Over time, dust can create an unsightly layer on interior plastic trim parts. The negatively charged plastic then begins to attract positively charged dust particles. Material suppliers now offer several types of compounded antistatic, dust-repelling plastics for this reason. 

Over time, dust can create an unsightly layer on interior plastic trim parts. The negatively charged plastic then begins to attract positively charged dust particles. Material suppliers now offer several types of compounded antistatic, dust-repelling plastics for this reason. 

Over time, dust can create an unsightly layer on interior plastic trim parts. The negatively charged plastic then begins to attract positively charged dust particles. Material suppliers now offer several types of compounded antistatic, dust-repelling plastics for this reason. 

With the recognition, OnColor™ NIR Sortable Colorants are preferred for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resin in black and dark colors, according to the APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability. OnColor NIR Sortable Colorants from Avient provide a solution to this problem, allowing the packaging to be visible to a NIR optical sorter, enabling it to sort into the correct plastic stream. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

Discover how our ColorWorks Design and Technology Centers can provide inspiration and help accelerate the development process of impactful color, material, and finishes solutions for your plastics products. Avient’s New Aesthetix initiative combines polymer science and unconventional ways to look at processing and formulation to deliver innovative aesthetic solutions to plastic materials. Discover our annual forecast of trends and color concepts for future plastic products.

Manufacturer improves durability, cost-effectiveness for plastic spinning tubes, bobbins Downtime, scheduled or not, is unwelcome – and it’s often due to a plastic part that costs less than a dollar. Istanbul-based IŞILSAN makes these plastic spinning tubes and bobbins, used on the world’s most advanced textile machinery to carry thread and spun yarn.

In addition, the plastic waste problem remains a priority for our world and our industry, as education eff orts on the sustainable and inherent benefits of polymers run in parallel with collaborative work to eliminate plastic waste. That’s why in January of 2019 we were very proud to have joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) as a founding member. It’s inspiring to see the cross value chain activities taking shape, and I believe we are on an encouraging path to ultimately solve the plastic waste problem.

Typically, stiffer plastics are more brittle. This concept provides a competitive marketing advantage over products made from simpler plastics. In regard to plastics, the concept of design freedom incorporates several subtopics:

Plastics provide tremendous benefits to our quality of life, but the challenges of plastic must not be ignored.   Avient Supports a Sustainable Future for Plastics - Video Plastics provide tremendous benefits to our quality of life, but the challenges of plastic must not be ignored.  

Plastics provide tremendous benefits to our quality of life, but the challenges of plastic must not be ignored.   Avient Supports a Sustainable Future for Plastics - Video Plastics provide tremendous benefits to our quality of life, but the challenges of plastic must not be ignored.