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Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) will highlight its standing as a prominent supplier of high-performance materials and innovative system solutions used in a wide range of products for everyday life at the PDM12 show (Stand 45). 15 May 2012

Nick Butterworth, business development manager of Bolton-based Bettix, reports on significant benefits from gas-phase surface fluorination treatment. 3 May 2012

At the PDM12 show, Bedford-based Midas Pattern will highlight its specialism in producing low-volume, polyurethane enclosures frequently used in medical and scientific applications. 3 May 2012

Amcor Rigid Plastics is producing pharmaceutical packaging using compression blow forming technology, making it the first company to use a CBF machine on a commercial scale, the company announced at Interphex 2012. 2 May 2012

There can be few fields of technology where functionality dictates shape so completely as in medical products, as the special feature in the 27 April print issue of PRW will demonstrate. 26 April 2012

A the recent NPE2012 trade show, St Paul, Minneapolis-based Mold Craft showcased a four-cavity injection mould for very small medical parts. 26 April 2012

Enclosure manufacturer Vero Technologies now offers its customers Biomaster silver-based antimicrobial protection for the instrument enclosures it makes for hand-held and other portable instruments in medical applications. 26 April 2012

The first PEEK craniofacial test implants to be produced by the laser sintering additive manufacturing process have been presented by Munich-based Eos, a specialist in the technique. 25 April 2012

PRW takes an exclusive look at the origins of a respected medical moulder. 2012 sees Owen Mumford, one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of specialist medical devices, celebrate its 60^th anniversary. 24 April 2012

Daventry-based laser technology specialist Rofin-Baasel UK will highlight its expertise in devices for precision welding and marking at the MEDTEC UK 2012 show. 16 April 2012

Tokyo-based eyewear retailer Intermestic has chosen Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin from Sabic Innovative Plastics for the frames of its new line of Zoff Smart spectacles. 16 April 2012

You’ve got to hand it to the Daily Telegraph… its handling of some Swedish research into a link between phthalates and diabetes is just brilliant. 13 April 2012

Swedish injection moulder Nolato has acquired Cope Allman Jaycare, a UK pharmaceutical packaging company based in Portsmouth. 12 April 2012

Researchers have designed a new kind of tablet that can deliver a valuable anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer drug through the lining of the cheeks and lips inside the mouth (the buccal mucosa), reports Nature India. 11 April 2012

A mouldmaker serving the medical equipment sector has found a longstanding automation partnership essential to maintaining competitiveness in a challenging economic climate. 2 April 2012

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• Michelin feels tyre pressure and idles Dundee plant 14 May 2012
• Jaguar Land Rover to spend an additional £1bn in the UK 14 May 2012
• Eco Plastics calls for a green message in a bottle 15 May 2012
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