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®.

Ideal TPEs for safe, durable and regulatory compliant applications like pacifiers, bottles and bathtubs (Chinese language version) PET Bottle for Hair Care OnColor™ Frost PET Effect delivered customized color and anti-UV combination for hair care bottle

Ideal TPEs for safe, durable and regulatory compliant applications like pacifiers, bottles and bathtubs (Chinese language version) PET Bottle for Hair Care OnColor™ Frost PET Effect delivered customized color and anti-UV combination for hair care bottle

Ideal TPEs for safe, durable and regulatory compliant applications like pacifiers, bottles and bathtubs (Chinese language version) PET Bottle for Hair Care OnColor™ Frost PET Effect delivered customized color and anti-UV combination for hair care bottle

Ideal TPEs for safe, durable and regulatory compliant applications like pacifiers, bottles and bathtubs (Chinese language version) PET Bottle for Hair Care OnColor™ Frost PET Effect delivered customized color and anti-UV combination for hair care bottle

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.

According to several expert projections, the world may produce over 400 million tons of plastic waste annually by 2030. The PCR grade is formulated with recycled ocean plastics from Oceanworks®, an accelerator program participant within the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a non-profit group that includes Avient as a founding member. About Oceanworks Oceanworks® is the global marketplace for recycled ocean plastics.

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:

                        Sources: https://www.carbon-minds.com/lca-database-for-chemicals-and-plastics/               A 2012 article in Plastics Technology¹ notes silicone rubber molds need tighter tolerances to prevent flash. In the beverage industry, TPE liners in metal bottle caps effectively protect the taste and freshness of beer, a product that is particularly sensitive to oxygen.