Home // Sustainability // Sustainability at Avient // Products // How Our Products Enable Sustainability Avient’s portfolio of sustainable solutions and services enables our customers to meet their innovation and sustainability goals through materials science. As the world continues to shift from operating in a linear economy to a circular economy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a focal point, Avient is proud to be a part of the solution.

The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application. Avient recommended an OnFlex-S multicomponent TPE, which offers excellent adhesion to ABS and can be molded at lower temperatures and injection pressures than competitive products. Lower system costs = higher margins: By reducing waste from part deformation, the Avient TPE allowed the manufacturer to leverage efficient, fast 2K molding for system cost reduction.

GILMOUR® A Q U A A R M O R T M L I G H T W E I G H T H O S E • Lightweight • Improved kink resistance and flexibility • Soft yet durable solution for consumer appeal • Shelf differentiation • Drinking water safe • Met all requirements with a custom TPE solution, enabling Gilmour to produce a more compact hose about 50% lighter than standard PVC hoses • Incorporated custom colorants for brand consistency, and specialty additives for enhanced UV and abrasion resistance • Delivered a single-material solution for easier manufacturing, and supplied materials locally to align with customer’s “Made in the USA” brand • Provided regulatory and technical support to product development Customized Versaflex™ TPE KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION LIGHTWEIGHT + KINK RESISTANT LEARN MORE Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.

Avient collaborated with a leading global automotive OEM and its injection molder to eliminate paint from a new vehicle’s interior. To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX concentrates for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV.