Homepage // News Center // Avient Introduces Versaflex™ TF Adhesive TPEs for Textile Fabrics Avient Introduces Versaflex™ TF Adhesive TPE Solutions for Athletic Textile Fabrics   With the new Versaflex TF Adhesive TPEs, manufacturers can create close-fitting bodywear textiles that offer consumers a more comfortable exercise experience.

Renol™ Fiber Colorants for deep black shades provide intense jetness and color stability to polyester textiles. Intense, deep black shades are a highly sought-after feature in textiles to give them a luxurious appearance, especially in apparel, sportswear, home decor, and automotive applications. Achieving good lightfastness and washing fastnesses, which are critical requirements for automotive textiles and sportswear, is also challenging without increasing costs.  

With Fabric FX masterbatch and a textured mold surface, manufacturers have a drop-in solution to design novel parts that appear to be covered in textiles. For manufacturers who currently bond textiles to polymer surfaces, this solution gives applications comparable aesthetics but at a significantly lower total cost, and without the logistics and processing hassles associated with bonding textiles to polymers. KEY CHARACTERISTICS • Fabric FX can be formulated to include properties such as UV color protection and anti-scratch performance • Fabric FX can be processed on standard molding machinery • Different matrix materials can be enhanced with Fabric FX, including ABS, PC/ABS, PB, and unfilled or talc-filled PP • There is no limitation on the graining that can be used; the fabric effect will differ depending on the grain effect engraved in the tool • If parts are extruded or a mold is not engraved, final parts will have an attractive speckled appearance, but will not be textured TYPICAL USES Fabric FX concentrates are suitable for any application that could benefit from an enhanced textile-like appearance.

They are particularly interesting for hygiene articles, clothing items, home textiles and carpets. They are suitable for PP, PET, PA and PLA fibers. Long-lasting options are available for textile items which require regular washing such as sportswear.

Cesa™ Fiber Additives Antimicrobial Additives for Synthetic Fibers and Nonwovens Bacteria and other microorganisms can cause unpleasant odor, discoloration and even degradation of surface qualities in textiles and nonwovens. The additive concentrates are highly recommended for applications requiring long-term protection in textiles made of PP, PET, and PA. APPLICATIONS • Clothing and apparel, to avoid odors caused by sweat-induced bacteria proliferation • Household furnishings and carpeting, to protect these products from microbial growth that can cause stains and odor • Home textiles and rugs, to prevent mildew • Automotive and public transportation upholstery and carpeting, to extend service life HOW IT WORKS Avient offers two major types of antimicrobials for fibers: organic and inorganic.

continues to advance its fiber colorant technology, enabling textile manufacturers, converters and brands to increase sustainability, operational efficiencies, and market response rates to drive their success in the global textile industry. Together, this allows textile manufacturers to increase production speeds, flexibility, and process control. The textile industry is at the forefront of adopting sustainable solutions across its entire supply chain," said

Homepage // News Center // New Technology from Avient Helps Trace Origin of Fibers in Polyester and Polyamide Textiles This enables producers and brand owners within the textile industry to more easily determine the source of the fiber, verifying information provided on labels. The textile industry’s supply chain is complex, making it difficult for fiber producers and brand owners to trace the textile products back to them,” says Mauro Dallavalle, senior marketing manager, Global Fibers at Avient.

Homepage // News Center // Sustainable Color & Additive Solutions for Textiles from Avient Highlighted at Yarn Expo Autumn 2023 Avient Showcases Specialty and Sustainable Color and Additive Solutions for Textiles at Yarn Expo Autumn 2023 With the booming textile market in Asia, many customers are looking for sustainable and innovative polymer solutions that enable them to meet performance demands for textile applications,” says Say-Eng Lee, vice president and general manager, Color & Additives Asia at Avient.

However, the way color is added to fibers can directly affect the sustainability of the final fabric, which is an important topic for the textile industry. Avient’s high performance colorants and additives support the textile industry as it seeks to increase the sustainability of its products and manufacturing processes. Additives that help enhance properties and improve fiber manufacturing processes can help fiber and filament producers meet the challenging performance and regulatory requirements of different textile applications.

Homepage // News Center // New Black Colorants Available from Avient to Help Achieve High Jetness in Polyester Textiles New Renol™ Black Colorants Deep Black provide intense black shades with excellent light fastness to polyester textiles. The textile market has long sought deep black colorants that offer exceptional jetness to textiles without incurring high costs.