Packaging

PolyOne Features New Solutions for Healthcare at MD&M West

Monday 14. February 2011 - PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, brings an exceptional range of specialty healthcare solutions to the Medical Design & Manufacturing West show at the Anaheim Convention Center, February 8-10.

Featured PolyOne medical-grade solutions at PolyOne’s MD&M West booth (1701) include:
OnColor HC Plus USP Class VI colorants: These pre-certified colorants meet or exceed biocompatibility requirements, enabling customers to expedite regulatory testing and increase their speed to market.
Medical tubing grades: PolyOne GLS provides customers even more design flexibility with three Versaflex HC MT grades that meet the diverse needs of medical fluid delivery applications. The grades showcased include Versaflex HC MT 220, Versaflex HC MT 550 and Versaflex HC MT 307.
Application success: PolyOne GLS worked with OXO to create a non-slip finger grip for the OXO CIMZIA Syringe, an innovative device that offers arthritis patients stability when self-administering medication.
In addition, PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers announced today that its McHenry, IL facility achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification. This is the third PolyOne plant to achieve such certification, enabling customers to more readily reach compliance with government-mandated supplier control standards without incurring additional costs.