Smart manufacturing of medical plastics

The market for medical devices, in particular, implantable, is expanding rapidly as economies develop, populations get older, health awareness enhances and support policies strengthen. According to data compiled by a Chinese research network, ChinaIRN.com, the size of China's current medical equipment market has exceeded RMB 100 billion, with an average annual growth rate of about 23%, and there is a great potential for a further boom. 

 

It becomes a major focus for medical device manufacturers to search for medical-grade high-tech materials in light of such rapid growth. With “Smart Manufacturing”, “Innovative Materials”, “Green Solutions” being the show focuses, CHINAPLAS 2018 is facilitating the formation of new trends - safety, precision, and smart manufacturing - in the medical industry, introducing high standard materials and advanced technology to the industry. 

 

Innovative materials - help advancing to next level 

Among the medical polymer materials available, plastics have the advantages of being light, tough, strongly anti-permeable, transparent and easy to mold. Compared with other raw materials such as cermets, plastics have lower costs and are safer, contributing to its increasingly extensive application. From pharmaceutical packaging to disposable medical equipment such as syringes, tubes, infusion sets and surgical instruments, plastics become ubiquitous. High-tech medical plastics is surely going to have significantly greater market shares and influence as demand in 2018 is expected to reach 6,411,700 tonnes. 

 

The market is also constantly posts new demands to medical field, such as greater product accuracy, improved core technologies, enhanced safety, higher intelligence and improved integrated innovation capabilities and manufacturing levels. Accordingly, the advancement of technology in upstream industries directly affects the technological trend of medical devices. 

 

"Medical Plastics Connect" to present the latest solutions 

In response to the compelling need of the medical industry, CHINAPLAS 2018 will launch a series of medical-related concurrent events, collectively known as “Medical Plastics Connect”, to present the latest medical plastics technologies from renowned suppliers, providing medical device, disposables and packaging manufacturers with the most advanced solutions. Activities include the “Medical Plastics Open Forum”, “Medical Plastic Product Pop-up Kiosk”, the “Medical Plastics Guidebook” and “Medical Plastics Guided Tour”. 

 

“Medical Plastics Open Forum” will be held on 25 April 2018 from 10:30 to 13:30 in 4.2T51 (the venue of Tech Talk). At the forum, topics such as solution for Oncology IV Device, the potential use of novel Cyclic Block Copolymer (CBC) in medical applications, medical plastics application trend – TPE material development and market drive, production of diagnostics - top efficient manufacturing and automation of pipettes, Petri dishes and blood tubes etc. will be included. At the same time, global renowned medical plastics technology suppliers will give in-depth analysis from the aspects of product design, raw materials, components, manufacturing equipment, molding processes and in-field applications of products and share the latest applications of medical plastics and industry trends with manufacturers of medical device, consumables, and medical packaging. Pre-registration for the "Medical Plastics Open Forum" is now open and available at https://www.ChinaplasOnline.com/Medical18. 

 

“Medical Plastic Product Pop-up Kiosk”- a showcase of great variety of products manufactured from the most advanced medical plastics technologies and materials - can be found at booth 5.1P39 and booth 4.2T51. 

 

In the newly introduced “Medical Plastics Guided Tours”, visitors will be led to the booths of selected medical solution providers, so that they can meet the technical experts face to face and get the solutions they need. 

 

18 Theme Zones to cover all Medical Product Design and Manufacturing Industries 

CHINAPLAS 2018 will take place on 24 - 27 April 2018 in a new and huge venue - National Exhibition & Convention Center (NECC), Hongqiao, Shanghai, PR China. It is anticipated that the exhibition area will reach 340,000sqm, congregating more than 4,000 leading exhibitors from 40 countries and regions. More than 120 hot and new technology will make their global or Asia launch at CHINAPLAS 2018. There will be more than 85 technical seminars. The latest plastic and rubber raw materials and more than 4,200 cutting-edge machinery and equipment will be displayed in 18 theme zones, including the 3D Technology Zone, the Thermoplastic Elastomers & Rubber Zone, the Auxiliary & Testing Equipment Zone, the Die & Mould Zone, the Smart Manufacturing Technology Zone, the Injection Molding Machinery Zone, the Plastic Packaging Machinery Zone, the Chemicals & Raw Materials Zone, the Bioplastics Zone and the Colour Pigment & Masterbatch Zone. Together, they provide full coverage of the medical product design and manufacturing industries, providing a one-stop shopping service platform for medical production enterprises. 

 

CHINAPLAS 2018 is expected to attract more than 180,000 local and overseas professional buyers from 150 countries and regions to visit and purchase on site.