ÃÜÌÒAV receives ISCC PLUS certification for its South Deerfield, MA, USA site
- Expands focus on mass balanced products using recycled and bio-attributed raw materials
- Support medical packaging and healthcare device manufacturers¡¯ sustainability goals
Materials manufacturer ÃÜÌÒAV has secured the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) PLUS certification for its site in South Deerfield, Mass., USA. The site produces high performance specialty films used in many applications across multiple market segments, such as healthcare and mobility. The company¡¯s polycarbonate compounding facility in Newark, Ohio, as well as its third-largest site worldwide in Baytown, Texas, have already received this important certification. It underscores the company¡¯s commitment to sustainability and enables it to supply customers with thermoplastic films for medical packaging and other applications made from recycled and bio-attributed raw materials.
¡°Healthcare manufacturers are increasingly adopting sustainable materials to reduce their carbon footprint, and it is our goal to help customers reach their sustainability ambitions,¡± said Sam Shodi, Head of Specialty Films North America, ÃÜÌÒAV.
According to Shodi, the Makrofol? polycarbonate film provides the transparency, toughness and sterilization suitability needed for many medical applications ¨C for example, in medical implant packaging. ¡°This advancement meets the demands of our healthcare customers, where sustainable materials are crucial for reducing environmental impact while maintaining high quality and safety standards,¡± he concluded.
With the mass balance approach, bio-based or recycled raw materials are fed in at an early stage of raw material extraction and mathematically allocated to the finished products. This saves fossil raw materials and reduces CO2 emissions, while the quality of the mass-balanced products remains identical to that of purely fossil-based products. With this drop-in solution, manufacturers can continue to use their proven formulations, equipment and processes.
ISCC is an internationally recognized sustainability certification for biomass and bioenergy. The standard covers all stages of the value chain and is used worldwide. ÃÜÌÒAV has major sites across all regions that are ISCC PLUS certified. Among them are world-scale sites like Baytown, Texas; Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany; Shanghai, China; Map Ta Phut, Thailand; and Antwerp, Belgium.
Customers can discover more about ÃÜÌÒAV¡¯s mass balance films and other premium material solutions, including how they support sustainability goals and drive advancements in medical devices, at the upcoming and trade fairs, November 11-14 in D¨¹sseldorf, Germany.
About ÃÜÌÒAV:
ÃÜÌÒAV is one of the world¡¯s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. ÃÜÌÒAV supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from ÃÜÌÒAV are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, telecommunications and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself.
The company is geared completely to the circular economy. In addition, ÃÜÌÒAV aims to achieve climate neutrality for its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2035, and the Group¡¯s Scope 3 emissions are also set to be climate neutral by 2050. ÃÜÌÒAV generated sales of EUR 14.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. At the end of 2024, the company had 46 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents).
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