Growing Companiesfor manufacturing

Since opening in the Spring of 2008, Solamatrix, Inc. of St. Petersburg, has experienced tremendous growth. The developer and manufacturer of window films for cars, homes and commercial buildings creates innovative products such as the company SUN-GARD and GLASS-GARD. SUN-GARD is an automotive solar film used to block UV rays from damaging interior leather and vinyl. GLASS-GARD is a safety and security film used for both commercial and residential properties, and is designed to help hold a broken pane of glass together preventing shards of glass from flying upon impact. As of the end of 2010, the company employed 66. A merger with another film manufacturing company, Madico, Inc., however, means the company plans to employ 115 by the end of 2011. 

Plasma-Therm manufactures equipment for the production of electronic chips for current and futuristic applications. A growing bright spot of high-value-added industry serving global markets, Plasma-Therm increasingly attracts technical and engineering talent to Tampa Bay even in today's rocky economy. About 75 percent of Plasma-Therm employees are college-educated and about 25 percent have post-graduate degrees, typically in materials or electrical engineering.

Sarasota Precision Engineering (SPE), located in Sarasota, began as an automotive and aerospace manufacturing company, and has opened a medical manufacturing division. The medical division offers customers medical device solutions, specializing in medical molding.

Founded in 1987, MicroLumen, Inc. is an International leader in the manufacture of high-performance medical tubing. The primary material used is Polyimide tubing. Polyimide is a thermoset plastic that provides excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical properties. The tubing is manufactured with tighter tolerances than conventionally extruded plastic tubing. MicroLumen's diversified product line includes custom laser machining, PTFE and composite constructions, sub-assembly and braid reinforced shafts that solve specific tasks. These products are used in a wide range of low-invasive, critical applications such as cardiovascular catheters, stent deployment systems, urological retrieval devices and drug delivery.

Oscor Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets a variety of highly specialized implantable cardiac pacing leads, venous access systems and diagnostic catheters. Oscor is also leveraging its proprietary lead technologies toward the development of new lead systems for a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac applications.

Tervis Tumblers manufactures insulated plastic glasses designed to maintain the temperature of the cold or hot drinks inside. Started in 1946, the Sarasota County-based company today makes six sizes of tumblers, along with an ice bucket decorated with a variety of creative and fun original designs intended to serve for any occasion. The tumblers are available for purchase online and in department and specialty stores throughout the nation. 

Leader Tech is a leading innovator and U.S. manufacturer of EMI shielding products for circuit boards, electronic enclosures and interconnect cables.

Coastal Caisson Corp. was founded in 1972 and successfully operated out of Clearwater, Florida to serve the southeastern U.S. deep foundation markets for many years. It relocated in 2010 to new expanded campus facilities in Odessa, just north of Tampa. Coastal Caisson Corp. provides deep foundation services for the construction industry, using the most up-to-date equipment and installation techniques. Coastal Caisson Corp. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH in 1992. Bauer is a foundation contractor, designer and builder of foundation equipment.

Koala Tee, Inc., established in 1983, makes custom screen printed and embroidered apparel and promotional products. Products include T-shirts, polo shirts, dress shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, warmups, dri-fit moisture wicking tees and polos, hats, organic T-shirts and UV protection sunblock options. Promotional products include bags, pens, portfolios, flash drives, ipods, eco-friendly grocery bags, totes, coolies, stickers, campaign supplies, trade show giveaways, and special event and retail items.

Sybac Solar is the U.S. subsidiary of Sybac Germany, one of the largest solar integrators in central Germany. Sybac Solar designs and mounts modular PV panels made of silicon, which react directly to sunlight to generate electric current. An inverter changes the DC (direct current) generated by the panels into AC (alternating current). Most systems are roof-mounted, but sometimes systems are installed on open ground away from a building, depending on the needs of the client.

AAR Composites serves the military and domestic aerospace market with every type of composite fabrication process available today. Located in Clearwater, AAR Composites resides in a modern 65,000-square-foot facility that houses labs, manufacturing space, offices and design areas to  build composite structures from concept to production using autoclave cure, vacuum bag oven cure, resin transfer molding, compression molding and vacuum assisted resin transfer molding.

Fluitec provides lubricant users with condition monitoring technologies, contamination control solutions and consulting services around the globe. The company's technologies and expertise assist customers in meeting green initiatives by improving their operational efficiency and reducing their disposal streams.

Exactech, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and sells orthopedic implant devices, related surgical instrumentation and biologic services to hospitals and physicians in the United States and internationally.