{"id":32955,"date":"2020-04-09T15:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=32955"},"modified":"2021-09-21T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T13:28:26","slug":"walki-develops-medical-protective-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/walki-entwickelt-medizinisches-schutzmaterial\/","title":{"rendered":"Walki develops medical protective material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The demand for medical protective clothing has increased significantly due to the Covid-19 crisis. To meet this demand, Walki has developed a new material for disposable medical aprons that fulfils the high quality requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eWalki is known for producing sustainable laminates for a wide range of applications from construction to packaging and therefore has extensive knowledge of materials. Doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals have asked us if we can supply them with protective clothing,\u201c explains <strong>Bart Vansteenkiste<\/strong>, Business Development Manager Engineered Materials at Walki.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Material for medical protective clothing<\/strong> must fulfil a wide range of requirements. It should <strong>Highly tear-resistant<\/strong> to ensure that the material can withstand the manufacturing process. It must also <strong>Waterproof and resistant to liquids<\/strong> be splash-resistant to protect the person wearing it. Another important feature is comfort. The material developed by Walki, <strong>Walki\u00aeApron 45<\/strong> is a <strong>High-performance, extrusion-coated polypropylene fleece<\/strong>, which is suitable for medical applications.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-2526592733\"><div id=\"packa-3561302632\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Walki\u00aeApron 45 was <strong>on an industrial scale<\/strong> and manufactured at Walki's site with very <strong>positive results tested<\/strong>. As hospitals all over the world are struggling with supply bottlenecks, it is important that the required materials can be delivered promptly. \u201e<strong>Walki\u00aeApron 45 should be certified within one week.<\/strong> become a reality,\u201c says Vansteenkiste.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Walki<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To meet the demand for medical protective clothing, Walki has developed a new material that fulfils the high quality requirements.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":32956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[43,32,40,59304],"class_list":{"0":"post-32955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-packmittel-und-packstoffe","8":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","9":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","10":"tag-pharma-kosmetik-chemie","11":"tag-walki","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}