MOSCOW (MRC) -- Elasto (Amal, Sweden) increases their medical capabilities with the start-up of a new medical line and expansion to the technical centre at their facility in Amal, Sweden, reported GV.
"High quality materials, produced under consistent conditions with a strict raw material selection policy, all backed by specialist technical support, this is what we’ve built our medical strategy on," commented Niklas Ottosson, medical technical manager at Elasto. "Our strong heritage in this sector gives us a deep understanding of medical device regulations and requirements, such as; traceability, reproducibility and formulation stability."
As part of the investment, the company has also expanded the technical resources at their Swedish facility, Klas Dannas, Global R+D coordinator for Hexpol TPE commented: "Hexpol TPE operate technical centres at each of their production sites; ensuring fast and responsive customer support. Our teams of chemists and polymer engineers’ use advanced polymer testing and analysis equipment to develop progressive TPE compounds customised to our customers’ requirements. To support our growing customer base, we have added to our technical centre in Sweden with the installation of a new pilot line and further investments in analytical equipment such as FTIR, DSC and TGA machines."
Elasto Sweden is, according to their own information, the first European TPE compounder to be awarded the ISO 13485 certification for the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of TPE compounds for the medical device industry.
As MRC wrote previously, in September 2015, Elasto expanded the range of Mediprene TPE compounds for plunger seals in single-use syringe.
Elasto Muller Kunststoffe supports the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) market with a sophisticated and innovative product range developed by highly qualified material experts. The company's products combine the performance of thermoset rubbers with the processing ease of plastics to deliver enhanced design possibilities to a diverse range of markets, including automotive, medical, caps and closures, construction, toy and household. ELASTO is part of the compounding business area of HEXPOL, one of the world's leading polymer groups.
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