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New acrylic alloy targets PC, copolyesters in IV lines

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 | Permalink

  A new acrylic alloy is taking direct aim at injection molded polycarbonate and copolyesters used in IV line components requiring chemical resistance. Tests of the new material from Altuglas International, a subsidiary of Arkema, indicate that the new material, called Altuglas Luctor, resists attack from alcohols, lipid emulsions, plasticizers, TPN solutions, and new-generation oncology drugs. Contact with flexible PVC tubing can be a particular problem for the two medical plastics most commonly used in IV assemblies. Tagging Options Domain:  All Sites read more

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New laboratory informatics system aims to improve R&D efforts

Thursday, June 13th, 2013 | Permalink

DuPont invests more than $2 billion into research and development (R&D). Dow Chemical invests about $1.7 billion a year in research across all its industry segments. Last year, BASF increased its R&D budget to $2.3 billion. Tagging Options Domain:  All Sites Keywords:  R&D software packaging dupont basf dow read more

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Bioplastic PHA puts new muscle in flexible PVC compounds

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 | Permalink

New research from Metabolix is putting an interesting twist on the fitness-of-PVC-for-medical applications debate. Naturally produced plastics called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can be used as a modifier to significantly improve the physical properties of a PVC compound while simultaneously reducing the amount of phthalate plasticizers needed to make the material flexible for applications such as bags and tubing. Tagging Options Domain:  All Sites Keywords:  PVC phthalates Metabolix read more

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After rebuilding company, Gloucester Engineering expands die rebuilding operations

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 | Permalink

You could say 2010 was a pretty pivotal year for Gloucester Engineering Co. (GEC). The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy that year, only to emerge from it after an investment by New York private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners , which is currently a majority stakeholder in the company.  Now in its 52nd year, GEC recently expanded its blown film machinery die rebuilding offerings due to an increased demand for the service. read more

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MD&M East: Speaker says device tax opponents full of hot air

Monday, June 10th, 2013 | Permalink

All Sites American medical device manufacturers are facing significant challenges but the medical device tax instituted as part of the Affordable Care Act is not one of them, says the new chairman of the Medical Plastics Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. “The people who are saying that this (the device tax) is forcing all of our jobs offshore are full of horse hockey because it doesn’t matter where you make the product,” said Mark Bonifacio in an interview with Plastics Today. read more

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