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OUR BIOCOMPATIBLE PLASTICS ARE YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY

Americhem Healthcare is a market leader known for providing high-quality biocompatible plastics for healthcare applications. For over three decades, Americhem has supported medical device OEMs with medical-grade plastic compounds used across a wide spectrum of applications with formulations that meet regulatory compliance and specific product requirements. Learn why manufacturers worldwide trust Americhem to develop biocompatible polymer formulations that optimize outcomes.

When it comes to engineering medical-grade compounds, Americhem Healthcare’s unbiased approach to material selection means we will work with virtually any biocompatible resin to develop a solution that’s right for you. We source, process, and deliver the best materials to ensure the safety and efficacy of your healthcare or medical device product.

Medical device designers and manufacturers are challenged to hit a multitude of moving targets influenced by market demand, regulatory requirements, consumer perception, cost constraints, and supply chain issues. Americhem Healthcare collaborates with our medical OEM customers to develop innovative medical-grade plastic solutions that maximize opportunities for success. We understand that advances and risks associated with patient care often go together with the production of instruments, devices, and equipment used to facilitate medical diagnoses and treatments. We can source an extensive range of biocompatible plastics and customize them according to industry requirements to improve safety, efficacy, and performance.

DEDICATED HEALTHCARE DIVISION FOCUSED ON YOUR SUCCESS

The tremendous growth in the healthcare and medical device segment prompted Americhem to establish Americhem Healthcare, a business division launched in 2022 with the sole purpose of ensuring our medical customers’ success. By combining our 30 years of experience engineering plastic for medical applications with our technical capabilities and vast resources, we are uniquely positioned to develop, produce, and test new and innovative biocompatible compounds. Beyond world-class manufacturing and industry-leading standards, Americhem Healthcare’s advantages include:

  • Global expertise in material selection of biocompatible plastic for medical applications
  • Medical-focused engineering, production, quality, and sales teams
  • Market-specific research and development
  • Medical device product development support
  • In-house biocompatibility testing and process simulations
  • Industry standard adherence including ISO 10993, USP Class VI, FDA 21 CFR, UL-94 and REACH
  • Locked formulations
  • Rapid development
  • Small and large batch production
  • Lot-to-lot consistency
  • Competitive lead times
  • ISO 9001, ISO 10993, and ISO 13485 certified manufacturing plants
  • Clean compounding facilities in US and Europe

 

 

HAVE A CUSTOM MEDICAL-GRADE PLASTIC NEED? AMERICHEM CAN DEVELOP A UNIQUE FORMULA AND LOCK IT DOWN!

Americhem’s tailored approach creates unique advantages for medical device OEMs with definitive product goals. We design all of our medical-grade compounds to our customers’ exacting specifications. With our extensive compounding expertise, we can enhance any medical-grade plastic with product additives and reinforcements that consistently and positively impact the material's physical, chemical, and mechanical properties.

Our capabilities include but are not limited to:                                                                         

  • High Purity
  • Flexibility
  • High Clarity
  • Antimicrobial Protection
  • Low Friction
  • Antistatic Protection
  • UV Resistance
  • Electrical Stability
  • Impact Resistance
  • High Tensile Strength
  • Flame Resistance
  • Temperature Resilience
  • Chemical Resistance
  • Other critical properties...

 

You can depend on Americhem’s material experts to create a custom formulation that can be locked to preserve the integrity of repetitive manufacturing.

UNLEASH THE IMPACT OF COLOR IN BIOCOMPATIBLE PLASTICS

Color plays a highly functional role in today’s medical devices, allowing manufacturers to emphasize key interaction points, aid with color coding, differentiate device elements, affect emotions, and build brand identity.

As experts in color technology, Americhem offers a complete line of ColorRx® pre-colored compounds tested to meet the latest FDA biocompatibility standards. Our chemists will work with you to customize an innovative ColorRX® formula that matches your exact needs and delivers proven, long-lasting color.