Porvair invests in clean area for porous plastic components

Porvair Sciences has invested in a dedicated clean area for manufacturing Vyon porous plastic components for healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science products.

With the global market searching for high performance solutions for critical filtration, laboratory liquid handling and separation applications - Porvair has experienced a doubling in demand for components and products such as pipette filter tips based upon its Vyon porous plastics.

Kevin Doolan, general manager of Porvair Sciences said: "Our new Vyon white room was built in response to increasing customer requests for a controlled manufacturing environment, dedicated to fulfilling the strict regulatory & cleanliness requirements for components used in their products. Within the white room we have implemented cGMP compliant procedures enabling us to achieve even tighter specifications for contamination-free components."

Drawing upon decades of knowledge in the manufacture of industry-leading porous plastics, combined with advanced materials expertise, Porvair Sciences has established a reputation for delivering outstanding components to OEM & laboratory customers worldwide. Proprietary to Porvair Sciences - Vyon is a versatile porous plastic which can be modified to give hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties, or enhanced to achieve specific chemical and biochemical separations. Vyon can also be combined with other materials to create application specific composite products. Vyon is available in a range of shapes and sizes.