Luis Tissone has been appointed Commercial Partner and Vice President of MedTech Business Development at Vance Street Capital (VSC), to strengthen strategic OEM partnerships and drive commercial collaboration across the company’s Medtech portfolio, with a focus on the cardiovascular interventional market. VSC portfolio companies that Luis will be engaged with include Wytech Industries, Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, Motion Dynamics, Viamed, and Applied Plastics.
Mr. Tissone will be working with leadership teams across these Vance Street’s Medtech portfolio companies to accelerate the coordination of specialized materials, high-precision components, and complex assemblies with multinational OEM partners that have complex supply chains. By providing a unified commercial interface for OEMs, the position is designed to simplify supplier engagement through vertical integration and accelerate the development of next-generation medical technologies to market quickly.
Mr. Tissone brings extensive commercial leadership experience in the Medtech sector. He has held senior positions with Technimark, Trelleborg, and Freudenberg Medical, where he led global business development programs that delivered new program wins and supported expansion in both domestic and international markets. His background spans business development, marketing, finance, supply chain, and product development, providing a broad perspective on how to align technical capabilities with customer needs.
“Luis has a strong track record of building lasting relationships with OEMs and driving commercial strategies that fit the technical demands of the medical device market,” said David Ohmann, CEO at Wytech Industries & Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, during a panel discussion with Chris Witham, CEO at Motion Dynamics & Viamed, and Tom Barrett, CEO at Applied Plastics. “By aligning the commercial efforts across Wytech, Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, Motion Dynamics, Viamed, and Applied Plastics, we’re better positioned to deliver integrated solutions that help our customers bring advanced interventional and surgical devices to market faster.”
About Motion Dynamics
Motion Dynamics is a leader in micro-scale manufacturing for the medical device industry, delivering precision wire components that enable innovation at the smallest scale. From custom coils and springs to Nitinol components, wire forms, and laser-welded assemblies, Motion Dynamics partners with engineers to bring complex designs to life. Core capabilities include precision coiling, wire forming, and laser welding and cutting—supported by in-house passivation, heat treatment, surface finishing, grinding, and precision cleaning. This vertically integrated approach ensures complete process control, exceptional consistency, and speed from prototype through production. Motion Dynamics is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified, as well as ITAR registered. Learn more at http://www.motiondc.com/.
About ViaMed
Founded in 1986 and located in Easton, MA, ViaMed specializes in the custom fabrication of miniature components and subassemblies used in the manufacture of access, delivery, and closure systems for leading medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers focused on high growth therapies in the neurovascular, peripheral vascular, and orthopedic markets. ViaMed’s custom coiling, braiding, and shape setting manufacturing capabilities range from enabling sophisticated device articulation of lifesaving devices within complex medical device products to a variety of specialty guidewire components made with various materials, including complex nitinol assemblies. Learn more at https://viamedcorp.com/.
About Applied Plastics
Applied Plastics is the leading PTFE Coating Partner, providing products and solutions to help make your PTFE coating project a success. As a partner, we support you from concept to commercialization with products, tools, and resources designed to make your job easier. PTFE Natural® Coating Solutions deliver the best performing, most robust, and lubricious PTFE-coated products available. Whether for core or pull wires, mandrels, or hypotubes, you will be confident that you are selecting the best solution for your project. Our Online store ensures that you have quick and easy access to inventory for R&D and process development. Whether during regular business hours or when you are working late, the product ships within 24 hours. Learn more at http://www.appliedplastics.com.
About Mountain Manufacturing Technologies
Founded in 1988, MMT is a leading research & development-driven contract manufacturer with a full range of machining and fabricating capabilities for enhanced product design, prototyping, component manufacturing, and volume production. MMT’s customers range from leading Tier 1 customers to start-ups designing highly engineered access, delivery, and closure systems used with complex medical devices. Located in Lino Lakes, MN, MMT is ISO 13485:2016 certified. Learn more at https://mountainmfg.net.
About Wytech Industries
For 50 years, Wytech and its affiliate company, Mountain Manufacturing, have been committed to earning their position as the preferred development and manufacturing partner for mandrels, core wires, heat set tooling, and micro-machined components for medical device OEMs and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). Wytech engineers simple manufacturing solutions for complex wire and metal tubing design applications. Learn more at wytech.com.
