https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-itma-2016-meeting-stringent-environmental-regulations-advanced-fiber-coloring-solutions
October 20, 2016
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-launches-elegant-and-bright-oncolor-brilliant-metallic-colorants-asia
SHANGHAI – April 20, 2018 – In advance of CHINAPLAS 2018, PolyOne today announced that OnColor™ Brilliant Metallic Colorants, introduced late last year in North America, are now available in Asia.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/OnColor Lux Colorants for Glow-In-The-Dark Effects Product Bulletin.pdf
PRODUCT BULLETIN
OnColor™ Lux Colorants
Glow-in-the-dark effect
Glow-in-the-dark plastics are mainly used for safety
reasons or aesthetics.
Common applications include
security guidance systems, home appliances,
switches, personal safety equipment, toys, baby
care products, and fishing and camping products.
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Kedrowski
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Operational Excellence
• Operational Excellence is a never-ending quest
for improvement in response to the voice of our
customers and shareholders
• It is all about strengthening our capabilities to
deliver value flawlessly to our customers deliver value flawlessly to our customers
• It challenges us to enhance our
productivity, profitability, and efficiency
in all phases of our business, from
safety to quality to waste elimination
to environmental stewardship
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Lean Six Sigma Initiative
• In 2009, Lean Six Sigma was launched to
improve execution skills across all
businesses, functions, and global regions
• A company-wide diagnostic was
conducted, resulting in identification of six conducted, resulting in identification of six
strategic improvement platforms
• Financial targets were estimated,
resources identified and trained
results delivered
,
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PolyOne OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate
4
5
6
5.1
Safety Performance
*Rubber And Plastics Manufacturing Industry (2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics).
0
1
2
3
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Industry
Average
1.4 1.3
1.1 1.1 0.85 0.65
0.57
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• Exemplary on-time delivery
• Best-in-class working capital
% of sales
81%
87%
88%
95%
93%
92%
94%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
On-Time Delivery*
Lean Six Sigma Delivering Results
• Approximately $200M in
cash driven by working
capital improvements
16.2%
14.4%
18.9%
11.7%
9.6% 9.6%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
WC % of Sales
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
*As measured to customer request date
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40.0%
Percent of Associates
Trained in LSS
World’s Best Start-up
Program in 2009*
World’s Best Business Process
Excellence Program in 2012*
Award-Winning Lean Six Sigma Program
*Both awards received from International Quality and Productivity Center
16.5%
40.0%
2009 2011
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• Globally leverage strategic supplier
management best practices
• Implement world class demand
management processes
Critical Imperatives
• Improve operational reliability and efficiencies
• Optimize global freight management
Drive 50 – 100 basis points of gross margin expansion per year
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-06/AVIENT_TPEs and LSR eBook.pdf
DESIGN MATTERS
Colors
Color can help differentiate your product from the competition on a retail
shelf, dazzle your customers with a variety of unique choices, or even add an
element of safety to your design.
Additionally, LSR has a specific gravity that is 20% higher
than TPEs (+/- 1.12 versus +/- 0.89), which means LSR will produce 20% fewer
parts for every pound of material used.
Painter was born in Ireland and immigrated
to the US in 1858 at the age of 20.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/Cesa Fiber Additives Hydrophobic for PP Nonwovens Product Bulletin.pdf
APPLICATIONS
• Construction: roofing underlay, cable wrapping,
geotextiles
• Medical: surgical gowns, surgical drapes, sterile
tray wraps, hospital bed sheets, and curtains
• Filtration: various filters that require water
repellency
BENEFITS
• Fast and long-lasting water repellency
• IPA repellency grade 6
• No visible influence on the final color of the
nonwoven fabric
• Can be combined with color into a single
product for convenience
• Regulatory compliance to key standards and
support for specific standards
PRODUCT BULLETIN
Copyright © 2023, Avient Corporation.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/OnColor Recovered Black Product Bulletin %281%29.pdf
OnColor™ Recovered Black is designed for
use in both injection molding and extrusion
processing, and can be a good choice for a range of
applications:
• Industrial parts
• Transportation, including structural
or underhood components
• Pipes and fittings
• Building & construction applications
• Thick sheet extrusions
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
• Reduction of plastic materials in disposals or
landfills; promotes responsible care
• Cost-effective option for non-critical
color applications
• Custom color critical applications available
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unreinforced metal
• Enabled reduction in thickness of sheet
metal while maintaining structural
performance
Polystrand™ PETG continuous fiber
reinforced composite laminate thermally
bonded to steel door skin
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
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TIER 2 MOLDER
P A N E L F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N
V E H I C L E S
• Transition from painting extruded sheet (3-5mm) to
molded-in color for two different thermoplastics
• UV stability
• Good appearance for visible part
• Expedited approved solution that delivered
the appearance and performance of a
painted part
• Developed formulations for two materials-
PMMA and ABS
• Offered aluminum appearance and required
UV stability
SmartBatch™ FX for Paint Replacement
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
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Our long glass fiber reinforced products range from 20-70% fiber content (by weight) across a variety of resin systems ranging from polypropylene to higher performance engineering polymers such as PEEK.
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