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
Even if medical-grade PVC is still a healthcare staple, the narrative on the use of PVC in medical applications has been driven largely by the prohibition crowd. The health impact of plasticisers leaching from the material into patients' bodies has put the media spotlight squarely on PVC-alternative materials. PolyCine is ...
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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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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
From the Wire: Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticisers — the source of long-standing human health concerns — from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics. The advance could lead to a new generation of polyvinyl chloride ...
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