The rush is on to produce medical personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and one company is using its expertise to turn inherently hazy plastic clear.
“In this global pandemic, the need for medical PPE continues to rise,” says Halsey M. Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company. “We are committed to finding solutions that assist our customers and allow us to join in the fight against COVID-19 wherever we can make a difference.”
The current shortage in plastic materials used for protective face shields is leading manufacturers to offer the readily available polypropylene plastic. The material, however, is naturally hazy, so plastic manufacturers are turning to companies like Milliken and the company’s NX UltraClear polypropylene concentrate to produce plastics with clarity levels suitable for healthcare industry face shields.
Milliken has collaborated with a number of plastic manufacturers, from global players to regionally based companies, to evaluate NX UltraClear in this new product application. Impact Plastics is among the U.S. companies using NX UltraClear concentrates to make polypropylene clear for use in face shields.
Medical face shields made with NX UltraClear polypropylene are now in the market and being used by front-line workers.
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