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THE SOLUTION Avient proactively worked with Bettcher’s product development team to fully understand the yoke specifications to help ensure end-product quality would remain unparalleled in the market. Avient’s team also provided hands-on design recommendations to minimize knit line concerns and address structural requirements. Avient’s team helped mitigate that risk through education, advanced testing and technical expertise.

Development began after the Carbonerro team began hearing negative customer feedback about sinking aluminum shaft paddles, produced outside of the U.S. and predominantly used in the low- to mid-level market. THE SOLUTION The Avient technical support team got involved early in Carbonerro’s design process of the Proglas shaft. The collaborative team identified a move away from the traditional mandrel rolling production process used in Asia, and toward an advanced semi-automated continuous filament winding process in the United States.

Avient proudly announced its partnership with the U.S. Execution of this strategy is achieved by our business units working closely with individual facilities, the EH&S team, and the Planet Sub-Committee. Understanding these emissions is important to Avient.

THE SOLUTION When the cable manufacturer reached out to Avient for a solution, its polymer science experts teamed up with the manufacturer to review quality standards, manufacturing practices, and the cable performance its customers required. Because every pound of scrap can lead to higher costs and the potential loss of hard-earned customers, the Avient team worked overtime to develop a formulation that could be easily integrated into the manufacturer’s production lines. To allay any concerns about leaving its local supplier, the team prepared enough stock, based on the manufacturer’s rolling forecast, to keep delivery times to a bare minimum.

Working closely with the producer, the Avient team recommended customizing a high density, engineered material formulation as an alternative to metal. THE IMPACT The closure producer’s team switched to Gravi-Tech material, and immediately logged a 35% cost savings due to lower material and processing costs. The team was able to preserve the premium aesthetics demanded by the leading spirits maker they served.

© 2020, All Rights Reserved Avient Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio USA 44012 To learn more about CORE™ Vinyl Powders, contact Avient at 1.844.4Avient (844.428.4368) or visit Avient.com. THE SOLUTION The supplier’s design team approached Avient in hopes of finding an alternative material that could replace leather yet eliminate processing issues. Our design team created a formulation modified for the supplier’s specific processing environment.

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