As it has for almost two decades, a group of color and social trend experts from around the world convened for five days to identify four global trends that can be expected to influence consumers’ response to color over the next few years. Forecast to be as important an innovation as the internet, it promises to open up a whole new world that accommodates different means of human interaction as well as a potential escape from reality. 

Whether it’s working in an office setting or working from home, lifestyles are changing every day. From calculators to spatulas and everything in between, you must meet the demands of your consumers with products that deliver.

Advanced polymer technologies are shaping the materials landscape, from CPAP tubing, cuffs, and housings to inhalers and nasal cannulas. Customizable colorants and additives from Avient can help enhance traditional materials for better performance and risk mitigation, while specialty elastomers and thermoplastics offer alternatives to traditional materials, such as silicone or PC/ABS, to meet application-specific or regulatory trends.

Customers can expect to achieve a 99%+ yield of liquid contents from a PlanetPak container.   See the new ColorMatrix FlexOne liquid metering system at Avient’s booth in Hall 8A/G10 at K 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany from October 19-26, 2022.  

Prototype corks utilizing this special effect formulation in combination with TPE from Italian compounder Marfran Srl were trialed at a manufacturer to prove the concept of creating a more natural-looking wine cork. The new masterbatch package from Avient enables us to enter the wine cork market with a Marfran TPE and foaming agent that complies with the necessary food contact requirements and the visual effect of genuine cork.

Cautionary orange is a widely used color as a warning of potential safety hazards and is a preferred choice for automotive manufacturers to distinguish high-voltage power connectors and cables in electric vehicles from other parts,” said Bob Lee, General Manager, Color and Additives Greater China at Avient. Avient will be exhibiting its broad portfolio of advanced technologies for the plastics industry, including its new OnColor durable orange nylon colorants for high-voltage EV connectors at Chinaplas 2024 from April 23-26, in Hall 8.2 Booth F31 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center of Hongqiao, Shanghai.

Versaflex™ CE TPEs for portable audio speaker gaskets and skins protect audio components from water and dust while expanding design freedom. Resilience™ LS Vinyl Polymers are formulated to meet essential performance and aesthetic needs for LED luminaires, from flame resistance and clarity to highly reflective and uniform metallic color effects.

This is where the MEVOPUR product line, and local availability from Taiwan, become extremely important.”  We also help improve time to market, with regulatory documentation and support, from design to launch.

The new grade, Gravi-Tech REC GT5200-5089 C I natural, is based on up to 60% Social Plastic® polymer resin material from Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that collects and recycles ocean-bound plastic waste. Social Plastic®, sourced from Plastic Bank, aids in alleviating poverty in vulnerable communities by transforming collected plastic waste into a valuable resource.

Drawing from our comprehensive medical materials portfolio, we are focused on listening and working together with our healthcare customers to develop enabling technologies that bring their innovative products to market faster and with competitive advantage,” said Cathy Dodd, vice president, Marketing at PolyOne. In addition, PolyOne is announcing a new agreement with Total Polymer Solutions (TPS; Rathcoole, Ireland) in which TPS will distribute healthcare solutions to its customers from the NEU Specialty Engineered Materials business of PolyOne.