Archive for the ‘Plastics’ Category
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Last week, DSM, the Dutch plastics giant, announced it will acquire Kensey Nash, which develops devices based on resorbable materials such as collagen, synthetic polymers and extracellular matrices. The acquisition gives DSM access to Kensey Nash's US custom base, which includes many major OEMs. It also continues a trend of ...
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Friday, April 6th, 2012
Dow Europe GmbH has unveiled enhanced formulation and testing capabilities at the Performance Plastics Innovation Center at Dow’s European headquarters in Horgen, Switzerland. The company will hold an open house on 12 April where it will demonstrate the new technology. During the event representatives from Nordson Engineering, Eastman Chemical Company, ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Lubrizol introduced a new soft hydrophobic TPU technology at MD&M West
Lubrizol introduced a soft hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) technology for medical applications at the trade show MD&M West this week. The technology, part of the Tecothane product line, eliminates the need for plasticisers. The material can be extruded or injection ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
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Colder Products introduced a new connector product line designed to prevent medical tubing misconnections at the MD&M West trade show, taking place in Anaheim 13-16 February. The small-bore connector SnapQuick is an alternative to luer fittings and does not mate with these fittings. Suitable applications ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
PVC's reputation has seen its up and downs, despite recent technical developments that could make PVC both safer and greener. Now PVC is under fire again by US health provider Kaiser Permanente, which is banning the use of PVC in tubing and bags.
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
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Obviously, there's an awful lot of pharmaceutical packaging on display at Pharmapack Europe, but medical packaging also gets a fair amount of attention at the annual event. If you live in or near Paris, or are just looking for an excuse to spend some time ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
Last week, the medical trade fair Medica and the medical manufacturing supplier trade fair Compamed took place, attracting visitors from around the world.
At Medica, the German packaging supplier PolyCine introduced a processing technique that blocks migration of plasticisers from PVC. EMDT Editor in Chief Norbert Sparrow spoke with PolyCine's Head ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
PolyOne Corp., a provider of specialised polymer materials, services and solutions, will exhibit a newly expanded portfolio of specialised solutions for the healthcare industry at Compamed 2011. Building on the company’s growing mix of healthcare materials, services and solutions, this portfolio now includes new colourants for its Dow Health+ polymers ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
It's that time of the year again. Christmas markets are about to open up across the country, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Compamed will be opening its doors again for the international medical device community. From 16 to 18 November, Medisize Corporation will be demonstrating a wide range ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
PolyCine GmbH based in Schiffweiler, Germany, a company specialising in high-quality non-PVC film for medical packaging systems, has announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in the processing of PVC-tube. Though PVC-based medical devices have been under scrutiny for many years ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
It's the time of the year again. Fakuma, the international trade show for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen, Germany, is opening its doors again tomorrow. As medical technology has become a business field of growing importance for the plastics processing industry, this segment has been chosen by the show organiser as the main topic of this ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Wearable electronics is the new trend in medical design, as an earlier medtechinsider post on electronic tattoos demonstrated. Soon heart monitors might be as thin and flexible as the Band-Aid, reported MED in a blog post last week.
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