cranston, RI) and American Medical Instruments,
Inc. (Dartmouth, MA) are pleased to announce the establishment
of a new medical platform committed to serving the outsourced
manufacturing needs of medical device OEM's worldwide. The
combined entities will provide a broad spectrum of engineering,
manufacturing, assembly and value-added services to medical
OEM's who prefer total outsourcing solutions. Manufacturing
capabilities will include prototyping, components, assemblies
and finished medical devices for cardiovascular, orthopedic,
laparoscopic, endoscopic, ophthalmic and other medical applications.
“This
new platform will enable us to become an integrated provider
capable of offering the medical community a diverse array
of specialty manufactured solutions on a highly responsive
basis, up to and including finished medical devices,”
said Gerald Mazzenga of NEPG.
“We
are excited to combine these companies into a powerful group,
dedicated to the service and delivery the industry has come
to expect from each of us. We look forward to bringing that
service to a wider audience and supplying them with total
manufacturing solutions,” said Steve Iemma of Accu-Met
Laser.
“Riverside
is excited about investing in the high growth area of medical
device outsourced manufacturing. NEPG, Accu-Met, and AMI's
leadership positions in medical device components make the
companies a perfect fit with Riverside's healthcare investment
portfolio. We are excited to be backing such an exceptional
management team,” said David Belluck, a General Partner
at Riverside.
The
new organization will continue to operate out of its Massachusetts
and Rhode Island facilities and will employ 235 people. For
additional information, go to www.riversidepartners.com,
www.nepg1.com, www.accumetlaser.com
or www.amiinc.com.
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