Porvair expands production of Vyon™ sintered porous plastics

Porvair Filtration Group (Wrexham, UK) has starting manufacturing its high quality Vyon™ sintered porous plastics range at its US facility in Ashland, Virginia. The expansion of Vyon production is in response to increased demand and in order to enhance supply and support for OEM users in North America and Asia.

Available in sheet, tube, and almost any 3 dimensional molding in a range of pore sizes (10-100 micron) - Porvair Filtration Group offers a range of Vyon plastics that are FDA and WRAS approved, easily cleanable, strong, rigid and self-supporting with a long life expectancy and high resistance to chemicals. These materials can be purchased for OEM products or can be integrated and packaged into finished products. Typical applications for Vyon sintered porous plastics include filtration, solids handling, sound attenuation, battery venting and vacuum tables in markets that range from general engineering, aerospace and electronics to pharmaceuticals and food and beverages.

Porvair Filtration Group is committed to continued investment in research and development to provide innovative new sintered porous plastic materials that exceed the expectations of its customers in solving the challenges they face. Manufacturing of these specialist, high performance materials for OEM customers is underpinned by an ISO 9001-2000 quality assurance program,