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Overview:  SSI Robotics provides automation products and OEM equipment engineering / manufacturing services for the life science and industrial markets.  SSI's core product line is focused on laboratory automation.  SSI also provides services for large OEMs such as development, validation and contract manufacturing of medical devices, laboratory instruments and equipment.  The company provides general industrial automation services as well.  These areas each utilize the SSI team's strengths in electrical/mechanical engineering, creative design, software development, manufacturing, biology, medical/pharmaceutical processes, quality systems and regulatory affairs.   SSI is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified, GMP Compliant and FDA Registered.  The firm's certifications, design controls and experienced staff enable the company to manufacture medical devices, hospital automation systems, clinical diagnostic equipment, clinical trial automation systems and other highly regulated products.  The firm has a 600-machine installed base with many systems in use and supported by the SSI team 24 hours per day, 7 days per week at Fortune 500 companies world wide. 

Life Sciences:  SSI's FLASH, MINILAB and QUICKSTACK lab automation products address a range of processes in biotech (drug discovery) labs, clinical diagnostic labs, research labs and hospitals.  The systems are also used in medical, pharmaceutical and clinical trial applications.  These products are designed as standard yet flexible platforms able to address narrow, niche applications within the broader life science market.  Additional product variations and new lab automation products are under development.  

Learn More:  Life Science Products   Services

General Industry:  The firm's industrial automation services address a wide range of industries including industrial manufacturing (automated assembly and robotics), semiconductors (instrumentation, test and inspection) and aerospace.  Learn More:  Robotics And Industrial Automation  Semiconductor Automation Services

History:  SSI's history makes it uniquely suited for the life science/laboratory automation market.  Prior to forming SSI, Paul Smith, its founder, co-invented The "Biojector" Needle-Free Jet Injection System for Bioject Medical Systems, Inc. (US Patents 5,520,639, 5,399,163 and 5,383,851).  Paul also participated on development and manufacturing teams for endoscopes and ultrasound devices at EndoMedix, formerly Baxter Healthcare's Technology and Ventures Division.

SSI was established in 1996, and originally focused on automation for demanding, 24/7, semiconductor Automated Test Equipment or "ATE".  "SSI" stands for "SimmPro Systems, Inc", our corporate name, which was chosen to reflect our original focus on the "SIMM", or semiconductor memory board industry.  Through its work in the semiconductor industry, the company assembled an exceptionally skilled and motivated engineering team with expertise in the areas of automation product development, equipment manufacturing, mechanical/electrical engineering, software development, machine control/machine vision/robotics, automation within controlled environments (hot, cold, cleanroom, etc), instrument integration, and global product service/support.  This innovative team holds 3 patents (US Patents  6,218,853, 5,954,205 and 5,704,489) and has additional patents pending.  After succeeding in its semiconductor niche, the company found that it could leverage its core technologies to enter new markets.  Extensive market analysis was performed to determine the strength of future markets, and which markets would be most suitable for SSI's skill set.  The company selected Life Sciences as its primary focus due to the founder's medical background, the team's expertise in 24/7 automation systems, the firm's location in one of the world's top medical device and biotech hotbeds, the cross-over potential for its existing semiconductor products and the high projected growth rates of the Life Science/Laboratory Automation Markets.

 

SSI's portion of the Life Science market includes pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, laboratory automation (for clinical, biotech and research labs), clinical trial process automation, etc.  The company supplemented its engineering staff with a vast network of biologists, consulting scientists, regulatory affairs experts, pharma and medical process experts, etc. to create a "turnkey", "one-stop-shop" for life science customers.  The company found that its diverse, industrial robotics background, combined with its intimate knowledge of medical, biological and clinical processes, as well as its proximity to industry leading customers and industry experts at university and research facilities (UCSD, Scripps, CalTech, UCLA, USC, UCI...), resulted in a uniquely qualified combination that is well received by the life science community.  The company's life science business is growing rapidly and the firm  has developed an unparalleled reputation for innovative products, robust design and conscientious customer support.  Over time, business relationships have been formed with many of the top tier biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device firms.  During this time company has also solidified key relationships and alliances with life science instrument vendors and industry experts enabling it to address even the most demanding bio/med/pharma projects.  SSI Robotics now focuses all of its new product development efforts on the life science/laboratory automation market (see Products), but still provides automation services and contract product development / manufacturing services (see Services) for Fortune 500 customers.  If you have a project in mind that may be a match for SSI...we'd like to hear from you...Contact Us.