Plastics Use in the Medical Industry

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Plastics Use in the Medical Industry

Plastics play a huge part in the medical industry, including in catheters, IV bags, blood bags, ventilators, syringes and hospital beds.

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Arterex Acquires Italian Medical Device Provider

Arterex’s acquisition of Phoenix S.r.l. continues its growth mission to offer customers in North America and Europe diversified, high-precision medical device manufacturing solutions.

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What to Look for in High-Speed Automation for Pipette Production

Automation is a must-have for molders of pipettes. Make sure your supplier provides assurances of throughput and output, manpower utilization, floor space consumption and payback period.

Medical 1 Mar 2022

How to Know the True Value of Conformally Cooled Injection Molds

What’s the return on investing in a new mold with conformal cooling to boost productivity? Will it pay for itself? How soon? Here’s a case study on how to answer those questions.

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Protolabs Addresses How to Survive a Pandemic with Digital Manufacturing

Protolabs survey results examine product development and the supply chain.

Medical 24 Sep 2020

Processing Medical Plastics? Here's How to Minimize Risk

FDA now expects OEMs of healthcare products to also take responsibility for Tier 2 and 3 suppliers—making sure every supply-chain link is meeting Good Manufacturing Practices.

Extrusion 20 Jul 2020

Extrusion: 'Melt-Blown' Fiber: What You Need to Know to Enter the Face Mask Market

Coronavirus pandemic has made extrusion processors curious about entering the face-mask market. But melt-blown fiber is very different from most other extrusion processes and requires specialized equipment.

Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion 23 Oct 2020

How to Improve Production of Catheters and Stents

Advances in downstream extrusion equipment have boosted production control.

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Multicomponent 1 Dec 2024

Compact Solution for Two-Component Molding

Zahoransky’s new internal mold handling technology foregoes the time, space and money required for core-back, rotary table or index plate technologies for 2K molding.

Elastomers 11 Nov 2024

Expanded Line of ‘Super’ Soft TPEs for Medical Devices

Kraiburg TPE has expanded its Thermolast M series of TPE compounds by additional hardness degrees.

Medical 8 Nov 2024

New Short Cellulose Fiber-Reinforced Acetal Grades

Polyplastics’ new Duracon POM grades offer performance benefits over glass-reinforced POM and lower environmental impact.

Engineering Resins 18 Jun 2024

Medical Grade PBT for Injection Molding of High-Precision Parts

SABIC’s high-flow, biocompatible Valox HX 325HP developed for diabetes management devices.

Medical 29 May 2024

Gerresheimer Announces Two-Stage Expansion in Georgia

The German packaging company is investing $180 million in Peachtree City, expanding production space for injection molding and other activities there by a total of 194,000 ft.2