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PolyOne's Joe Kutka

Published: August 11, 2011 6:00 am ET
Updated: August 11, 2011 12:00 am ET

PolyOne’s GLS unit has aimed five grades of its Versaflex-brand thermoplastic elastomers at the medical-tubing market. In this video from PN's recent Plastics in Medical Devices conference, Joe Kutka, global market manager at PolyOne, discusses TPEs as well as markeplace concerns with PVC and plasticizers, and why device makers are looking to replace thermosets like butyl rubber with thermoplastics.

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