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Covestro - The Marketing Leader

a strong team in India. Covestro not concepts in the upcoming CPHI India
only supplies advanced materials to its seminar during November 15th 2021.
customers, but also provides them with Industry partners are welcome to learn
custom solutions for the entire industry about new trends and our material
chain by means of open collaboration. solutions.
We provide full-value chain material Q. The pandemic has led
science support, from early concept,
validation to later molding and scale-up. to increased use of
medical devices. What
Covestro Engineering Plastics global are your observations
headquarters is located in Shanghai
and has a dedicated team to meet the aft er COV ID 19
Dr. Douglas Hamilton needs of the fast-growing healthcare Pandemic? How did
Global Healthcare Industrial it affect your company
Marketing Leader, Engineering industry. Covestro’s Polymer R&D
Plastics, Covestro LLC Centers, Colour Design Centers and products and / service?
world-class integrated polycarbonate A. During the pandemic, respiratory
With over 50 years of experience in the production site network can are able
healthcare market has provided Covestro to meet our global customers’ needs. medical devices experienced
with deep application expertise and In addition, Covestro also has facilities a dramatic demand increase for
insight into critical customer needs. in Thailand to meet Indian customers’ example ventilators, masks and
Makrolon® Polycarbonate was invented requests on material recommendation, external circulatory membrane
oxygenators. Covestro’s materials have
by Covestro scientists in 1953 and has new application development and new been specified in these applications
been used in medical applications such as polymer development. Experienced for many years. We supported new
renal dialysis devices and cardiovascular technical and regulatory experts are ready entrants as well as established OEMs
oxygenator devices since the 1960’s. to provide updated global healthcare with reliable supply of medical
We have Dr. Douglas Hamilton speaking application and regulatory advice on polycarbonate and technical services
to Plastics News for this special issue. Covestro material to help OEMs expedite to support the production of these
Dr. Douglas Hamilton is the Global their product design, production and life-sustaining devices. We moved
Healthcare Industrial Marketing Leader innovation. quickly to prioritise production and
of the Engineering Plastics (EP) business The New Generation to engage speedy logistic services to
entity within Covestro which he joined in overcome the supply chain hurdles
2018 with almost 30 years’ experience in In the future, we will offer carbon neutral that cargo encountered.
the engineering plastics, life sciences and material solutions based on bio-circular
specialty chemicals industries working raw materials & renewable energy to fulfil Demand for some of the Covid related
medical devices is now stabilising
across regions and functions. a fully circular sustainability mission.
due to the increasing vaccinated
The Growth Next Peak: population. Indian OEMs are trying
As the medical market is evolving rapidly Covestro’s polycarbonate has been used to extend the technology developed
and regulations are becoming increasingly in various applications, including surgery, in COVID point of care diagnostic
stringent, it is crucial for customers to renal dialysis devices, masks, etc. While devices, for example RT-PCR, to
work with material solution providers we maintain our leadership position in detect other infectious and respiratory
who years of experience to navigating existing fields, we are looking at some diseases and we are supporting these
through these changes. We are constantly emerging or strong-growth applications, customers with material solutions for
innovating to provide material solutions such as devices for care at home, smart there evolving needs.
that can meet to meet new medical device wellbeing devices, connected healthcare, Q. How was the business
requirements. injury prevention, cancer treatment, etc. performance during the
Success Mantra: With decades of Covestro will introduce these next year, what contributed
experience in the industry, we’ve built generation of drug delivery device to the growth?

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