The Challenge   As this existing steel pipeline infrastructure ages, the need for repair or replacement to prevent failures from corrosion increases; 80% of inspection costs are spent on monitoring corrosion of steel pipes.* To improve longevity in these critical components, the industry is shifting to alternatives such as spoolable reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP). To meet these needs, pipe manufacturers bring in reinforcements: Avient’s thermoplastic composites.  

The Challenge   As this existing steel pipeline infrastructure ages, the need for repair or replacement to prevent failures from corrosion increases; 80% of inspection costs are spent on monitoring corrosion of steel pipes.* To improve longevity in these critical components, the industry is shifting to alternatives such as spoolable reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP). To meet these needs, pipe manufacturers bring in reinforcements: Avient’s thermoplastic composites.  

Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend... Avient Board of Directors Appoints Ashish K. Avient Announces First Quarter 2025 Results...

Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend... Avient Board of Directors Appoints Ashish K. Avient Announces First Quarter 2025 Results...

Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend... Avient Board of Directors Appoints Ashish K. Avient Announces First Quarter 2025 Results...

Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend... Avient Board of Directors Appoints Ashish K. Avient Announces First Quarter 2025 Results...

They can also be customized for specific performance needs, such as laser welding and flame retardant properties. About Avient Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2021 revenues of $4.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

The two new available grades of Cesa Withstand for TPU film can meet the specific anti-bacterial and anti-mold protection needs of medical beds, transparent tent components, and ice bags. About Avient   Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

A new eBook from Avient titled, “Smarter Materials™: High-Performance Thermoplastics” can help answer these questions and be a valuable resource for anyone considering the use of these advanced materials, which are ideally suited for very demanding environments.  Making things even more complicated, the natural shade of high-performance thermoplastics is yellow or brown, which needs to be counteracted in order to achieve blues and grays. Avient’s new eBook discusses these complexities, while offering practical guidance to better understand the selection of colorants, base materials, and use.  

The Challenge For LEDs, heat needs to be effectively dissipated to prevent premature failure. The Mars Otomotiv engineering team needed to eliminate all of these issues by finding a different material for the heat sinks.