New deal solves difficult extrusion and injection molding adhesion

Foster Corporation, a leader in polymer solutions for medical devices, has announced an exclusive sales agreement with SK Functional Polymer (SKFP), a subsidiary of SK Global Chemical.

The agreement, which began May 10, 2021, allows Foster Corporation to exclusively service the North American medical device market with Orevac 18300M, a functional engineering polyethylene- (PE) based tie layer. A tie layer polymer is specifically designed to bond together two or more incompatible materials that are used in an extruded or injection molded medical component. 

Foster currently provides highly engineered materials and compounds that are used in specialty medical and life science applications.

“The Orevac brand has been a quality brand for years in the industrial market,” said Larry Johnson, Vice President of Business Development at Foster. “Now, Orevac 18300M will be available to medical OEMs as a material tool to solve difficult extrusion and injection molding adhesion, and joining issues more effectively than what has been available.”