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PPC offers its growing customer base of medical device manufacturers
the opportunity to source various dimensions and formats of flexible,
medical grade tubing. All tubing is produced to customer specification
in the PPC Costa Rica manufacturing facility which features a Class-100,000
clean room. Our tubing operation features advanced on-line process
controls which yield a statically measured and tight process window.
Download Medical Tubing Brochure
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Advantages of sourcing medical-grade tubing from PPC Industries,
Inc. vs. in-house manufacturing:
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Increased opportunities in this developing market.
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Clean-room space for more value-added manufacturing.
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Costa Rican location of PPC Industries’ clean-room manufacturing
offers a stable, educated, and cost-effective work force.
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Easy access to Central American and Caribbean medical device
manufacturing facilities.
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Access to US markets through Pacific and Atlantic ports.
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Free-trade agreements allow duty-free export to nearby markets.
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- Certified Class-100,000 clean room operation for production of USP Class VI tubing.
- Positive air pressure, filtered environment with temperature and humidity controls.
- De-ionized water system.
- In-house laboratory for continuous monitoring of bio-burden.
- Clean room space available for expansion of production capacity.
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- Monolayer and co-extrusion.
- Extrusion of PVC, PE, and other thermal plastics.
- Frosted, colored, and color-striped tubing.
- FDA, USP Class VI, and non-DEHP products.
- OD’s ranging from 0.05": to 1.5", with larger OD’s available on request.
- Wall thicknesses from 0.015" to 0.54": with thicker walls available on request.
- Cut lengths from 0.375" to 60.0".
- In-house tooling and die design programs available for custom manufacturing.
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- 100% measurement and inspection of tubing OD and wall thickness.
- 100% inspection process with on-line SPC/SQC system providing real-time data.
- Documented statistical analysis reporting available upon request.
- Validation of raw materials, process, and finished products.
- Physical testing capabilities, including infrared spectrophotometry, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, modules, bacterial, and bio-burden.
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