Covestro, a leading producer of advanced polymers and high-performance plastics has developed Apec 2045, a copolycarbonate with the highest heat resistance, enabling molders and medical OEMs to significantly slash production time and cost, without sacrificing quality, performance or appearance.

"We work closely with our healthcare customers and recognized that we could offer a polycarbonate made for highest curing temperatures in silicone over-molding, helping them more than double production volumes in the same amount of time due to shorter cycle times," said Pierre Moulinie, Global Healthcare Technology Lead, Covestro LLC.

"Our experts provide support every step of the way," he continued, "helping our customers calculate possible savings when switching to this new high-heat Apec copolycarbonate grade – for example, simulating material performance in specific applications and calculating cost benefits with our LSR calculator tool."

In addition to offering high heat resistance and high productivity, Apec 2045 copolycarbonate offers other important benefits for this market. These include durability, transparency, biocompatibility, sterilizability and processability.

Furthermore, using this new material may contribute to customer sustainability goals, as it can enable circular business models by supporting close- and open-loop recycling, as well as the possibility of attributed bio-circular content.