by plastics editor | Jul 25, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Part/Product Design, Plastics Materials
Singapore has long nurtured its biotech sector through various public sector initiatives such as Biopolis, a research hub for Biomedical Sciences set up by state-owned real estate company JTC Corp. The latest government-driven initiative has now emerged adjacent to...
by plastics editor | Jul 21, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Packaging, Plastics Materials
Citing research that shows toxic chemicals in two dozen products sold at Albertsons and its Safeway subsidiary, the Mind the Store campaign, along with health advocates across the country, have launched a national “week of action” to urge the grocery chain to stop...
by plastics editor | Jul 21, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Packaging, Part/Product Design, Thermoforming
The Medical 8000S thermoform-full-seal machine produces a wide range of packaging including flexible packaging, semi-rigid packaging, rigid packaging, modified atmosphere packaging and more. The Medical 8000S thermoform-fill-seal (TFS) machine from Ossid (Battleboro,...
by plastics editor | Jul 21, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Part/Product Design, Plastics Materials
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed an antibiotic-releasing polymer that may greatly simplify the treatment of prosthetic joint infection. In their recent report published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the researchers...
by plastics editor | Jul 20, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Injection Molding, Medical
GW Plastics (Bethel, VT) announced today the purchase of Avenue Mould Solutions, a precision mold building, machining and injection molding company based in Sligo, Ireland. Noting growing demand for its services from medical device OEMs, GW Plastics said that the...
by plastics editor | Jul 20, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Packaging, Plastics Materials
The European Food Safety Authority (EPSA) is seeking feedback on the draft approach for its next re-evaluation of the toxicity of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in food contact materials. The draft is laid down in a “scientific protocol” that defines the...
