Trainings and workshops
Are you desperately looking for plastics or material compliance specialists? We can train your staff for you. Gradical offers various training courses and workshops on the topics of sustainable plastics, medical grade plastics and material compliance. We also coach your company in the creation of your own processes and work instructions in the areas of material compliance and plastics evaluation. If required, we can also put together coaching sessions on other plastics topics or entire training programs for your new employees.
In this area, we offer the following services:
Sustainable plastics in medical technology
In our bestselling course “Sustainable plastics in medical technology”, we provide participants with an overview of the current state of the art: The course programme includes:
- Introduction to sustainability: definition, integration into the material selection process, methods for improving sustainability
- Recycling plastics: Sources of recycled material, recycling methods and comparison
- Bioplastics: bio-based and biodegradable
- Applications in medical technology with current examples
Regulatory aspects of plastic selection
In our “regulatory aspects of palstic selection” training , you will experience a two-day intensive course on all topics relating to material compliance.
The training includes an overview of the most important material compliance regulations and requirements in medical technology:
- REACH / SVHC, Annex XIV and XVII
- RoHS
- California Proposition 65
- TSCA
- CMR Substances
- Nanomaterials
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Phthalates
- Formaldehyde
- Animal Derived Substances
- PFAS
- Requirements in medical technology and biocompatibility
The training is supplemented by practical exercises to consolidate the knowledge acquired.
We regularly offer the course at institutes such as KATZ in german but we can also hold the course at your company on request in german or english.
Biocompatibility
What’s the USP <88> and USP <87>? What is the ISO10993 series of standards and how do you apply them? When do we even need to test biocompatibility and how? These and many more questions will be answered by your Gradical expert in the Medical Grade Plastics training.
