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TPE compounds in medical applications

von Klaas Sipkens

Since the introduction of TPEs in the 1960s on the market there is continuous growth in applications and market penetration. The market for medical and pharmaceutical applications, however, was approached reluctantly. Main reasons for this are the by nature conservative behaviour of this market area and the immense costs involved for changing materials for existing products. In the last decennium the acceptance of new materials increased considerably, also but not mainly, initiated by the widely grown suspicion of softened PVC.