Complēt™ long carbon fiber reinforced ETPU composite reduced weight 33% and performance analysis services confirmed metal-to-thermoplastic conversion success

SHANGHAI– September 25, 2024 – Today, Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialty and sustainable materials solutions and services, announced it is expanding the manufacturing of its NEU™ Custom Capabilities and NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) solution for catheter applications to its plant in Suzhou, China.

Most fluoropolymers, other than PTFE and polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), can be melt processed using conventional thermoplastic extrusion or molding techniques.

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We also invested to begin thermoplastic elastomer production in Brazil, another important regional market where we’ve identified opportunities to grow and serve customers. Thermoplastics offer versatility and a wide range of applications. Garratt worked for DuPont Dow Elastomers (a global manufacturer of engineered thermoset rubber and thermoplastic elastomer materials) in market development and product management positions, culminating in a regional commercial leadership role for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With PREPERM™ thermoplastics, you can easily produce complex and large high-precision parts that have tight tolerances in material characteristics​

Polystrand™ R continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites are made with a resin matrix of greater than 95% post-consumer recycled PET (rPET).

Traditionally, Carbon fiber tows were used in thermoset composite applications but are being incorporated into thermoplastics more and more.

Now the benefits of thermoplastic materials are available also for the applications traditionally produced from ceramics or thermoset plastic materials

Improve processability and reduce overall processing time – TPEs are easier to process than EPDM rubber and do not require drying like thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV), leading to a decrease in processing time and costs.