Innovation

Nithin Raikar, SABIC senior business manager, will give a presentation, entitled “Keeping Medical Equipment Clean and Durable: High Performance Copolymers to Address Infection Control Challenges” on Nov. 5 at 3:00 p.m. EST, as part of the Tech Theater track. At its virtual booth, SABIC will provide additional information on material solutions that address healthcare trends such as robotics, connected devices, infection control and sustainability.

ESC RESISTANCE FOR LONGER DEVICE LIFE

The product features a narrow stream for tighter spaces and a wider spray for broader coverage. Its fast acting and anti-seize formula penetrates corrosion, loosens rust and displaces moisture. Apollo’s locking feature also makes the product e-commerce friendly and easy to store. Partnership and Collaboration To bring the Liquid Wrench Pro Penetrant and Lubricant from concept to realization, Aptar and BBI collaborated through the development process, leveraging each other’s expertise in understanding the consumer market and needs for this category.

Wildcorn founded 2016 in Berlin, produces a range of 100% organic, healthy and flavourful snacks, including dry roasted popcorn as a healthy alternative to crisps. In 2017 the company launched its first sustainability program in partnership with Mellifera (the German head organisation for bee protection) to offset their use of agricultural resources by planting flower strips to rebuild/maintain ecosystems.

Amcor, a global leader in packaging, in collaboration with Nestlé, today launched the world’s first recyclable flexible retort pouch. The new high barrier pouch, using Amcor’s AmLite HeatFlex Recyclable solution, will first appear in stores in the Netherlands in October 2020.

“Aptar is dedicated to creating solutions based directly on consumer feedback,” Augustin De Tilly, global business development director beverage, said.

An Appealing Transformation: RB partnered with one of the world’s leading product design and development consultancy DCA to transform the device, with the redesign of shape (also resulting in a 17.2% reduction of plastic) with softer curves and the inclusion of a blossoming effect with the spray hole integrated into this. DCA was also able to make it more attractive to customers in the redesign by reducing the number of batteries required from two to one. The redesign follows in-depth customer research.

Called Woodle, the glue-free design can be manufactured from natural materials matched with a specific plastic inner that is designed to be separated and recycled at the end of its useful life. The Barcelona-based supplier notes that the patent applies to any plastic development in perfumery or cosmetics and is applicable to any material that covers such plastic innovation, not just wood. Moreover, the plastic inner can be injected in post-consumer recycled material as an added nod to sustainability.

By the end of 2020, 1,500 CVS Pharmacy locations will be equipped to fix special RFID labels to prescription vials. When the RFID labels are scanned by Spoken Rx in the app, which can be accessed by users using Siri or Google Assistant on their phones, prescription label information will be spoken out loud. This information, which is important for patient safety and adherence, currently includes patient name, medication name, dosage and directions and will be enhanced to include additional information over the months to come.