RAUMEDIC Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification for PVC-Focused Medical Tubing Plant

RAUMEDIC has successfully completed the initial audit for an ISCC PLUS certification at its PVC-focused plant in Feuchtwangen, Germany. The certification enables the manufacturing company to produce sustainable PVC medical tubing by replacing fossil-based polymers with bio-attributed alternatives – all while maintaining identical chemical properties and significantly reducing the product carbon footprint.

This milestone builds on the company’s prior ISCC PLUS certification at its Helmbrechts headquarters and strengthens RAUMEDIC’s ability to support their industry partners in sustainability challenges effectively.

Supporting MedTech’s Sustainable Transition Under Growing Regulatory Pressure

Maximilian Hofmann, Sustainability Manager at RAUMEDIC, highlights the importance of this development: 

“The ISCC PLUS standard guarantees traceability and compliance with strict sustainability criteria across the supply chain. With increasing regulatory pressure from the EU Green Deal affecting medical technology companies worldwide, RAUMEDIC can now also provide sustainable alternatives to PVC-based medical technology components.”

Pioneering Sustainable Custom Material Development

Beyond facilitating a seamless switch from fossil-based PVC to renewable alternatives for customers looking to replace conventional PVC tubing with a chemically identical solution, RAUMEDIC also offers expertise in customized material development. Their in-house materials department develops specialized formulations tailored to specific requirements for medical and pharmaceutical applications.

"Thanks to our in-house compounding capabilities at the Feuchtwangen facility, we mix and optimize raw materials directly on-site. This enables us to develop customer-specific formulations, including ISCC PLUS certified PVC compounds.", says Jessica Pemp, Materials Engineer at RAUMEDIC.

For a quick overview of how RAUMEDIC can support your sustainability challenges and provide innovative solutions, visit raumedic.com/sustainability

About RAUMEDIC

RAUMEDIC develops solutions for life. Together with its customers, the medical and pharmaceutical technology company breaks new ground to improve the diagnosis and therapy of diseases. In doing so, RAUMEDIC focuses on polymer-based solutions for medical and pharmaceutical applications as well as products for intensive care. RAUMEDIC is represented worldwide and employs around 1,200 people at five production sites. In the core markets of Europe and North America, the company manufactures in its own clean room manufacturing facilities.

About ISCC PLUS

“ISCC PLUS certification is a voluntary scheme that is applicable for the bioeconomy and circular economy for food, feed, chemicals, plastics, packaging, textiles and renewable feedstock derived from a process using renewable energy sources.” (ISCC-system.org).