EU polymer supply debate gets heated
Plastics converting companies in Europe are facing a serious challenge due to the limited availability of polymers, and the rhetoric is starting to get a little heated. Since March of last year, EU...
View ArticleThink early: Design tips for injection molding
Adapted from 13 Cosmetic Defects and How to Avoid Them by Kip Hanson Innovation is speeding up, which means designers are experiencing a truncated design phase. As they are encouraged to design...
View ArticleMedical gets a new material: Reviewing optical LSR
Here is a sentence you don’t see everyday: A new material has hit the streets and it could change the rules of medical manufacturing. Optical liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is a transparent, flexible...
View ArticlePiper Plastics develops innovative near net shape technology for high...
Piper Plastics, a provider of high performance polymer materials and precision machined plastic components and assemblies, has developed a proprietary high pressure molding technology that yields near...
View ArticleGW Plastics wins Plastics News’ 2015 “Sustained Excellence” award
GW Plastics is pleased to announce that it has been selected as Plastics News’ “Sustained Excellence” award winner for 2015. This prestigious award honoring continued excellence in well-rounded plastic...
View ArticleTen criteria for choosing the right materials for your medical device design
Editor’s Note: This article is written by Cheryl Goodwin, a technical business development manager at Nypro, which is a a Jabil Company. Materials selected for use in new medical devices can have major...
View ArticleMinimize wear, friction and abrasion in medical materials with Quniton
Medical device designers wanting to improve product performance will find Quniton material is a new high performance lubricious product with permanent, low coefficient of friction (CoF) surface...
View ArticleCPC enhances polypropylene plastic coupling series
CPC (Colder Products Company), a provider of quick disconnect couplings and fittings for plastic tubing, announces the further expansion of its HFC12 Series quick disconnect couplings with 14 new panel...
View ArticleLPKF’s high-precision laser welds transparent plastic
Thanks to the reliability of the welding results, laser plastic welding has become established as the technical standard for mass production. Now with a new technology, LPKF is targeting the...
View ArticleNano-based masks for a more comfortable radiation treatment
Orfit Industries will be present at the ASTRO Annual Meeting in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center known to be the world’s most important meeting for the radiation oncology community, with...
View ArticleSolvay qualifies Quadion plant in Suzhou, China as a certified injection...
Solvay, a global supplier of specialty polymers, has qualified the manufacturing site of Quadion (a sub-division of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics) in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, as a certified...
View ArticleNew blow molding technology gives makers of medical bags and bottles access...
FGH Systems and Teknor Apex have developed material, equipment, tooling and mold technologies for high-volume extrusion blow molding of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), making possible a more efficient...
View ArticleGW Plastics Mexico celebrates 10 year anniversary
GW Plastics is pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of its facility in Querétaro, Mexico. Focused on manufacturing high precision safety-critical automotive and medical device components, GW...
View ArticleQutoplex plastic from Minnesota Rubber & Plastics is ideal for metal conversions
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics specializes in metal to plastic component conversions using Qutoplex a proprietary high performance plastics (HPP). Proven to lower costs, reduce weight, increase...
View ArticleSeries production of decorated plastic parts with integrated sensor
There is an increasing trend towards replacing mechanical knobs, buttons and switches in cars, household appliances and consumer electronic devices. Touch panels and displays with sensor technology are...
View ArticleMedAccred’s first accreditations for plastics injection molding awarded to...
In early 2016, MTD Micro Molding and BMP Medical volunteered to facilitate the pilot process for MedAccred’s new AC8160 Audit Criteria for Injection Molding. Both companies participated in the...
View ArticleSolvay takes leadership role in aligning advanced polymers with the growing...
Solvay, a global supplier of high performance polymers, announced at K 2016 (Hall 6, Booth C61) that it is committed to taking a leadership role in aligning its world-class specialty polymers and...
View ArticleFor malignant biliary obstruction, plastic stents may be cost-effective...
Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) with stent placement has been commonly used for patients with malignant biliary obstruction. In PBD, the placement of fully covered self-expandable metal stents...
View ArticleFor wearable electronic devices, NIST shows plastic holes are golden
In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you’re exploring something else entirely. That’s the case with recent findings from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where...
View ArticleGlobal medical polymers market expected to hit $19 million by 2022
The polymers market, which includes PVC, polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, PEEK, hydrogel, styrenic block copolymer, rubber latex, biodegradable, PLA used in medical applications...
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