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Plastic material technology needs to break through to deal with environmental problems

2022-05-19

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Theresa Hermel-Davidock of Becton Dickson & Co. said at the Global Plastics Summit in Chicago, October 29-30, that technological advances in plastic materials are needed to address increasingly complex environmental issues. Both tooling and dies are very important factors, and material suppliers and equipment manufacturers must work closely together.

Plastic material technology needs to break through to deal with environmental problems

As New Jersey's director of core technology research and development at Franklin Lakes, Hermel-Davidock added that there are multiple stringent requirements for the product in terms of equipment production, sterilization, and resin handling. The company manufactures syringes, needles, IV catheters, surgical instruments and some similar products at 30 locations around the world.

In developed countries, current global trends include expanding access to healthcare, ageing populations and rising costs, she said. The industry needs to change how resins are screened and formulated, and there is still a lot of work to be done in medical plastics.