As a developer and manufacturer of a wide range of healthcare products, Hollister Incorporated has also selected Eastar copolyester for use in its horizontal tube attachment devices and moist wound care dressings.

"Qualifying Eastar copolyester has helped Hollister Incorporated continue to deliver a product of superior quality to the customers we serve," said Michael Dragan, Hollister senior sourcing and supply specialist. "Eastman's Eastar copolyester emerged as the material of choice due to its design flexibility and stability when sterilized."

Recognized throughout the medical industry for its superior performance, pristine clarity and gamma sterilization, Eastar copolyester is the preferred material of choice for an impressive range of products. Eastar copolyester's extraordinary toughness, superior chemical resistance and barrier properties allow it to withstand stress, impact and attacks from a variety of medical solutions.

Not only does it offer superb clarity, but its ductility and flexibility allowing snap-fit assembly to eliminate costly solvent bonding. Eastar copolyester maintains color stability after gamma sterilization, making it ideal for medical applications. Eastman's Eastar copolyester product line offers a spectrum of choices formulated to meet multiple biological, regulatory, sterilization and disposal requirements. It also provides an outstanding solution for tubing, medical devices, and rigid or flexible packaging.