TekniPlex Healthcare Gains ISCC PLUS Certification for Bio-Based Compounds

TekniPlex Healthcare, which utilizes advanced materials science expertise to help deliver better patient outcomes, has become the first healthcare solutions company to introduce bio-based compounds for medical plastics applications whose performance and compositional properties are equivalent to conventional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins. Certified through the globally recognized International Sustainability & Carbon Certification PLUS (ISCC PLUS) system, the bio-based medical-grade PVC compounds utilize resins and plasticizers manufactured with renewable energy and bio-attributed classification. The compounds are equivalent to traditional medical-grade PVC in terms of chemical composition, functionality and regulatory viability.