Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Shinichi Kajiya) is pleased to announce that the medical device packaging film, SUMILITE™ CEL-9530A, has received the recyclability certification from RecyClass, a European plastics recycling promotion platform.

In recent years, it has become necessary to address environmental issues such as climate change and resource depletion. Under these circumstances, there is a growing need for recyclable packaging materials as one way of reducing packaging waste.

We will continue to promote SUMILITE™ CEL-9530A as a packaging material suitable for recycling and contribute to realizing a recycling-oriented society.

RecyClass is an initiative to improve the recyclability of plastic waste in Europe and promote transparent resource use. By providing unified standards and tools, it aims to realize a circular system for plastics and promotes the industry's transition to a circular plastics society. It also implements a certification and assessment program to evaluate the recyclability of plastic packaging and other materials, providing concrete guidelines for improving environmental sustainability.

※ Changes in design, printing, used materials, and the effect of product content or residue might change the outcome of the assessment of a final packaging using SUMILITE™ CEL-9530A. The Letter of Compatibility class result offers scoring on recyclability in Europe, which does not consider the specific collection systems in the different countries.