Leading MedTech Manufacturers Unite Under New Commercial Role Focused on OEM Collaboration and Market Growth
Luis Tissone has been appointed Commercial Partner and Vice President of MedTech Business Development at Vance Street Capital (VSC), to strengthen strategic OEM partnerships and drive commercial collaboration across the company’s Medtech portfolio, with a focus on the cardiovascular interventional market. VSC portfolio companies that Luis will be engaged with include Wytech Industries, Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, Motion Dynamics, Viamed, and Applied Plastics.
Mr. Tissone will be working with leadership teams across these Vance Street’s Medtech portfolio companies to accelerate the coordination of specialized materials, high-precision components, and complex assemblies with multinational OEM partners that have complex supply chains. By providing a unified commercial interface for OEMs, the position is designed to simplify supplier engagement through vertical integration and accelerate the development of next-generation medical technologies to market quickly.
Mr. Tissone brings extensive commercial leadership experience in the Medtech sector. He has held senior positions with Technimark, Trelleborg, and Freudenberg Medical, where he led global business development programs that delivered new program wins and supported expansion in both domestic and international markets. His background spans business development, marketing, finance, supply chain, and product development, providing a broad perspective on how to align technical capabilities with customer needs.
“Luis has a strong track record of building lasting relationships with OEMs and driving commercial strategies that fit the technical demands of the medical device market,” said David Ohmann, CEO at Wytech Industries & Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, during a panel discussion with Chris Witham, CEO at Motion Dynamics & Viamed, and Tom Barrett, CEO at Applied Plastics. “By aligning the commercial efforts across Wytech, Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, Motion Dynamics, Viamed, and Applied Plastics, we’re better positioned to deliver integrated solutions that help our customers bring advanced interventional and surgical devices to market faster.”
About Motion Dynamics
Motion Dynamics is a leader in micro-scale manufacturing for the medical device industry, delivering precision wire components that enable innovation at the smallest scale. From custom coils and springs to Nitinol components, wire forms, and laser-welded assemblies, Motion Dynamics partners with engineers to bring complex designs to life. Core capabilities include precision coiling, wire forming, and laser welding and cutting—supported by in-house passivation, heat treatment, surface finishing, grinding, and precision cleaning. This vertically integrated approach ensures complete process control, exceptional consistency, and speed from prototype through production. Motion Dynamics is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified, as well as ITAR registered. Learn more at http://www.motiondc.com/.
About ViaMed
Founded in 1986 and located in Easton, MA, ViaMed specializes in the custom fabrication of miniature components and subassemblies used in the manufacture of access, delivery, and closure systems for leading medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers focused on high growth therapies in the neurovascular, peripheral vascular, and orthopedic markets. ViaMed’s custom coiling, braiding, and shape setting manufacturing capabilities range from enabling sophisticated device articulation of lifesaving devices within complex medical device products to a variety of specialty guidewire components made with various materials, including complex nitinol assemblies. Learn more at https://viamedcorp.com/.
About Applied Plastics
Applied Plastics is the leading PTFE Coating Partner, providing products and solutions to help make your PTFE coating project a success. As a partner, we support you from concept to commercialization with products, tools, and resources designed to make your job easier. PTFE Natural® Coating Solutions deliver the best performing, most robust, and lubricious PTFE-coated products available. Whether for core or pull wires, mandrels, or hypotubes, you will be confident that you are selecting the best solution for your project. Our Online store ensures that you have quick and easy access to inventory for R&D and process development. Whether during regular business hours or when you are working late, the product ships within 24 hours. Learn more at http://www.appliedplastics.com.
About Mountain Manufacturing Technologies
Founded in 1988, MMT is a leading research & development-driven contract manufacturer with a full range of machining and fabricating capabilities for enhanced product design, prototyping, component manufacturing, and volume production. MMT’s customers range from leading Tier 1 customers to start-ups designing highly engineered access, delivery, and closure systems used with complex medical devices. Located in Lino Lakes, MN, MMT is ISO 13485:2016 certified. Learn more at https://mountainmfg.net.
