Industry Pack Expo: Packaging wrapped in one big exhibition space October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart If you’re an attendee or exhibitor for Pack Expo (October 28-31; McCormick Place, Chicago), you might see me running from booth to booth (most likely with coffee in hand) conducting as many interviews as possible. Who knew you could get good stories and a workout all at the same time? While this is my first […] Read more »
Category Menu EEK replaces titanium in cervical implants October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart SpineNet (Winter Park, FL) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its new SpineNet ACC anterior cervical cage made of Zeniva polyetheretherketone (PEEK) rods from Solvay Specialty Polymers USA (Alpharetta, GA). The SpineNet ACC cervical cage is designed to reproduce a tri-cortical iliac crest bone, providing structural support as an […] Read more »
Processes Medical Musings: How to make hospitals accountable October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Transparency should be an important factor in improving medical care in America. C-Level officers in corporations have dashboards that give them information on operations and performance on a moment’s notice. Hospitals need them too. And they need to male data available to the public as a way of forcing improvement. That’s a prescription for change from […] Read more »
Industry Asahi Kasei's ZOLL Medical establishes Japanese subsidiary October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart ZOLL Medical Corp., a manufacturer of medical devices and a large buyer of plastic components, announced its first major expansion since its acquisition this year by Japanese chemicals and plastics giant Asahi Kasei. ZOLL will establish Asahi Kasei ZOLL Medical Corp. as its Japanese subsidiary effective Nov. 5 to advance its medical device business in […] Read more »
Processes Bioplastic may replace plasticizers in PVC IV tubing October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart New biobased PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) copolymers can replace plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride (PVC), potentially enhancing its acceptability in the medical market. Metabolix (Cambridge, MA) says it has demonstrated that a series of PHA copolymers miscible with PVC resins improved various physical properties. PHA copolymers, for example, performed as high molecular weight, readily dispersible plasticizers, enabling formulation […] Read more »
Industry KYDEX sheet brings designer look, color to aircraft interiors October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart If you thought aircraft interiors have to be boring and beige, take another look the next time you fly. KYDEX LLC, a Sekisui Chemical Group company, announced the launch of the aviation industry’s first fully compliant, colored translucent thermoformable sheet at the recent Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas, in Seattle, WA. The KYDEX FST CTL Colored […] Read more »
Industry DSM wins Model Enterprise award for Building SHE Community Culture October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart DSM has received the “Model Enterprise Award” for the way the company has been building a Safety Culture at its site in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China. DSM, one of the world’s leading engineering plastics suppliers, is one of the three winners in a field of some 70 competitors, and was nominated as the “Model Enterprise” […] Read more »
Industry Midas 26 MRIM Tools in Ten Weeks for Laboratory Equipment Launch October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Bedford-based specialist Polyurethane mould and toolmaker, Midas Pattern Company, is celebrating its achievement in providing customer, Randox, with no less than 26 Reaction Injection Moulding (RIM) tools in 10 weeks. The fast-turnaround tooling project was a critical to the scheduled launch of Randox new Evidence Evolution product, claimed to be the world’s first fully automated, […] Read more »
