https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/Avient-2023-Sustainability-Report_5.pdf
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Meet aggressive sustainability goals
• Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste
• Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization
and PCR availability
• Meet legislation requirements
Avient Solutions & Services
• Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content
• Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and
biobased content
• PCR Color Predictive Ser vice, enabling increased
use of recycled content
• Avient Design Ser vices to enable circular
solutions
LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
RENEW
Packaging Consumer Transportation
35-60%
BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT
reSound™ BIO
Thermoplastic Elastomers
LEARN MORE
35%
LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS
ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™
RHC PCR Performance Additives
LEARN MORE
EXPANDS
PCR USAGE
Design for Recycling
CycleWorks™ Center for
Mechanical Recycling
LEARN MORE
60%
Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon
Formulations
LEARN MORE
RECYCLE
CONTENT
ENABLES
100%
PCR UTILIZATION
Cesa™ Nox A4R
Additives for Enhanced
Recycling
LEARN MORE
BIOBASED FIBER
ENABLING
10-20%
LIGHTER WEIGHT
SOLUTIONS
Dyneema® SB301
Biobased UD Fiber
LEARN MORE
85%
PCR Color Prediction Service
Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product
Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023
LEARN MORE
OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE
BASED ON COLOR
35-40%
RECYCLED CONTENT
reSound™ REC PCR TPE for
Automotive Interiors
LEARN MORE
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https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives
https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers
REDUCE
Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy
consumption and emissions.
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Improve fuel economy
• Reduce energy consumption
• Reduce carbon footprint
• Lessening environmental impact
Avient Solutions & Services
• Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional
materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight
• Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of
volatile organic compounds
• Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce
material usage
• Avient Design Ser vices to reduce weight or
energy consumption
REDUCE
Consumer Transportation Building &
Construction
20%
LESS MATERIAL
Lightweight Dashboards
Hydrocerol™ Chemical
Foaming Agents
LEARN MORE
REDUCES
VOCs
SmartBatch™ FX for
Body & Trim Paint
Replacement
LEARN MORE
59%
Air Cargo Nets
Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber
LEARN MORE
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Design for Lightweighting
Avient Design Services
LEARN MORE
LESS
WEIGHT
60%
EV Connectors
Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant
Formulations
LEARN MORE40%
LED Lighting Components
Therma-Tech™ Thermally
Conductive Formulations
LEARN MORE
LESS CO
2
THAN NYLON
LIGHTER THAN
ALUMINUM LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
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https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0
https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations
https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
PRESERVE
Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preser ve natural resources like water, protect human health and
safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/Avient 2023 Sustainability Report_6.pdf
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Meet aggressive sustainability goals
• Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste
• Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization
and PCR availability
• Meet legislation requirements
Avient Solutions & Services
• Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content
• Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and
biobased content
• PCR Color Predictive Ser vice, enabling increased
use of recycled content
• Avient Design Ser vices to enable circular
solutions
LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
RENEW
Packaging Consumer Transportation
35-60%
BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT
reSound™ BIO
Thermoplastic Elastomers
LEARN MORE
35%
LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS
ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™
RHC PCR Performance Additives
LEARN MORE
EXPANDS
PCR USAGE
Design for Recycling
CycleWorks™ Center for
Mechanical Recycling
LEARN MORE
60%
Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon
Formulations
LEARN MORE
RECYCLE
CONTENT
ENABLES
100%
PCR UTILIZATION
Cesa™ Nox A4R
Additives for Enhanced
Recycling
LEARN MORE
BIOBASED FIBER
ENABLING
10-20%
LIGHTER WEIGHT
SOLUTIONS
Dyneema® SB301
Biobased UD Fiber
LEARN MORE
85%
PCR Color Prediction Service
Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product
Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023
LEARN MORE
OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE
BASED ON COLOR
35-40%
RECYCLED CONTENT
reSound™ REC PCR TPE for
Automotive Interiors
LEARN MORE
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https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives
https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers
REDUCE
Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy
consumption and emissions.
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Improve fuel economy
• Reduce energy consumption
• Reduce carbon footprint
• Lessening environmental impact
Avient Solutions & Services
• Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional
materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight
• Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of
volatile organic compounds
• Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce
material usage
• Avient Design Ser vices to reduce weight or
energy consumption
REDUCE
Consumer Transportation Building &
Construction
20%
LESS MATERIAL
Lightweight Dashboards
Hydrocerol™ Chemical
Foaming Agents
LEARN MORE
REDUCES
VOCs
SmartBatch™ FX for
Body & Trim Paint
Replacement
LEARN MORE
59%
Air Cargo Nets
Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber
LEARN MORE
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Design for Lightweighting
Avient Design Services
LEARN MORE
LESS
WEIGHT
60%
EV Connectors
Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant
Formulations
LEARN MORE40%
LED Lighting Components
Therma-Tech™ Thermally
Conductive Formulations
LEARN MORE
LESS CO
2
THAN NYLON
LIGHTER THAN
ALUMINUM LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
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https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0
https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations
https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
PRESERVE
Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preser ve natural resources like water, protect human health and
safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/Avient-2022-Sustainability-Report.pdf
NEW at Avient
In 2022, we launched new products and expanded applications for the healthcare market that
continue to evolve our portfolio to include more sustainable options, including:
Mevopur™ Healthcare Bio-Based Polymer Solutions are color and performance-enhancing additive
solutions formulated with bio-based polymers for healthcare applications
Mevopur™ Nucleation Additive Concentrates help produce thinner walls in polyolefin applications while
maintaining mechanical properties and reduce Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) in HDPE
Mevopur™ Chemical Foaming Agents (CFA) enable reduced material use, while meeting regulator y
requirements for medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging
REMAFIN™ EP White Colorants for Pharmaceutical Packaging designed for a range of pharmaceuticals,
safeguarding light transmission while meeting regulatory requirements
Trilliant™ HC Glass Filled Polyketone offers a lower carbon footprint alternative to nylon with
excellent chemical resistance, high temperature performance, and good wear resistance
Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers are formulated to meet demanding healthcare device and
application challenges without phthalate plasticizers, including respirator y applications
Application Highlight:
Biopharmaceutical
Manufacturing Clamps
The Challenge
Develop an alternative to traditional nylon materials that
meets dimensional stability, impact and wear resistance
requirements, while enabling the customer to address
consistency of supply and sustainability objectives.
