From Editor's Desk

As we have been maintaining and emphasizing all the time, a strong supply chain for the Medical Polymers and related products and components is essential to support and facilitate Indian Medical Device Industry in order to accelerate the “Make-In-India” process. However, the Industry faces challenges of selecting right supplier for Medical Polymers. Selecting suppliers is an integral part of Medical Device Manufacturers’ commitment to offering highest performing products to their customers. This important aspect is addressed in this issue both by highlighting some important criteria for the selection process as well as introducing two important material providers with their respective characteristics and applications.

FOCUSED MEDICAL PLASTICS PAVALION @ “PLASTINDIA 2018”.

As an humble effort for creating platforms of interaction and creating linkages with Suppliers with the Indian Medical Devices And Plastics Disposables Industry, “Medical Plastics Data Service (MPDS)” has been contributing through various activities. On line with the successful effort during “Plastivision India 2017” event held in Mumbai in Jan. 2017, we are happy to be able to support the focused “MEDICAL PLASTICS PAVALION @ “PLASTINDIA 2018”, to be held in Feb. 2018, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. As it is well known, the event “Plastindia” is the most significant exhibition in the world and one of the largest Plastics Exhibition in the Asia Pacific Region. The coming event is expected to be located in 125,000 sq.m. area and will have 2000 Exhibitors including 600 oversea exhibitors. About 200,000 visitors are expected to visit.

Mr. D.L. Pandya

Editor

The Medical Plastics Pavilion will be a knowledge platform complete with posters, Audio-Visuals, Models, over 200 samples of medical plastic products and components and the presence of experts. The aim is to help existing and potential manufacturers and investors to diversify and / or branch out into medical plastic products. It will also have presence of manufacturers / suppliers of materials, components, machineries, technology essential for manufacturing medical plastics products and devices.

The newly established “Kalam Institute Of Health Technology ( KIHT ), India’s first Institute dedicated to medical technology located at “AMTZ”, Vishakhapatnam, will identify critical gaps in medical technology and suggest the government to do focused spending to bridge the gap between Academic, Research and Industry.

Some of the other important aspects covered under this issue includes “Global Market Scenario for Medical Packaging” Technology Snippets highlighting innovations and developments in Materials and Machinery, Product Gallery, Industry News, as well as the regular “Did You Know” Column and Events Calender.

D.L. Pandya