Non-toxic and heavy-metal-free ingredients and biodegradable carrier resins. Avient has developed sustainable technologies that offer lightweight alternatives to heavier metals, while delivering comparable or improved performance. OnColor™ FX™ Special Effect Colorants achieve an appearance comparable to glossy or brushed metal while reducing VOC emissions by replacing paint.

In the transportation industry, plastic has proven to be durable, lightweight and corrosion resistant while offering fuel savings, design flexibility and high performance, often replacing traditional materials such as metal and glass. Polymer formulations and structures have advantages over metals, wood, rubber, glass and other traditional materials, which have resulted in the replacement of these materials across a wide spectrum of applications. Examples of how our strategy supports these trends can be found in numerous initiatives: active participation in the medical device market, leveraging our global footprint to deliver consistent solutions globally, light weighting and metal replacement and development of solutions that respond to ever-changing market needs by offering alternatives to traditional materials.

A spring is used to push a metal indenter into the surface of the material, measuring how far it penetrates.

Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation

Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce

A spring is used to push a metal indenter into the surface of the material, measuring how far it penetrates.

Soft metals, such as aluminum and beryllium copper, can be used for prototype parts or short production runs up to 10,000 parts.

Soft metals, such as aluminum and beryllium copper, can be used for prototype parts or short production runs up to 10,000 parts.

Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

We have defined our Sustainability Portfolio in the eight ways we help our customers meet their innovation and sustainability goals: The benefits of these solutions include: • Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy • Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint • Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility As the world begins to shift from operating in a linear economy to a circular economy, Avient is proud to be a part of the solution. Wulfsohn was President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter Technology Corporation (“Carpenter”), a manufacturer of stainless steel, titanium and other specialty metals and engineered products, and was a director of Carpenter from 2009 until 2014. Examples include: • Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic; • Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation; and • Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses.