To any company in the medical products business, it is crucial to find a firm qualified and willing enough to provide solutions to the many challenges in the manufacture of critical components. This was the vision of Jim Dandeneau, founder of Putnam Plastics in 1984 following his graduation from the University of Lowell (now UMASS Lowell) with a plastics engineering degree.

Putnam Plastics, now in it's second decade of business, as a result of its ability to provide customers throughout the world with solutions to complex medical tubing problems, has become a leader in its field. Offering technical expertise and custom design capabilities as well as a full manufacturing base, Putnam Plastics has become a major supplier of coextruded polyimide, multi-lumen, braided and extremely thin-wall multi-layer tubing as well as sheathing for fiber optic tubing. The firm offers both custom tubing from one of the industry's widest selections of materials.

By combining different materials and structures, Putnam Plastics, headquartered in Northeast Connecticut near the major cities of Hartford, Boston, Providence, Worcester and New York, has the unique ability to coextrude tubing with the improved properties wanted and required by the most demanding of manufacturers. Some of the breakthroughs have resulted in better coefficients of friction, higher radiopacity, enhanced bonding characteristics, and smoother, more biocompatible surfaces. The most recent developments have been in polyimide tubing with some of the tightest tolerances and exact dimensions in the industry, and multi-layered sheath tubing with walls as thin as 0.002 inches.

While specializing in development projects, Putnam also offers a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility which naturally, has achieved ISO 9002 certification and reaffirms the company's goal of maintaining a quality system of the highest possible standards. Along with a full line of products, Putnam provides the latest in online statistical quality control. Further, a Class 100,000 cleanroom is ideal for implantable and thin-wall medical tubing.

For development projects, Putnam has an in-house machine shop as well as dedicated research and development lines to provide a quick response to market changes and new catheter designs.

For custom as well as standard products, the Putnam assembly department offers a wide variety of services, including printing, hole-punching and tipping plus insert molding. The company's physical testing laboratory can provide tensile and/or elongation data for each extrusion run. Putnam Plastics is fully committed to customer service, assuring each and every one of our long-standing customers complete satisfaction each and every step of the relationship.

Putnam Plastics Company, LLC has earned a solid reputation for its innovative techniques, fast turnaround times and willingness to develop and produce difficult and unusual extrusions, coextrusions and braided composite tubing in a variety of materials. Company products are found in a variety of medical, laser, fiber-optic, aerospace and numerous industrial applications.

A comprehensive listing of services and offerings from Putnam Plastics Corporation includes:
• New Coextruded Polyimide Tubing
• Braided T.I.E.^™ (Total Intermittent Extruded) Tubing
• Multi-Layered Sheath Tubing
• Lined Multi-Lumen Tubing
• Automatic Coating of Fiber-Optic Tubing
• Coatings for Optical Fibers
• Hi-Temperature Materials
• Hi-Tolerance Tubing
• ID's Ranging from 0.002 to 0.500 inches
• Braided and Reinforced Tubing
• Narrow Films
• Profile
• In-House Tooling
• Cleanroom Facilities