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For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Advancing Diagnostics & R&D with Microfluidic Technology
There is a reason that Media Personality Katie Couric announced her June breast cancer diagnosis in the first few days of October. The TV news pioneer strategically timed her public reveal with the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Started in 1991 by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the annual month of educational activities…
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Potomac Accelerates Shadow Mask
Manufacturing Speeds
Every day, disruptive technologies allow humans to enter a new world that brings innovations to life. Whether battling climate change by reducing the amount of fossil fuel burning, helping autonomous vehicles navigate roads, guiding man to Mars, or cleaning up toxic waste, technology innovations are the key to solving our world’s problem’s – today and…
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Potomac Gives Thanks for the Opportunity to Help Healthcare Outcomes Via Microfluidic Device Advances
Living in a time when there is so much chaos, division, and animosity, it is sometimes hard to remember how much we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Today, new technologies are disrupting healthcare, space exploration, and climate change at an exponential pace, bringing with them a brighter future for our people and…
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Potomac Recognizes National Manufacturing Day
Manufacturing has long been the backbone of this nation, providing good-paying jobs that built a strong middle class. Today’s advanced manufacturing, like work we carry out at Potomac for biotech, microfluidics, microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, medical device, and consumer products, does not resemble the industry from Henry Ford’s time. Almost a century later, manufacturing is a high…
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Potomac Photonics Designs and Fabricates Innovative Dental Tool to Comply with COVID Protocols.
Potomac scientists and engineers innately see a problem and, especially in this time of Covid, can’t help but jump in to innovate a solution. Just that happened when Potomac senior research scientist, Natalia Christensen, visited her dentist for an annual check-up. Explains Jessica Salmon, a 12-year dental hygienist veteran at Gentle Family Dentistry in Dunkirk,…
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Black Lives Matter: From Rhetoric to Action for US Companies
We are seeing so many emails and blog posts from companies that say: “We Stand With Black Lives Matter Protesters”. But when all is said and done, how does a company move beyond rhetoric to action? Saying you support the Black Lives Matter movement is a far cry from hiring and training black people locally…
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Protecting People in a Time of Coronavirus at the Speed of Light
The modern world is an interconnected ecosystem and this heartwarming story that started with a cat named Ace shows how fast responses changes lives for our customers. Ace Heidi Leonard is a research chemist at NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, MD. She lives in Baltimore with her one and half…
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Potomac Photonics on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturing
Necessity is truly the mother of invention and the war against the coronavirus has created a worldwide wave of innovation to fight the pandemic. No need is greater than the protection of healthcare workers, front line support, emergency teams, firefighters, police, and caregivers. With Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] in short supply, Potomac jumped into the front…
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Potomac is Safe and Open
It is times like these that spark true inspiration! By staying apart, we are working together. Potomac is implementing social distancing and following CDC guidelines to implement a safe working zone within our labs to better serve our community. We care deeply about our customers, and most of all our Baltimore County community. This is…
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World Class Quality
Quality is our top priority at Potomac Photonics. We are ISO 13485 certified and no parts will leave our facility without getting the approval of Dave and his Quality Team. We offer Certificate of Conformances and will work closely with your Quality Department to implement a plan that ensures that all of your requirements are…
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Micro Tools
Never bring a drill to a hammer fight. One tool does not fit all and Potomac is committed to having the most broad range of micro manufacturing technologies to overcome any challenge. In addition to lasers, micro-CNC, 3D printing, molding, bonding and more, we have just added photolithography to our bag of tricks. So, if…
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Calibrated Small Holes for Leak Testing
Happy March 3rd….Potomac Engineers are getting our systems ready to drill calibrated leak test holes as small as one micron for the pharmaceutical industry. With the ability to directly drill into glass ampoules, glass vials, pouches, syringes, aerosol and blister packs, Potomac Photonics is the leak test hole drilling leader. We offer the fastest lead…