About Wytech Industries
For 50 years, Wytech and its affiliate company, Mountain Manufacturing, have been committed to earning their position as the preferred development and manufacturing partner for mandrels, core wires, heat set tooling, and micro-machined components for medical device OEMs and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). Wytech engineers simple manufacturing solutions for complex wire and metal tubing design applications. Learn more at wytech.com.
Mountain Manufacturing Technologies Announces Plan for New Manufacturing Facility
August 25, 2025
As part of Mountain Manufacturing Technologies’ long-term growth strategy, we are excited to share our manufacturing operations expansion and facility transfer project. This expansion supports Mountain Manufacturing’s goal of continued investment in our people, capabilities, and capacity. This move more than doubles the square footage with an option to extend the space beyond that in future years. The new Blaine, MN facility will enhance our ability as both a development and high volume production partner for precision micro-machined components, catheter mandrels, heat set tooling, surgical instruments, and other complex machined metal and plastic components.
Located less than 5 miles from our existing facility, Mountain Manufacturing’s new address is conveniently located at 3787 95th Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55014 (reference the below facility map), in the heart of the Twin Cities, Medical Alley. There are no legal or ISO 13485 changes associated with this expansion to our new Blaine facility.
This investment underscores our ongoing commitment to manufacturing, increasing capacity, and delivering greater value to our customers. Stay informed about our expansion and ongoing initiatives by visiting our website for the latest news.
Wytech Expands FastLane Webstore with 17-4 Stainless Steel Rods and 17-7 Metal Tubing for Medical Applications
Wytech Industries announces the addition of 17-4 Stainless Steel Rods and 17-7 Metal Tubes to its FastLane Webstore. Both materials are H900 heat-treated and ideal for precision grinding of mandrels that undergo subsequent cutting and reflow operations.
These hardened materials meet the demanding specifications of high volume catheter production. Product ships directly from Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, Wytech’s affiliate in Minnesota and an expanded FastLane location, ensuring short lead times and a seamless ordering experience. Engineers can now access this premium material online with just a few clicks, our FastLane Webstore.
Mountain Manufacturing Technologies Welcomes Steve Harein as Director of Technical Sales
Steve’s extensive engineering background will play a pivotal role in effectively engaging with Mountain Manufacturing customers on novel solutions for complex tooling, advanced catheter mandrels, and engineered micro-machined components. We are confident that Steve’s commercial leadership will significantly bolster our commitment to delivering superior, innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of our valued customers.
Join us in welcoming Steve to the team.
Accelerate your Complex Mandrel and Heat Set Tooling Applications with Mountain Manufacturing’s OnDemand Development Program
July 2024 – Mountain Manufacturing Technologies announces OnDemand Rapid Prototyping, a fast and flexible precision machining development program offering expedited lead times to meet your complex mandrel, implantable components, and heat set tooling R&D project needs. Let us accelerate your project by delivering critical components and tooling in less than 4 weeks.
Materials Include:
The OnDemand Development Machining Program is 100% focused on mandrel and tooling quick turn prototyping with a dedicated development cell of advanced grinding equipment and experts. Submit your drawing online or via email at quotes@mountainmfg.net.
To learn more, please visit OnDemand Rapid Prototyping.
Join Wytech Industries and Mountain Manufacturing at Medical Processing Panel (MPP) MN on June 13th
The technical panels will include industry moderators and experts in the following areas:
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet our technical team members to discuss your custom mandrel needs:
If you are interested in learning more information about registering for the MPP event, please see the following link.
If you can’t make it to the event, click below, and we’ll set up a meeting at your facility.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Wytech Industries and its affiliate company Mountain Manufacturing Technologies welcome Bill Gallucci as Chief Financial Officer.
“Bill’s extensive experience in finance and strategic operations within the MedTech sector will be invaluable to Wytech as we continue to expand organically and through additional add-on partnerships,” said David Ohmann, CEO of Wytech Industries. “Bill’s leadership is a terrific cultural match with our other cross-functional leaders, which is critical as we continue to expand to deliver top-tier medical device components to our global customers.”
