Eastman Chemical Co.: Copolyesters

Tritan and Eastar enhance medical devices and patient safety.

Dec 8, 2015

Tritan and Eastar enhance medical devices and patient safety.

Eastman Chemical Co.’s Eastman Tritan™ copolyester and Eastar™ copolyester improve product reliability and patient safety in new medical devices.

Tritan and Eastar provide the toughness, chemical resistance, and clarity needed to make medical devices safe and reliable. To give customers easy access to technical information and experts, Eastman is enhancing its Tritan copolyester offering with the Tritan Technical Information Center. The site takes molders through an interactive journey, enabling successful molding for durables and medical markets.

TritanMoldIt.com is divided into two categories: 1) medical applications and devices 2) consumer durables. Each category provides an array of technical questions and answers about topics such as processing, proper molding temperature, and secondary applications. There is also a section that encourages user-submitted questions about Tritan that experts will answer within 24 hours. Recently, the site added German translations.

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