From Petri dishes and pipette tips to surgical drapes and containers: laboratory & surgical supplies covers countless single-use products and consumables made of plastic. For these high-volume products, the material price is a decisive cost factor.

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Laboratory and surgical consumables are produced in very large volumes; price movements in PS, PP and the other plastics used feed straight through to manufacturing costs.
High volume throughput: with consumables, even a small price difference decides the total cost.
Broad material spectrum: PS, PP, PC and PMMA are used according to requirement – and their prices develop differently.
Sound basis for calculation: current price data make quotations and budgets for consumables more dependable.



From procurement to management: pricenxt supports key decisions along the entire value chain.
Tracks the price development of the plastics used, positions the company’s own price level against the market and prepares supplier negotiations on a sound basis.
Assesses material alternatives and specifications in terms of cost and calculates the effect of price movements on the portfolio of single-use products and consumables.
Keeps the material cost base in view, identifies margin risks at an early stage and bases strategic decisions on dependable market data.
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For laboratory & surgical supplies, the key materials are PS for Petri dishes and culture vessels and PP for pipette tips, tubes, and centrifuge vessels. PC and PMMA are added for optically clear or mechanically stable parts. Surgical drapes are frequently made from PP nonwovens or bonded PP/PE layer structures.
Use our Plastixx and A-Plastixx indices free of charge, with no time limit. Track price developments for standard and engineering plastics, as well as across selected application markets.
