MOSCOW (MRC) -- Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has announced the global availability of a new line of "animal-free" MEVOPUR standard masterbatches and compounds, as per the company's press release.
The development offers the makers of pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices a consistent and traceable supply of products that are compliant with global standards and support a wide range of product design, marketing, and manufacturing needs.
Manufactured to meet the needs of the medical and pharmaceutical market, these products are not only free of animal-derived ingredients but they are also free of phthalates and heavy-metal pigments. The new line of standard MEVOPUR color masterbatches includes 17 polyolefin (PP and PE) colors. "Standard" means that the color formulations - and standard regulatory declarations - have already been developed and some colors are available off-the-shelf for faster product development, faster approvals, and faster market introduction. The MEVOPUR brand is Clariant’s commitment to change-control and back-up-supply practices tailored to the needs of medical and pharmaceutical companies.
Three ISO 13485 certified production facilities located in the USA, Europe, and Asia - all dedicated to the pharmaceutical and medical device segment - ensure raw-material traceability and change control. Also, because product compliance depends on every ingredient, the raw materials for every MEVOPUR product are chemically characterized and batch tested versus a 'finger-print' to verify their consistency before they enter production.
As MRC informed previously, in July 2014, CB&I and Clariant announced that their new Ziegler-Natta (ZN) polypropylene catalyst plant in Louisville, Kentucky, is on schedule to begin production in 2015. The plant is part of a long-term strategic partnership between Clariant’s catalysts business and CB&I’s Lummus Novolen Technology business. Based at Clariant’s largest US production hub, the new facility will combine innovative catalysts jointly developed by both companies with high-capacity output.
Clariant AG is a Swiss chemical company and a world leader in the production of specialty chemicals for the textile, printing, mining and metallurgical industries. It is engaged in processing crude oil products in pigments, plastics and paints.
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