Extrusion

BENVIC OUTLINES HOW RECENT ACQUISITIONS HAS GIVEN THE COMPANY A FOOTHOLD IN EXTRUSION.

BROADENING THE RANGE

Benvic, a PVC, technical, bio-based compounds, and medical fluid systems solutions provider, is enjoying increased penetration of the world’s medical and healthcare markets thanks to the extrusion expertise supplied by its Northern Italian subsidiary Modenplast.

Modenplast was a key component of Benvic’s showing at Medica/ Compamed 2021 exhibition in Dusseldorf, November 15-18, 2021.

This was the first Compamed configuration for these two Italian companies together and under the Benvic Medical umbrella with Modenplast adding its extrusion and materials know-how to the injection molding forte of Luc & Bel.

Now fully integrated inside the Benvic Group, Modenplast is developing and manufacturing specific medical tubing solutions - one of the key value propositions that is now emphasised within Benvic Medical.

Modenplast is also providing ranges of medical polymer compounds, making the company a solution provider for medical tubing.

Michele Brambilla, Modenplast managing director, stresses longevity and technical expertise as the key to Modenplast success.

“The manufacturing versatility of our company means that near enough any kind of medical tubing can be custom made for the needs of the client – from material specification, additives to issues of dimension, production and special application. PVC, naturally, has been our main ingredient for tubing, and Modenplast is now eyeing the prospects for TPE based medical products.”

Brambilla points out that Modenplast is “the producer of the compound, the tubing and is also able to provide certain components. With Benvic guidance and resourcing, this is an ideal strategy to build the best synergies and valueadded for our medical customers.”

Modenplast also specializes in the production of PVC and lay-flat tubing for the manufacturing of medical bags.

The extrusion process takes place in a cleanroom ISO Class VIII (EN ISO 146441) and uses automatic laser calibrators for continuous control of diameters. The equipment is connected to a printer for graphic displays of the measurements obtained.

The visual and dimensional inspection of the finished product is performed by the company’s Quality Control Dept. (according to ISO 2859-1) by using high precision digital calibre, calibrated plugs, and high precision profile projectors.

Brambilla said: “We can provide our customers, as in the past, with complete lines even for the coextrusion and for the production of tubing in PE. We are also able to manufacture tubing and formulate particular compounds according to customers specific requirements.”

Benvic’s acquisitions of Italian medical plastics processors, Modenplast (2019) Luc & Bell (2020) and Chemres (2021) have now turned the company into an integrated polymer company, meaning that Benvic Medical can supply extruded and injection molded medical products and devices as well as medical grades of polymer for the production of same.

PVC, naturally, has been our main ingredient for tubing, and Modenplast is now eyeing the prospects for TPE based medical products

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