Precision Coating Co., Inc. has acquired a controlling interest in Medi-Solve Coatings, LLC of Natick, Mass. Medi-Solve Coatings is a hydrophilic coating provider focusing on medical device applications. Medi-Solve Coatings adds formulation and application experience in the medical device arena for Precision Coating. The addition of hydrophilic coating capabilities to Precision Coating's offerings of fluoropolymer coatings will help meet a growing need of its medical device customers for coating formulation and technical expertise said the company.

"I am pleased that we are able to offer our medical device customers a broader range of dry and wet lubricious coating technologies that are critical to the end performance of so many devices," said Robert DeAngelis, president of Precision Coating. "Moreover, the experience of the Medi-Solve Coatings team will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand our coating capabilities."