LUXEMBOURG – October 12, 2021 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today unveiled new bio-filled polymer grades at the international trade fair for plastics processing, Fakuma.  Nymax™ PIR post-industrial recycled nylon formulations: This portfolio features standard and custom-formulated nylon 66 and nylon 6 grades. Standard grades contain from 20 to 100 percent recycled content.

This is in addition to 20% to 70% recycled content in previously launched grades, all delivering mechanical properties comparable to virgin PC. The Edgetek REC PC portfolio includes unfilled and glass-filled grades of rPC, rPC/PBT, and rPC/ABS blends, with glass fiber content ranging from 10% to 30%. With colorability in virtually all colors and shades enabled by the high quality of the PCR source, these materials are available as precolored compounds or as natural grades, which are colorable and recommended for use with Avient’s OnColor™ Color Masterbatches for PC.

Six standard grades are available, ranging in hardness levels from 40 – 85 Shore A. Additional food contact compliance grades are also available.   Avient’s new LubriOne Internally Lubricated Formulations made without PTFE are available across multiple polymer systems with comparable performance capabilities to conventional internally lubricated grades.  

Custom PA grade provides thermal and electrical conductivity for LED heat sink Custom PA grade provides thermal and electrical conductivity for headlamp LED heat shield component  Nymax™ REC grade provided part consolidation and strength for off-road vehicle manufacturer

They offer a more sustainable alternative to traditional polyolefin grades while achieving equivalent performance. Maxxam REC grades can be fully customized to meet specific application needs. Explore more sustainable materials with nylon 66 and nylon 6 grades that contain post-industrial and post-consumer recycled content

This custom Versaflex grade provides 60 Shore A hardness and superior tear strength. For the mouse feet, Avient formulated a special grade of LubriOne™ filled acetal as an improvement over the neat acetal found in traditional designs. The LubriOne grade offers a kinetic coefficient of friction value (0.108), which is roughly 50% better than that of the traditional material.

An enforced gap analysis of technical documentation may show that current plastic resin grades or masterbatches do not have adequate change control, and there are insufficient change agreements with suppliers For higher risk IVD, the gap analysis may also reveal that current resin grades or masterbatches don’t have sufficient regulatory assumptions, e.g., they are not verified for elemental impurities (ICH Q3D)  Backed by robust bio-compatibility pre-testing, healthcare quality systems, and change control standards, these ‘medical grade’ concentrates and pre-color formulations can help minimize risk and avoid high costs of non-compliance.

This custom Versaflex grade provides 60 Shore A hardness and superior tear strength. For the mouse feet, Avient formulated a special grade of LubriOne™ filled acetal as an improvement over the neat acetal found in traditional designs. The LubriOne grade offers a kinetic coefficient of friction value (0.108), which is roughly 50% better than that of the traditional material.

This custom Versaflex grade provides 60 Shore A hardness and superior tear strength. For the mouse feet, Avient formulated a special grade of LubriOne™ filled acetal as an improvement over the neat acetal found in traditional designs. The LubriOne grade offers a kinetic coefficient of friction value (0.108), which is roughly 50% better than that of the traditional material.

The new 4020G grade offers up to 50 percent lower haze and reduced impact on the PET recycle stream compared to previous grades, while maintaining the same reliable active oxygen scavenging performance. PolyOne testing shows that ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020G is one of the most robust oxygen scavengers for PET rigid containers, with negligible effects on efficacy for the rPET grades tested, while other competitive materials lost almost all oxygen scavenging ability with rPET content as low as 20 percent.