The Solution & Impact
Avient’s newest Trilliant™ HC formulation not only
provided improved chemical resistance over traditional
nylon, it was developed a lower carbon footprint material.
NEW at Avient
In 2022, we expanded our portfolio of sustainable solutions, including:
Complet™ REC solutions provide long fiber-reinforced composites are now available in recycled
nylon and TPU formulations
Polystrand™ R continuous fiber thermoplastic composites enables lighter weight reinforcement
with recycled PET
Edgetek™ PKE NHFR formulations are polyketone grades with non-halogen flame retardants
specifically designed for electric vehicle components, including connectors
Paint replacement technologies, including Artisan™ ABS portfolio and Molded-In Color Metallic
Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents enable reduced part weight without compromising
performance
Automotive OEM Lowers Carbon
Footprint With Avient
The Challenge
An automotive OEM was looking to increase the use of
sustainable materials for various vehicle parts in order to
make progress towards achieving their sustainability goals
and net zero emissions targets.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/sustainabilityreport2018.pdf
NYMAX™ AND BERGAMID™ RECLAIMED NYLON
FORMULATIONS offer high strength, durability and impact
resistance, all while enabling landfill waste reduction of
>21M pounds since 2016, by providing an alternative use for
post-industrial reclaimed nylon*.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/Avient-2023-Sustainability-Report_6.pdf
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Meet aggressive sustainability goals
• Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste
• Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization
and PCR availability
• Meet legislation requirements
Avient Solutions & Services
• Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content
• Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and
biobased content
• PCR Color Predictive Ser vice, enabling increased
use of recycled content
• Avient Design Ser vices to enable circular
solutions
LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
RENEW
Packaging Consumer Transportation
35-60%
BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT
reSound™ BIO
Thermoplastic Elastomers
LEARN MORE
35%
LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS
ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™
RHC PCR Performance Additives
LEARN MORE
EXPANDS
PCR USAGE
Design for Recycling
CycleWorks™ Center for
Mechanical Recycling
LEARN MORE
60%
Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon
Formulations
LEARN MORE
RECYCLE
CONTENT
ENABLES
100%
PCR UTILIZATION
Cesa™ Nox A4R
Additives for Enhanced
Recycling
LEARN MORE
BIOBASED FIBER
ENABLING
10-20%
LIGHTER WEIGHT
SOLUTIONS
Dyneema® SB301
Biobased UD Fiber
LEARN MORE
85%
PCR Color Prediction Service
Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product
Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023
LEARN MORE
OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE
BASED ON COLOR
35-40%
RECYCLED CONTENT
reSound™ REC PCR TPE for
Automotive Interiors
LEARN MORE
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https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives
https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers
REDUCE
Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy
consumption and emissions.
HIGHLIGHTS from 2023:
Key Markets
Key Customer Challenges
• Improve fuel economy
• Reduce energy consumption
• Reduce carbon footprint
• Lessening environmental impact
Avient Solutions & Services
• Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional
materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight
• Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of
volatile organic compounds
• Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce
material usage
• Avient Design Ser vices to reduce weight or
energy consumption
REDUCE
Consumer Transportation Building &
Construction
20%
LESS MATERIAL
Lightweight Dashboards
Hydrocerol™ Chemical
Foaming Agents
LEARN MORE
REDUCES
VOCs
SmartBatch™ FX for
Body & Trim Paint
Replacement
LEARN MORE
59%
Air Cargo Nets
Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber
LEARN MORE
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Design for Lightweighting
Avient Design Services
LEARN MORE
LESS
WEIGHT
60%
EV Connectors
Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant
Formulations
LEARN MORE40%
LED Lighting Components
Therma-Tech™ Thermally
Conductive Formulations
LEARN MORE
LESS CO
2
THAN NYLON
LIGHTER THAN
ALUMINUM LEARN MORE
Avient Sustainability
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https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0
https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber
https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations
https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio
PRESERVE
Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preser ve natural resources like water, protect human health and
safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.
https://www.avient.com/industries/packaging/beverage-packaging/beverage-packaging-dairy
Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM
https://www.avient.com/industries/consumer/consumer-discretionary/outdoor-recreation/exercise-fitness
Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/polyone-announces-second-quarter-2018-results
In addition, certain raw materials such as nylon 6/6 and fluoropolymers continue to be in short supply."
https://www.avient.com/industries/packaging/beverage-packaging/water
Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/Avient CDP Climate Change %26 Water Submission 20241001.pdf
They can be customized for specific needs and process efficiently with similar shrink rates
to nylons.
Additionally, the PK base resin significantly reduces the carbon footprint, emitting up to 61% less CO₂ than nylon production, enhancing sustainability
throughout the product lifecycle.
They then set up 4 bins in production to sort our plastic scrap into bins of PE/PP, PS, Nylon, and High Temp materials.