And at night, the soft glow of the dials and switches must be subdued to ensure a driver’s attention isn’t diverted from the road.

Using Versaflex non-blooming materials, brands and OEMs can achieve a premium, silky-soft overmolded surface without surface blooms.

Minimize the thickness of the soft TPE

With the support of the Sustainable Development Office of French Ministry of Interior (Mission Development Durable), more than 250 soft armor vests from the French Police and Gendarmerie Nationale containing Dyneema® ballistic material were taken from the field and tested on a pilot scale – successfully eliminating more than 400 kg of waste to reinstate Dyneema® back into the circular economy.  

Bases and additives are used to produce soft hand, high stretch or other performance characteristics

Some soft elastomers will stretch to greater than 1000 percent of their original length before breaking. A soft elastomeric TPE will typically have a much higher value than a hard rigid material. At the other end of the scale, soft gels and soft foam rubbers are measured using the Shore 00 scale.

These customized density solutions are an excellent choice for applications where the touch, feel and look of metal can denote luxury and quality, such as spirits caps and closures, high-quality surface finishes and handles for oral and skincare products, and in more functional applications including golf clubs, cutlery, fishing tackle and other outdoor accessories where heft is necessary for optimal performance.

Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

We leverage a high-touch, collaborative customer service model, where our ratio of technology to sales associates is 1.1, driving rapid customer response and customization. But more significantly, we will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of which are unique to Avient: o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant Masterbatch revenue synergies, that will drive long-term revenue growth in excess of GDP o Our differentiated technology, service and global reach are competitive advantages o Our asset-light and high-touch business model yields stable and high free cash flow conversion o Clariant Masterbatch cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends and buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.