medical
Jun 16th, 2010
Medical Tourism is a Promising Trend of Health Care Development in Ghana
Health care service in Ghana is of relatively high quality as compared to other African countries. Such indexes as tentative lifespan, mortality level, overall Health care expenditures are better than average indexes across Africa.
In Ghana there are two medical schools – in Accra and Kumasi. In all the major regional cities there are hospitals, medical...
Mar 22nd, 2010
Reform Spells Shakeup for US Health Industry
WASHINGTON Despite vehement health care industry opposition to President Barack Obama’s sweeping reforms, experts say it could be a boon for the sector, which makes up a sixth of the US economy.
That the US health care trade is big business is obvious to anyone in the United States who clicks on a television, or walks...
Jan 15th, 2010
American Technical Molding to Add Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding and Tooling
American Tool & Mold Inc., and its injection molding division, American Technical Molding, are about to be joined by a third branch of the Clearwater, company.
ATM recently said is expanding its offerings this year to include liquid silicone rubber tooling and molding. Demetre Loulourgas, the company’s president, said the move is in response to opportunities...
Nov 20th, 2008
New Products for Testing Plastics
Zwick is concentrating its activities in the plastics field through its own competence center. The “Plastics Testing Initiative” has been underway for two years, and the range of products for testing plastics is being systematically expanded within the framework of this initiative.
Helmut Fahrenholz, who heads the competence center, is expecting the plastics market to continue...
Nov 13th, 2008
Honeywell Signs Supply Agreement With Chinese Company For Aclar® Film
SHANGHAI — Honeywell announced that it has signed a three-year supply agreement with Shanghai Haishun Packaging Material Co., Ltd., to provide the Chinese company with Honeywell’s Aclar® brand moisture-barrier films for pharmaceutical packaging.
Honeywell will also provide technical services and training to Haishun as part of the agreement.
“We continue to focus on meeting the current and...
Nov 13th, 2008
Pentafood® PP Film with High-Heat Resistance Now Available from Klockner Pentaplast
GORDONSVILLE, Virginia — The Pentafood® film product line has been extended to include Pentafood® W-5129 rigid PP film. With a heat deflection temperature of 275°F (135°C), Pentafood® W-5129 film is engineered to offer the highest heat resistance available in a PP film in the marketplace today. Ideal for microwave applications or use in foodservice hot-hold...
Oct 22nd, 2008
Kimberly-Clark Professional joins DSM Dyneema’s Global Licensing Program for Protective Gloves
URMOND (NL) — DSM Dyneema announced that Kimberly-Clark Professional has joined its licensing program for protective gloves made with Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.
Kimberly-Clark Professional plans to expand its KLEENGUARD* brand protective glove offerings with additional cut-resistant gloves featuring Dyneema® fiber. The licensing program sets high standards for abrasion and cut-resistant gloves. A prototype...
Oct 20th, 2008
BAE’S Protech Armored Products Introduces Ultra-Lightweight Protective Helmets Made with Dyneema® UD to US Market
URMOND (NL) — DSM Dyneema announced that Protech Armored Products, a BAE Systems Products Group company, is marketing protective helmets made with ultra-strong Dyneema® HB26 unidirectional (UD) composite in the United States. The Denver Police Department in Colorado is the first U.S. organization to adopt the new Protech Delta LT helmets. This model meets National...
Oct 14th, 2008
DSM Invests in Incubator to Strengthen Position in Biomedical Materials
HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS — DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has made an investment in the new business incubator in the field of medical devices Accelerated Technologies II, L.P. (ATP). The investment further strengthens DSM’s position in the biomedical materials market, one of the Emerging Business Areas defined in...
Oct 13th, 2008
First Antimicrobial BASF Plastic
BASF is now offering a plastic that has the property of killing microbes. This material belongs to the specialties found in the styrene plastic product line. It goes by the name Luran® S BX 13042 and is currently the only ASA (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer) with an antimicrobial effect. The product will be presented at the FAKUMA...
Oct 7th, 2008
DSM Dyneema Invests in Greater Capacity to Support Medical Device Applications
URMOND, NL — To help medical device companies develop new clinical approaches that improve patient outcomes, DSM Dyneema announced a major milestone in its strategic plan to increase commitment by increasing manufacturing capacity & capabilities dedicated to Dyneema Purity®, a specially developed proprietary medical-grade ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber for use in medical applications where...
Sep 30th, 2008
DSM Invests in Intelligent Medication Packaging
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has made an equity investment in The Compliers Group International B.V. (TCG). The Netherlands-based company focuses on the development of smart pharmaceutical packaging solutions that contain microchips which enable the monitoring of a patient’s therapy compliance. Financial details of the investment will...
Sep 26th, 2008
New Materials Increase Efficiency of Energy Storage and Medical Therapeutics
Solvay announces that its affiliate for fluorinated speciality polymers, Solvay Solexis, has struck a joint development agreement with Strategic Polymer Sciences (SPS), specialised in polymeric electronic materials. The agreement is about large-scale production of ultra-high-energy density capacitator dielectric materials based on biaxially-oriented Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF). PVDF-capacitators can achieve about ten times higher energy loads compared...
Sep 19th, 2008
Millad® NX8000 Opens Up Market Opportunities for Clear PP
Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, has developed a high clarity packaging solution that will bring the cost and performance advantages of polypropylene (PP) to more markets and applications than ever before. Millad® NX8000, Milliken’s latest clarifier innovation, provides 50% better clarity to PP than the current industry standard, providing designers and specifiers...
Sep 19th, 2008
New Bisphenol A Study Has Limited Capability to Assess Human Health Effects
ARLINGTON, VA — The American Chemistry Council is aware of a new study on bisphenol A published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that reports a statistical association between urinary bisphenol A concentrations and medical disorders in adults. As with any study, it is critically important to understand how the design of a...