Homepage // News Center // Molded-in-Color Parts Replace Metallic Paint on SUV Center Console Housing PolyOne’s metallic-effect masterbatches can be incorporated into pre-colored compounds or dosed at a molding machine. Caption: Easily transition from paint to metallic-effect with Smartbatch™ FX masterbatch

Homepage // News Center // Create Packaging That Gets Noticed with New Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect Colorants from PolyOne GUANGZHOU, China – PolyOne today announced the Asia launch of its new Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect Colorant at Chinaplas 2017. EDITORS: For a high-resolution image, please click here:Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect 

Homepage // News Center // Packaging That Dazzles Your Consumer: PolyOne Introduces Impress™ Color Concentrates with High Gloss Metallic Effect Impress metallic effect colorants add value to packaging made with semi-crystalline polymers such as PET. Photo Credit: ©PolyOne Photo Caption: New Impress™ high gloss metallic effect colorants from PolyOne enhance polymer packaging with a high gloss metallic surface appearance. 

Homepage // News Center // Avient Launches New Recycled-Content Thermoplastic Elastomers and Metallic Effect Sulfone Solutions at Fakuma 2024 New Colorant Chromatics™ Metallic Effect Pre-Colored Sulfone Formulations Launched by Avient at Fakuma 2024 NEW Colorant Chromatics™ Metallic Effect Pre-Colored Sulfone Formulations: new pre-colored sulfone solutions with metallic effects, including gold, bronze, and silver, developed to emulate finishes that use metal without the weight and secondary processing but have the benefits of sulfone polymers, including ultra-high temperature and chemical resistance.

Homepage // News Center // Move Over, Metal: PolyOne Launches Surround™ EMI/RFI Shielding Formulations Surround weighs up to 60% less than aluminum or copper, and brings increased design freedom versus metal. Surround long-fiber material is well suited to housings for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) because of its capability to replace metal in shielding applications.

OnColor™ Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect Colorants Color concentrates add a unique look and sheen to polymer packaging OnColor™ Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect Colorants create a high gloss, metal effect look with no flow lines for polymer packaging, in a limitless range of vibrant colors. This technology enables packaging manufacturers to create unlimited combinations of color and gloss to design a brilliant metallic look that demands attention. Available in both liquid and solid formulations, Impress helps to create packaging with a brilliant glossy, metallic surface in unlimited color options.

LEADING PRODUCER OF CLOSURES FOR SPIRITS L U X U R Y C L O S U R E S • Replace metal while providing metallic look and feel • Customization of density and color • Easy processing • FDA compliance • Replaced metal with a weighted polymer solution to maintain high-quality perception • Minimized the appearance of chips from everyday wear better than metal by matching closure interior and metalized coating colors • Enabled the customer to introduce their luxury closures to a new market segment Gravi-Tech™ Density Modified Formulation KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? https://www.polyone.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/eco-conscious-formulations/gravi-tech-density-modified PRODUCTOR LÍDER DE TAPONES PARA BEBIDAS ALCOHÓLICAS T A P O N E S D E L U J O • Se sustituye el metal al mismo tiempo que se ofrece aspecto y sensación metálicos • Personalización de densidad y color • Procesamiento sencillo • Cumplimiento con las normas de la FDA • El metal se sustituye con un compuesto plástico de densidad modificada para mantener una percepción de alta calidad • Se redujo al mínimo la aparición de desportilladuras por el desgaste cotidiano, que supera al metal porque permite hacer coincidir el interior de la tapa con los colores de revestimiento metalizado • Permitió al cliente introducir sus tapones de lujo en un nuevo segmento del mercado Formulación de densidad modificada Gravi- Tech™ REQUERIMIENTOS CLAVE ¿POR QUÉ AVIENT?

LUXURY CLOSURE MANUFACTURER S P I R I T B O T T L E C A P D I S K • Specific gravity of 2.6 to match incumbent metal weight • Polypropylene-based material suitable for physical vapor deposition (PVD) surface treatment • Provided an easy-to-process material with an excellent surface finish for metallization • Met custom weight target and used a magnetic filler to support the magnetic system in the PVD metallization process • Enabled more design freedom by eliminating metal working Gravi-Tech™ Density Modified Formulation KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION METALIZED FINISH + HEAVY WEIGHT LEARN MORE Copyright © 2021, Avient Corporation.

Heavy Truck manufacturer HEAVY TRUCK MANUFACTURER E X T E R I O R S T E P P E D A L • Offer pre-color support to achieve an approved silver color formulation • Provide a metallic look with good weather resistance and wear performance for the exterior part • Shorten development time to gain durability approval • Offered color options that met desired metal color and texture, which was different from an ordinary plastic feel • Achieved excellent wear performance and weather resistance, qualifying it to replace metal • Provided support in achieving durability approval, resulting in significant time and cost savings OnForce Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION PRE-COLOR + METAL REPLACEMENT LEARN MORE Copyright © 2025, Avient Corporation.