Borealis, a leading provider of innovative value creating plastics solutions, has reintroduced its blow fill and seal (BFS) low density polyethylene (LDPE) products to the market in response to customer demand for the continued availability of the high-performance grades for applications including soft and flexible bottles and ampoules. The series will be presented alongside Borealis' Bormed™ dedicated polyolefins of value-adding packaging materials for pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, medical devices and parentheral, ophthalmic and entheral solutions, designed specifically to meet the needs of the demanding, innovative and safety-driven healthcare market.
As per the company, pharma packaging produced with Bormed is easy to sterilise, provides good barriers against humidity, it is chemically inert and offers excellent transparency. The PE and PP grades are suitable for a broad variety of moulding and film applications, independent of conversion technology and polymer type. The company claims that its Bormed range allows for the safe, straightforward production of senior-friendly yet childproof packaging. A lightweight solution, polyolefin-based packaging is convenient to use, without the risk of breakage, and can be disposed of in an environmental friendly way, for example through incineration. In addition, the company has a drug master file (DMF) at the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and have been tested according to the US Pharmacopeia Class VI requirements. In addition, most of the Bormed grades comply with biocompatibility standards as specified in ISO 10993.
24-Dec-08 
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