The implant is the second in the world to use a proprietary porous polyethylene material with a bone-like structure developed by Australian company Anatomics (St. Kilda).
S&W Fine Foods Intl. (San Francisco), a Del Monte Pacific Ltd. company, uses the retorted, transparent plastic cans for packaged pineapple sold in select supermarkets in Korea and China.
A study from Technavio (London) projects a compound annual growth rate for the material of more than 9% during the 2017 to 2021 forecast period. Medical applications accounted for almost 30% of market share in 2016.
The supplier of high-performance elastomer and thermoplastics molding services to the medical device industry has added a new Class 8 cleanroom at its 70,000-square-foot Litchfield, MN, facility.
The company will mold a POM-based micro-filter designed for use in micro pumps and inhalers on the Compamed show floor in Düsseldorf, Germany, in November.
The move represents Aurora Plastics’ (Streetsboro, OH) initial expansion into thermoplastic elastomers and further expansion into flexible PVC capabilities.
Since August, polyethylene (PE) producers have secured two increases totaling $0.07/lb, and some are looking to extend the gains in mid-October to a full dime, according to the PlasticsExchange.
The facility in Münster, Germany, will serve as a global hub for the company’s BKG products and house a dedicated aftermarket center for its EDI extrusion and coating dies.
