

Trio Labs
Trio-Labs is opening new frontiers in medical device micro manufacturing with a proprietary, digital technology called Resin Infused Powder Lithography (RIPL).
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
- Location Durham, NC, US
- Currency USD
- Founded July 2015
- Employees 5
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website trio-labs.com
Company Summary
Trio-Labs is opening new frontiers in medical device micro
manufacturing with a proprietary, digital manufacturing technology
called Resin Infused Powder Lithography (RIPL). Micro manufacturing has hit a wall, being unable to produce the smaller, innovative metal components that medical device (and other) manufacturers need. RIPL enables new applications that solve significant needs with very precise and cost competitive, high volume production.
Team
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Founder, Chief Technology Officer, President
Adam Steege graduated Magna Cum Laude from Carleton College in Mathematics and Physics, and Summa Cum Laude from Columbia University in Mechanical Engineering. He brings significant expertise in mechanical design, robotics, and automation from his previous work in medical robotics and in pharmaceutical manufacturing systems. He has over 10 issued and pending patents for previous medical device work with 4 filed patents for Trio Labs innovations.
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COO, Co-Founder
Cathy Eldridge has over 35 years executive management experience including Procter & Gamble manufacturing plant manager; CEO of AmeriCom Bank; Director of Small Business Center and management consultant to over 15 small companies, including start-ups, over the past 15 years. At P&G, Cathy was featured in Robert Waterman’s book, What America Does Right, for her manufacturing leadership.
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Mark WardVP Business Development
Mark Ward has over 25 years experience manufacturing and selling medical device components. He founded, successfully operated and then sold 2 injection molding companies, first plastic and then metal. Britt Manufacturing is one of the largest Metal Injection Molding companies with a reputation for high quality parts. Mark receives many requests from customers for parts that are not possible using MIM, but will be with Trio's RIPL technology.
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Navigator
Ken Purchase has over 25 years experience in high-tech product development and commercialization in micro manufacturing, photonics and semiconductors. He has more than 30 patents and has held roles in engineering, business development, marketing, strategy, executive management, and angel investing. He is advising and assisting Trio Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence in a business incubator program.