“Joining Wytech and Mountain Manufacturing is an exciting new chapter for me,” said Bill Gallucci. “I look forward to contributing to our mission of manufacturing world-class medical device components and driving growth through strategic innovations and enhanced operational efficiencies.”
About Wytech Industries
For nearly 50 years, Wytech and its affiliate company, Mountain Manufacturing, have been committed to earning their position as the preferred development and manufacturing partner for mandrels, core wires, heat set tooling, and micro-machined components for medical device OEMs and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). Wytech engineers simple manufacturing solutions for complex wire and metal tubing design applications. For more information, please visit wytech.com.
About Mountain Manufacturing Technologies
Founded in 1988 by Tom Berg, MMT is a leading research & development-driven contract manufacturer with a full range of machining and fabricating capabilities for enhanced product design, prototyping, component manufacturing, and volume production. MMT’s customers range from leading Tier 1 customers to start-ups designing highly engineered access, delivery, and closure systems used with complex medical devices. Located in Lino Lakes, MN, MMT is ISO 13485:2016 certified. For more information, please visit https://mountainmfg.net.
About Vance Street Capital LLC
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm investing in highly engineered solutions businesses in the medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations, and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information, please visit http://www.vancestreetcapital.com.
For further information, please contact:
Jeri Lynne Swamp, Digital Marketing
P: 860-331-9935
Wytech Strengthens Precision Grinding Capabilities with Silvertip & Associates Acquisition
Rahway, NJ – April 2, 2024 – Wytech Industries and its affiliate company Mountain Manufacturing Technologies, supported by Vance Street Capital, purchased the assets of Silvertip & Associates on April 1st, for the creation of a strategic grinding division located in Minneapolis, MN, that is focused on the development and production of medical mandrels (wire and metal tube) to the global medical device market.
“As the interventional medical device market continues to expand in clinical applications, there is an increased demand for innovative catheter solutions from medical device manufacturing companies. These companies seek supply chain partners knowledgeable in materials and processes who can engineer solutions to improve their internal production efficiencies. Silvertip expands Wytech and Mountain Manufacturing’s capability for new ground mandrels and ensures fast response to the market’s R&D needs,” said Michael Janish, Managing Partner at Vance Street Capital.
“For nearly 40 years, Silvertip has developed advanced centerless grinding expertise and is known for taking on difficult materials from exotic materials like titanium to commonly used stainless steel to advanced polymers such as PEEK. Finding a world-class partner that shares our vision for growth and employee values was very important to me and my employees,” said Dale Peterson, Owner of Silvertip and Associates.
“As we searched for partners that could complement Wytech and Mountain Manufacturing’s position as leading suppliers of mandrels (processing aids) to the medical device industry, we became very excited as we learned the depths of Silvertip’s grinding expertise and their ability for quick turn response. We are very happy to partner with Dale Peterson as we continue to serve the medical device mandrel market,” said Dave Ohmann, CEO of Wytech Industries.
“Mountain Manufacturing continues to search for additional ways to provide value to our medical device customers and their contract manufacturing suppliers. Localization of manufacturing in highly concentrated customer regions is one path for achieving speedy response time for R&D and production. Silvertip and Dale Peterson’s team have also demonstrated unique know-how for grinding advanced materials, complementing Mountain Manufacturing and Wytech’s expertise in stainless and Nitinol grinding. We are very excited to leverage this partnership with Silvertip to expand our FastLane material store and offer these advanced materials by Q3,” said Tom Berg, President of Mountain Manufacturing.
About Silvertip and Associates
Silvertip was founded in 1988 by a 3rd generation owner of the Peterson family and originally founded in 1932 by Robert S Peterson), as a metal finishing company in Minneapolis. This business transitioned to Robert Peterson Jr and was heavily focused on the hydraulic industries by the 1970s. In 1988, Dale Peterson invested in precision grinding to support the family finishing business and to serve the local Twin Cities market and has become highly focused on serving local medical manufacturing for the last 36 years. Silvertip and Associates is in Blaine (Minneapolis), MN, and provides precision centerless grinding services. For more information, please visit Centerless Grinding Professionals (silvertipgrinding.com)
About Wytech Industries
For nearly 50 years, Wytech and its affiliate company, Mountain Manufacturing, have been committed to earning their position as the preferred development and manufacturing partner for mandrels, core wires, heat set tooling, and micro-machined components for medical device OEMs and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). Wytech engineers simple manufacturing solutions for complex wire and metal tubing design applications. For more information, please visit wytech.com.
