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Worldwide support for your energy curing systems

RAHN is a premier worldwide supplier of additives, oligomers, monomers, photoinitiators and other customized specialty chemicals. Our products are used in ultraviolet and electron beam cure technologies and are essential components of high performance inks, coatings, adhesives, medical, rapid prototyping and other applications.

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Our philosophy

The company’s philosophy is based on a high level of customer support with cutting edge technical data combined with up-to-date health, safety and regulatory information. With laboratories in Switzerland, China and the USA, RAHN has the ability to provide local customized solutions and expertise in various application fields.

Experience

In the product development and product application areas RAHN supports its clients with more than 30 years of experience in radiation curing. Specializing in UV and electron beam technology, our Energy Curing experts have an international remit. We want to be more than a supplier for our customers. Our goal is to be a reliable partner to help drive their business forward and generate measurable benefits.

RAHN’s key offerings are

  • Full range of specialized UV/EB curable products
  • Consistent product quality available worldwide
  • High quality and high purity products
  • Customer focused product development
  • Technical consulting and support
  • Specialized application laboratories
  • Health & safety and logistics support
  • Worldwide network of partnerships
  • Industry expertise, dedicated to energy curing
  • First class customer service

The impact of 3D printing in healthcare

In recent years, 3D printing in medicine has become a powerful tool that enables companies of all branches to drastically reduce costs and time to market, from lab equipment, implants, prosthetics to even bioprinting and tissue engineering. The impact of 3D printing in healthcare can already be seen today. 

High-quality, innovative products depend on reliable raw materials. With a rising demand for tailor-made medicine and healthcare, manufacturers can’t rely anymore on conventional processes, which are expensive and time-consuming. 

RAHN is your reliable supply partner of raw materials for 3D printing resins and for the development of high-performance 3D photopolymers, which enable you to achieve your goals and to create a measurable impact for your business. 

Compared to traditional manufacturing techniques, 3D printing in healthcare has the potential to decentralize manufacturing of medical products, which are tailored to individual patients. 

One of the biggest changes that we can already observe today is a shift from prototyping to high-quality manufacturing. This means printed products need all important properties of traditional manufacturing processes, which in turn depend to a large extent on the 3D printing resins to satisfy rising market demands. 

Common applications of 3D printing in healthcare

From advanced drug delivery to bioprinting, photopolymerization-based 3D printing in healthcare has a wide range of applications. 

The use of photopolymers for advanced drug delivery 

3D printing in medicine is able to produce results with a high resolution and customization. It opens the door to deliver advanced drug delivery devices through customization instead of mass production. As a result, the term “personalized medicine (PM)” has gained traction in recent years.

The use of photopolymers for medical devices 

3D printing enables companies to make changes to current designs without setting up expensive tools or equipment. As a result, companies are able to produce drug dosages with complex geometries and compositions, as well as oral delivery systems or drug delivery devices.

Implants and prosthetics 

3D printing in healthcare has come a long way and is able to produce patient-specific devices and complex structures. This is especially important for custom implants and prosthetics, which would be expensive to produce with traditional manufacturing methods.

Bioprinting and tissue engineering 

3D printing can even be used to manufacture complex biological constructs while controlling the smallest details, such as pore size. Potential applications may also treat illnesses such as cancer, tissue loss or organ failure. 

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Use our laboratories

Would you like to work together with us to find out what works and to produce the optimum result for your project? Our laboratories are at your disposal – for training your staff as well, should you wish.

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