{"id":61492,"date":"2024-11-11T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/?p=61492"},"modified":"2024-11-12T17:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:38:04","slug":"hexpol-tpe-expands-medical-grade-tpe-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/hexpol-tpe-expands-medical-grade-tpe-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"HEXPOL TPE Expands Medical-Grade TPE Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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HEXPOL TPE has extended the hardness range of the Mediprene A2 series of thermoplastic elastomers for multi-component medical applications. \n\n <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mediprene A2 TPEs bond to thermoplastics such as ABS, PC, PETG and SMMA in overmoulding and coextrusion processing. This allows for the integration of features such as seals and grips in medical devices without the need to use adhesives or surface treatments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cThis is a welcome expansion of our Mediprene TPE portfolio\u201d,<\/span><\/i> commented <\/span>Niklas Ottosson<\/span><\/b>, medical technical manager at HEXPOL TPE AB. <\/span>\u201cAchieving chemical bonding to engineering thermoplastic substrates with TPE materials of lower hardness is particularly difficult. These challenges have been overcome with the newly developed Mediprene A2 TPE materials with hardnesses from 25 to 65 Shore A<\/span><\/i>\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mediprene thermoplastic elastomers are produced with traceability and documentation based on the requirements of ISO 13485:2016 (medical devices) and following the VDI 2017 guideline on medical-grade plastics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The Mediprene TPEs are produced at HEXPOL TPE\u2019s Swedish site, which has invested heavily in their medical capabilities. Most recently with a 57 million SEK investment in a new production hall, compounding line and advanced monitoring systems dedicated to medical production.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI\u2019m proud to see our investment in the new production hall up and running\u201d. It has been designed to minimise contamination risks and strengthen our commitment to the strict cleanliness, traceability, and reproducibility controls our medical customers can expect\u201d.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 Niklas Ottosson, Medical Technical Manager, HEXPOL TPE AB<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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About HEXPOL TPE<\/a><\/h3>

HEXPOL TPE is an international polymer compounding group specialising in Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE) for key industries such as consumer, medical, packaging, automotive and construction. We were among the 1st companies to produce TPEs in Europe, and more than 50 years later, the possibilities continue to inspire us \u2013 yes, we're self-confessed TPE freaks!<\/i> Our international teams work with customers around the world, developing new polymer combinations and creating customised materials that are safer, more durable, more sustainable. As part of the HEXPOL Group of companies, we share an extensive global footprint. Covering Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America, enabling us to support our customers worldwide. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HEXPOL TPE has extended the hardness range of the Mediprene A2 series of thermoplastic elastomers for multi-component medical applications. Mediprene A2 TPEs bond to thermoplastics such as ABS, PC, PETG and SMMA in overmoulding and coextrusion processing. This allows for the integration of features such as seals and grips in medical devices without the need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":61493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_markets":0,"wds_primary_product-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,74],"tags":[],"markets":[],"product-brands":[],"product-areas":[43],"industries":[],"class_list":["post-61492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","product-areas-tpe-compounding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61492"},{"taxonomy":"markets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/markets?post=61492"},{"taxonomy":"product-brands","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-brands?post=61492"},{"taxonomy":"product-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-areas?post=61492"},{"taxonomy":"industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hexpol.com\/tpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industries?post=61492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}