Topas Advanced Polymers, a producer of polymers for the medical-device and packaging manufacturers industries, recently received the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership. The award is given each year to a company that has demonstrated excellence in technology leadership within its industry. Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are crystal-clear amorphous materials based on cyclic and linear alkenes. COCs are widely used for prefilled syringe design and its use has allowed the company to become more commercially available.

The polymers’ high rigidity and strength, with their high purity and biocompatibility, represent the material of choice for an increasing number of applications in the medical and diagnostics sectors.

“Topas Advanced Polymers has successfully blended technological benefits with effective marketing,” remarks Frost & Sullivan. “It is at the forefront of changing the prefilled syringe industry as it is today and paving the future for polymers.”

For more information, visit www.topas.com.

 

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