About Mountain Manufacturing Technologies
Founded in 1988 by Tom Berg, MMT is a leading research & development-driven contract manufacturer with a full range of machining and fabricating capabilities for enhanced product design, prototyping, component manufacturing, and volume production. MMT’s customers range from leading Tier 1 customers to start-ups designing highly engineered access, delivery, and closure systems used with complex medical devices. Located in Lino Lakes, MN, MMT is ISO 13485:2016 certified. For more information, please visit https://mountainmfg.net.
About Vance Street Capital LLC
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners for over two decades to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations, and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information, please visit http://www.vancestreetcapital.com.
Contact:
Jeri Lynne Swamp, Digital Marketing
P: 860-331-9935
Mountain Manufacturing to Exhibit at Medical Technology Ireland Expo in Collaboration with European Sales Partner AVEM
Wytech (Rahway, NJ), will be exhibiting at the Medical Technology Ireland Expo and Conference on September 20-21, 2023, alongside our European Sales Partner, AVEM. This year we are excited to showcase our sister company’s innovative precision machining services, Mountain Manufacturing (St. Paul, Minnesota), renowned for their groove catheter mandrels and heat set tooling for forming Nitinol implants. Together, Wytech and Mountain Manufacturing produce over 83 million components annually through precision cutting, grinding, and machining services.
Visit booth 53b also to learn how being a registered Wytech’s FastLane user on our webstore will provide quicker webstore purchases and discounts to R&D wire and metal tubing materials.
Mountain Manufacturing Technologies joins Vance Street Capital to complement Wytech Industries as a strategic wire and metal tube supplier in the interventional and advanced surgical markets
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Los Angeles, CA – October 13, 2022 – Vance Street Capital LLC (“Vance Street”), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Mountain Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) to complement Wytech Industries as a strategic wire and metal tube supplier in the interventional and advanced surgical markets.
“As we searched for partners that could complement Wytech’s position of high volume dead straight mandrels to the interventional market, we became very excited as learned the depth of Mountain Manufacturing’s mandrel expertise. From every aspect, Mountain’s position as a specialty mandrel supplier for large diameter, hollow core, grooved mandrels, and specialty metals is a perfect fit to Wytech’s scale and volume,” said Mike Janish, Managing Partner at Vance Street.
“For nearly 30 years we have grown as a medical device supplier through our expertise in advanced precision machining and taking on difficult development projects, whether that was custom tooling or custom components. Finding an investment partner that shared our vision for growth, passion for innovation, and employee values was very important to me. Extrapolating our last few years of growth into the future, we are happy to have Vance Street’s support for these reasons as we plan out our additional capital and potential facility expansion,” said Tom Berg, Founder at Mountain Medical Technologies.
“As Wytech continues to grow our customers based in Structural Heart and Electrophysiology markets, the requests for specialized mandrels, made from harden tool steel, thick wall tubing, and large diameter rod with custom features has grown considerably. With the Mountain organization, we can now support mandrels of all sizes, shapes, and materials which will be very welcomed by Wytech’s customers. We are also excited to leverage Mountain’s vast experience for making precision tooling that improves the productivity of heat setting and electropolishing implants and medical instruments,” said Dave Ohmann, CEO at Wytech.
About Mountain Manufacturing Technologies (MMT)
Founded in 1988 by Tom Berg, MMT is a leading research & development-driven contract manufacturer with a full range of machining and fabricating capabilities for enhanced product design, prototyping, component manufacturing, and volume production. MMT’s customers range from leading Tier 1 customers to start ups designing the most complex access, delivery and closure systems used with complex medical devices. Located in Lino Lakes, MN; MMT is ISO 13485:2016 certified and an FDA Registered Manufacturing Facility. For more information, please visit https://mountainmfg.net
About Vance Street Capital LLC
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information please visit: https://www.vancestreetcapital.com
Contact:
Jeri Lynne Swamp, Digital Marketing Manager
P: 860-331-9935