Homepage // News Center // Reduce Material Costs and Improve Processing with New Foaming Fluoropolymer Wire Insulation Technology BETHEL, Conn. – PolyOne Colorant Chromatics just launched a new chemical foaming solution for fluoropolymer wire insulation that can reduce part density while enhancing the stability and efficiency of the manufacturing process. Foaming Performance: Maximum gas generation resulting from no premature foaming enables greater process control

Homepage // News Center // Avient Launches Non-PFAS Process Aid for Extrusion Applications at NPE 2024 Avient launches new Cesa™ Non-PFAS Process Aid for PE and PP extrusion applications at NPE 2024, enabling processing performance, productivity, and stability comparable to traditional fluoropolymer-based solutions. Delivering comparable processing performance to traditional processing aids, Avient’s Cesa Non-PFAS Process Aid reduces friction between the polymer and the metal, allowing the polymer to be more easily extruded.

PROCESSING GUIDE Surround™ EMI/RFI SHIELDING FORMULATIONS SURROUND™ EMI/RFI Shielding Formulations Surround EMI/RFI Shielding Formulations are developed to protect critical electronics applications by minimizing electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI). Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Homepage // News Center // Lighter Weight, Easier Processing, Heat Resistance: PolyOne’s Crosslinkable Barricade™ Elastomers Have it All Based on Fortrex™ technology licensed from Cooper Standard, this crosslinkable elastomer offers high-temperature compression set performance, easier processing, and a lighter weight solution when compared to conventional TPVs, silicones, and thermoset rubbers. Together with elevated compression set performance for high-temperature applications, this combination expands design freedom and processing ease for tubing, hoses, seals, gaskets, grommets, and more within consumer, healthcare, and industrial markets.

Homepage // News Center // Avient Announces Asia Manufacturing and Availability of Cesa™ Non-PFAS Process Aid Avient expands the launch of its new Cesa™ Non-PFAS Process Aid for polyolefin extrusion and film formulations to Asia, enabling processability, productivity, and stability comparable to traditional fluoropolymer-based processing aids. Avient’s Cesa Non-PFAS Process Aid for Extrusion is currently manufactured in Greater China, Thailand and the United States.

ECCOH™ LSFOH LOW SMOKE AND FUME, NON-HALOGEN PROCESSING GUIDE To learn more about ECCOH wire and cable solutions, contact us at +1.844.4AVIENT (1-844.428.4368) www.avient.com General Extrusion Guidelines ECCOH™ compounds are thermoplastic polyolefin-based low smoke and fume, non-halogenated systems. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Homepage // News Center // ColorNow™ Digital Service from Avient Offers Immediate Color Matching and Streamlined Color Design Process Since its introduction as InstaColr in 2019, Avient’s ColorNow service is continually improving, adding new features and functionality to leverage its digital potential and streamline the color design process via a mobile app and a web interface. The result is a tool and process that harmonizes these fundamental inconsistencies to provide fast and efficient color solutions right now in the field without extensive remote laboratory-based color matching. 

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Hires John Midea As Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Process Improvement CLEVELAND - PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced that John Midea has been hired as senior vice president, global operations and process improvement. Midea will lead PolyOne’s award-winning global operational excellence initiatives, including manufacturing process improvement, environmental health and safety, global sourcing and logistics, Lean Six Sigma training and deployment, and integration of acquisitions.

Actual melt temperatures should be measured using a pyrometer to ensure consistent and accurate processing. These values are for guidance only and may not reflect actual process. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.