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 1990 - today That was the time when the Oxyphan® capillary membrane for the use in artificial lungs started its strong and successful growth exceeding one decade later a worldwide market share of 50 %. The name Membrana first emerged in 1991 when the name Enka AG was changed to Akzo Faser AG - the name deriving from the Dutch companies Algemene Kunstzijde , Zout Chemie, Organon, and the German word for fibre - 'Faser'. The membrane production section in Wuppertal became Akzo Faser AG, Business Unit Membrana. Membrana introduced a new high performance membrane in 1992 - Bioflux - and in the same year the company took over the new business division, Accurel® Systems. Another innovation appeared in 1994: the newly-developed MicroPES® flat membrane family for dead-end filtration in the technical sector. The company changed its name once more - to Akzo Nobel Faser AG, BU Membrana and Membrana began to reorganise the decentralised quality control, production control, quality assurance and production safety procedures, to form a quality management system (QM-System) in accordance with quality certificates such as DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 46001. In 1995 we introduced SMC®, a newly-developed synthetically modified low flux dialysis membrane, which combines high efficiency with haemocompatibility. MicroPES® capillary membranes were another successful introduction that year, for plasma separation and i.v. filtration. In 1997 the company name changed to Akzo Nobel Membrana GmbH. |
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The newly-developed high-flux dialysis membrane DIAPES® HF 800, made from polyethersulphone (PES), was presented to a broad public for the first time at the European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EDTA) Congress in Rimini in 1998. UltraPES and MicroPES® capillary membranes were introduced for use in water and waste-water filtration, and MicroPES® capillary membranes began to be used for plasma fractionation. | |
In 1999 DIAPES® LF100 and DIAPES® HP200, the next members of the DIAPES® family, were introduced. In 2002 Membrana GmbH became part of Polypore Inc.s, a leading international manufacturer and supplier of microporous membranes in the Energy Storage and Separations markets. Polypore Inc. is the world’s largest supplier of electrolytic separators for industrial, automotive and specialty energy storage applications, and a leading supplier of membranes to the lithium battery market. |
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