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17/06/2016In May PVCMed Alliance attended Exposanità in Bologna. We met a medical plastic compounder and asked him about the replacement of DEHP in PVC medical devices. The answer was clear: the replacement of the plasticiser is happening fast. Already now, almost 70% of his company’s customers have switched from DEHP to a DEHP-free plasticiser – most namely DEHT, TOTM & DINCH. He foresees that in the near future the plasticiser will be substituted completely.
PVC still very popular in the medical industry
The compounder also stressed that PVC, or vinyl, remains very popular among his customers, due to several reasons:
- PVC is very well known
- PVC is easy to process to a wide range of final applications
- PVC has the best value for money
- The cost of switching to non-PVC materials is high
- PVC can be made into the most common medical applications
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