Teknor Apex expands supply capabilities

Custom compounder Teknor Apex has expanded its supply capabilities in Asia for its Medalist medical thermoplast Elastomers (TPEs).

The company has secured ISO-13485 certification for its TPE production facility in Singapore. The certification is an international standard for quality management in medical manufacturing.

Stanly Tan, managing director of Teknor Apex Asia Pacific said: “Certified production of Medalist TPEs in Singapore helps Teknor Apex to save transit time and shipping costs in supplying the Asian market, and it enables us to offer compounds that provide the same properties as those from the USA and meet the same exacting standards. We are prepared to supply precisely the same Medalist compounds to companies that produce medical devices at multiple locations around the world.”

Serene Cheng, TPE business director said: “Working with partners in the processing equipment and medical manufacturing sectors, Teknor Apex has developed new Medalist technologies for replacement of latex in films, extrusion blow moulding of bags and bottles, coating of wire and cable, calendering, and welding of bags and pouches,” said Ms. Cheng. “For medical tubing, we have created an extensive portfolio of compounds that provide the first practical alternative to PVC, not only exhibiting the same flexibility and clarity but also duplicating critical clinical properties like resistance to kinking and necking, clamp resilience, and haptics.”