Plastic News -- MIAMI (Nov. 18, 3:10 p.m. ET) -- Changes in how health care is delivered are ratcheting up the importance of industrial design in the process of developing new medical devices, according to Aidan Petrie, co-founder and chief innovation officer for design firm Ximedica LLC. Additionally, a push to find more environmentally friendly solutions is causing firms such as his to consider such factors as how much energy is expended in processing certain resins such as polycarbonate.
