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TSO3, now a part of Stryker - vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization FDA said it considered a number of criteria for the challenge. One of the main criteria was that the method or technology be compatible with a large cross-section of materials used to make medical devices as well as packaging materials or sterile barrers. The materials, devices, and barriers of particular interest were those that are compatible with EO sterilization. The second main criteria was that the method or technology be scalable, and allow for the effective sterilization of large volumes of devices. Researc...

April 21, 2021 Delivery day for the Kiefel thermoformer at LVF Packaging's Leeds plant UK-based converter LVF Packaging has invested £550,000 ($764,000) in the expansion of its machinery portfolio and is giving customers the option of hybrid packaging solutions. The company has installed a Kiefel KMD 78 that increases capacity but also enables companies the option of plastics and cartonboard hybrid packaging. A hybrid station can be added to the Kiefel KMD 78  Nigel Coates, managing director of LVF Packaging, said: “2020 was a busy year for us, especially in terms of the higher volume lin...

April 15, 2021 Municipal solid waste and by-products from the fishing industry have been used to create barrier packaging for food, in a project co-ordinated by Spanish research centre Aimplas. The goal of the European Dafia project is to provide the food packaging and automotive industries with sustainable options through the development of biopolymers, flame-retardant additives and barrier packaging. Results have included flame retardants that provide an alternative to halogenated models, sustainable barrier packaging and edible coatings that extend the shelf-life of food, and chemical subs...

Image source: iStock ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging plans to update its scope to better reflect the standards it oversees. The change is expected to be approved at D10’s October meeting, during which the committee will also discuss some of the significant changes its standards are undergoing, including ASTM D4169.  Earlier this year, both ASTM Committees D10 and F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging had begun reviewing their scopes and standards to determine whether there was any overlap. “D10 and F02 are fairly closely aligned, with some overlap in committee members,” says ...

February 26, 2021 US-based polymer material science specialist Inhance Technologies is to double its manufacturing capacity and increase warehouse space by 250 per cent by opening a new site in St Louis, Missouri. The new facility will replace an existing site during the first quarter of 2021 and will also increase the company’s local workforce by 15 per… TO CONTINUE READING, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR LOGIN