Avient’s team of sales and technical professionals began by carefully listening to the customer’s stated needs and current situation. Avient’s development team went back to work and quickly developed a flame-retardant grade that meets UL requirements for a V0 rating.

We understand this challenge, and can help you with quality TPE materials and the know-how that makes a difference. Customer Needs: How Avient TPEs Stack Up Overmolded TPE No Grip/ Molded-In Texture Premium Brand Image/Differentiation Excellent Poor Premium Selling Price Excellent Poor Premium Performance Excellent Poor Comfort/Ergonomics Excellent Poor Usability/Safety Excellent Fair Durability Good Good Processability Good Good Total Production Costs $$ $ Raw Material Costs $$ $ www.avient.com Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.

But store shelves are crowded with product offerings, so how do you entice them to reach for yours? FUNCTIONALITY AND VALUE How do you add soft touch?

Equipment Benefi t Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray System Capability to look at material and property defects at the most detailed level with magnifi cation up to 800,000x Digital Optical Microscope Ability to non-destructively capture fully-focused images with a depth-of-fi eld 20x larger than conventional microscopes Microwave Sample Digestion System Aids in sample preparation for heavy metal analysis Mechanical Spectrometer Estimates how a medical device will structurally perform when subjected to the load within a human body Differential Scanning Calorimeter Analyzes the transition temperatures of materials and also determines the purity of the materials to predict likelihood of defects Chromatography Accessories Facilitates compositional analysis of materials and devices as well as the ability to analyze extractables Copyright © 2011, Polymer Diagnostics Inc. We’ll tell you how your product will perform—and why Our experts work hand-in-hand with your technical staff to answer the most diffi cult questions—Why did your product fail? We’ll tell you how your product will perform—and why Our experts work hand-in-hand with your technical staff to answer the most diffi cult questions—Why did your product fail?

Read how technical expertise and broad TPE portfolio shortened the development timeline and delivered a durable performance Learn how blue jean stain resistant TPEs make the difference for white and light-colored phone cases Learn how Avient can help unwanted movement and noise in your products with vibration damping thermoplastic elastomers.  

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By putting customers first and executing our proven strategy, our global team of associates delivered record-breaking performances in 2014. See Note 16, Segment Information, for more information. See Note 19, Fair Value, for further discussion.

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