Through the combination of specialty engineered materials and comprehensive support services, Avient helps customers overcome challenges in a range of industries and applications. 

Through the combination of specialty engineered materials and comprehensive support services, Avient helps customers overcome challenges in a range of industries and applications. 

To get help in finding the best alternative material that could be produced faster and more efficiently, the manufacturer turned to Avient. Starting with specific performance requirements, Avient’s formulation experts set to work developing several thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grades that could deliver better productivity and enhanced key properties than the silicone rubber part.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

We've interviewed Chris Lefteri, Marshall Hamachi, and Owen Foster to glean their insights on materials-centric design, plus rounded up some success stories from the Avient Design team to illustrate how this concept plays out in the real world. 

Avient, through their Percept Technology, offers the ability to embed unique authentication markers within the polymers used to manufacture products. Learn more about your anti-counterfeiting options by contacting an expert at Avient today!

Overview: Avient Advanced Composites Avient’s reinforced composite technologies use carbon, glass and aramid fibers with custom formulated thermoset or thermoplastic resins in continuous forming processes

They also add important characteristics, such as SWELLCOAT® water-blocking, water repellence, adhe- sion, color, and wear and UV-resistance to these and many other applications.