by Peter Gavigan | Apr 25, 2019 | Action Technology, Action Technology News
Wayne, Pa. (April 25, 2019) — Action Technology’s Clinton, Illinois facility is commemorating its 50th anniversary in the same location it started manufacturing in 1969. Products produced here are found in every household across the United States and in many other...
by Peter Gavigan | Apr 24, 2019 | News, Tekni-Plex, TekniPlex News
Wayne, Pa. (April 24, 2019) — Tekni-Plex will exhibit its latest beauty care packaging solutions at China Beauty Expo, May 20-22, Shanghai New International Expo Center, Hall N4/ Booths H50 and H49. As an international leader in providing lidding, closure liners,...
by Peter Gavigan | Apr 22, 2019 | News, Tekni-Plex, TekniPlex News
Wayne, Pa. (April 22, 2019) — Tekni-Plex has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire three manufacturing facilities from Amcor’s Flexible Packaging business unit. The facilities—located in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Ashland, Massachusetts— provide...
by Peter Gavigan | Apr 18, 2019 | Tekni-Plex, TekniPlex News
Wayne, Pa. (April 18, 2019) — The latest in medical tubing and compounds for medical device applications will be featured by Tekni-Plex business units Colorite, Dunn, Natvar and Tekni-Films at CMEF Spring, May 14-17, National Exhibition and Convention Center,...
by Peter Gavigan | Apr 17, 2019 | Action Technology, Action Technology News, Tekni-Plex
Wayne, Pa. (April 17, 2019) —Plastic and rubber solutions that meet a variety of manufacturing requirements will be featured by Action Technology, a Tekni-Plex business, at the Midwest Design-2-Part Show, Schaumburg, Illinois, May 8-9, Booth 443. “Manufacturers are...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | Technical Briefs
Small-diameter mandrels are commonly used in the manufacturing of endovascular catheters, for the purpose of retaining inside diameter dimensions and tolerances. Upon completion of manufacturing, these mandrels are removed, leaving a precision catheter shaft. Mandrels...
by Peter Gavigan | Apr 9, 2019 | Action Technology, Action Technology News, Tekni-Plex
Wayne, Pa. (April 9, 2019) —Action Technology’s tubing product line has passed stringent National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) certification requirements for demanding food, drinking water and sanitation equipment applications. Action Technology has met the...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Technical Briefs
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) procedures begin with accessing a major artery. As these arteries provide critical blood supply to the body, a conventional incision would be life threatening. In 1953 Swedish radiologist Dr. Sven-Ivar Seldinger...
by admin | Mar 2, 2019 | Technical Briefs
Heart attacks are frequently the result of a narrowing of the blood vessels that provide oxygen and nutrients to heart tissue and muscles. This narrowing is referred to as stenosis. Opening these stenotic vessels is commonly performed by small-diameter vascular...
by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Technical Briefs
olyesters are commonly used in a wide variety of medical devices. Two common polyesters are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). PET is the most common thermoplastic polyester and is frequently used for extrusion of sutures,...
