Polymer solutions for Healthcare innovations
Norner has long experience working with product and packaging development and testing for the healthcare industry. We have the competence, equipment and capability required to be your technology partner in material selection, testing and product development.
Our strategic advisory team helps clients to be successful in strategic choices, to create added value, to achieve a superior cost position and to set up innovation organization and tools.
Norner key services in strategic advisory
- Business & Market Strategy
- Creating Added Value
- Cost reduction programs
- Innovation – Organisation & tools
Norner have a team with industrial experience and can support our customers in the field of healthcare products and packaging with a variety of innovation projects.
- Technology developments
- New product development
- Safe and sustainable polymer materials
- New packaging functionality
- Recyclable packaging
- Shelf life prediction and improvement
- Quality improvement
- Technical studies and feasibility projects
- Multi-client funded research projects
Funding support
Norner has unique funding expertise and broad experience from both national and EU research programs relevant for the energy sector. Norner is listed in The Research Council of Norway (RCN) overview of approved institutes.
Read more about funding support in Norner.
Norner provides high expertise in material and analytical testing, evaluation of physical and chemical properties, pharmacopeia testing, critical packaging functionality, barrier properties as well as plastic extrusion and moulding of prototypes.
Our ISO 9001 certified laboratory ensures high quality testing with focus on health, environment and safety (HSE).
Some key laboratory testing and analytical services for packaging
- Pharmacopeia testing of plastic packaging
- Performance testing of films
- Performance testing of bottles and containers
- Caps & Closure testing
- Testing migration and leachables
- Barrier testing
- Recyclability testing
- Failure analysis
- Mechanical testing
- Material characterization
Focus areas
Norner key service and testing deliveries in healthcare
- Choice of plastic material to meet intended function and quality
- Testing mechanical and chemical strength
- Shelf-life protocols, stress testing, failure analysis
- Analyse contaminants and purity in raw materials and finished products
- Method development
- Develop novel primary and secondary packaging
- Sustainable solutions and optimize re-use or recycling of materials in production
- Manufacturer of selected polymer based healthcare products
Regulatory and QA
Norner is certified according to ISO-9001.
We have medical device and pharmaceutical customers regularly conducting audits at Norner.
We perform >150 various tests according to ASTM, ISO or NS-EN standards.
We also have the experience of developing customer specific tests.
Cases
Norner can be your service provider in relevant aspects of the plastic pharmaceutical packaging industry.
Norner can support you in choosing the best plastic material for a cost-efficient manufacturing process meeting the functional, sustainability and safety requirements of your product.
Norner supports many companies, including entrepreneurs, in polymer material selection and processing.
Pharmaceutical packaging needs to fulfill very strict requirements and their use is regulated by the continental medical authorities.
Norner has historically worked with several companies in the healthcare industry.
Aristeia AS has developed a tourniquet for pre-hospital use, especially targeting the military market and ambulance services, but also meant for other market segments.
ShieldMe has developed a device for patient monitoring in nursing homes and health care institutions. The solution will give healthcare professionals increased insight into what happens to patients when they themselves are not physically present and enable faster reaction to critical incidents.
Norway Health Tech is a non-for-profit member organisation, representing the full value chain of healthcare.