Avient’s Color and Additives team will exhibit solutions such as ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™ dispersion process aids for improving polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling, Rejoin™ colorants formulated to enable 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) packaging, and Hydrocerol™ chemical foaming agents for reducing part weights.   In addition to these sustainable colorants and additives, attendees can also explore Avient’s PCR Color Prediction Tool, a service that digitally illustrates the color possibilities or limitations of certain types of PCR before sample development. About Avient

These sustainability technologies can improve the customer experience of working with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and support the use of PCR materials in packaging: Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Color Prediction Service is a digital service using sophisticated technology to help illustrate the color possibilities or limitations of certain types of PCR for customers, including polyolefins and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins. Cesa™ Nox A4R Additives for Recycling can protect post-consumer polyolefins against oxidation, typically resulting in defects like black spots, gels, and discoloration.

Avient offers color concentrates (masterbatches) specially formulated to offer optimal dyeing of recycled polymers and additive concentrates to help with their processing and performance. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application. COLOR SOLUTIONS • OnColor™ Polymer Colorants customized to customer’s requirements are color matched taking into consideration the recycled resin grade specificities and application requirements. • Our PCR Color Prediction Service helps frame the available color space based on the PCR characteristics including opacity and undertone for recycled polyolefins, PET, and styrenics. • SmartBatch™ Combination Colorants & Additives based on Maxxam™ REC Recycled Polyolefin Formulations which include 25–100% recycled polyolefin resin from post-industrial recycled (PIR) and/or post-consumer recycled (PCR) sources.

At Avient, we are proud to be a part of the solution, supporting the shift from a linear economy to a circular economy and driving sustainability for all of our stakeholders. For our part, Avient offers several solutions that enhance rPET recycling and address the challenges at every stage of the process. Connect with us to learn more about how Avient can deliver specialized material solutions that keep pace with the ever-increasing demands for sustainability.

Additives can be combined with colors into a single masterbatch for convenience. Discover our color masterbatch portfolio for spun-dyed polyester and polyamide. Overview of Avient's stain-resistant additive masterbatches for polyester fibers used in automotive textiles, home and office furnishings, and carpets and rugs.

Each of these sustainability technologies, listed below, can improve the customer experience of working with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and support the use of PCR materials in packaging: Cesa™ Unify™ A4R Polyolefin Compatibilizer: submitted in collaboration with Avient’s customer PreZero, a recycler, and its converter, Jelenia Plast, this innovative compatibilizer additive was developed jointly to boost the use of recycled polyolefins, showcasing how a value chain collaboration can lead to success. The solution enables industry players to incorporate higher quantities of PCR in polyolefin applications, promoting circularity and sustainability.  

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POLYOLEFINS ALIGNING WITH SUSTAINABILITY GOALS POLYOLEFINS ARE EVERYWHERE Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are among the most popular plastics in the world. Super concentrates can give greater flexibility in coloring higher levels of PCR than traditional masterbatches, and can be used in a multi- layer bottle construction. • As PCR runs through multiple heat processes it can degrade. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Helps to eliminate non-compatible film layers in polyolefin packaging Improves yield during sorting and enhances post-consumer resin (PCR) quality, helping to reduce waste Browse and download our literature to learn more about Avient solutions and services.

Cesa™ Nox A4R Additive for Enhanced Recycling: developed to stabilize recycled polyolefins and protect them from degradation during processing, enabling the incorporation of increased recycled content into packaging films, maintaining high-quality levels of PCR, and helping promote a more circular economy Color Prediction Service: an award-winning service that digitally illustrates the color possibilities or limitations of certain types of post-consumer recycled content (PCR) to simplify the overall decision-making process and help transition brand owners and technical colorists to higher levels of PCR About Avient