Homepage // News Center // Dyneema® and Point Blank Deliver 1 Million Alpha Elite® Armor Systems to Protect US Law Enforcement Dyneema® and Point Blank Deliver 1 Million Alpha Elite® Armor Systems to Protect US Law Enforcement. With more than 1 million Alpha Elite® and Alpha Elite® Black vests now protecting US law enforcement officers, Dyneema® and Point Blank have brought elite ballistic performance to some of the largest and most prestigious law enforcement tactical units worldwide.  

Home // Automotive Windshields to Post-Consumer Recycled Content TPEs These injection moldable TPEs can be overmolded to polypropylene (PP) and come in a natural grade that can be easily colored. These new TPEs contain 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content from PVB reclaimed from broken automotive windshields and laminated architectural glass.

Avient Introduces Versaflex™ TF Adhesive TPE Solutions for Athletic Textile Fabrics   Versaflex TF Adhesive TPEs offer easy processing and shaping, resulting in a strong adhesion between the TPE adhesive film and high-elastic fabrics. These solutions can support the strength and elasticity of the fabric for superior shape recovery of up to 99% after 300% elongation over 1 minute while also providing excellent washability in various washing machines and modes at temperatures up to 60 °C.

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Improves Vehicle Interior Air Quality with OnFlex™ LO TPEs PolyOne tested OnFlex LO TPE against its existing TPEs according to VDA 278 standard for VOCs and fog, and VDA 270 standard for odor. Sandy Wagner Marketing Communications Manager PolyOne Corporation +1 815-385-8500 sandy.wagner@avient.com

Homepage // News Center // Avient Launches Medical TPE Grades Formulated Without Animal Derivatives CLEVELAND – July 31, 2020 – Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, today announced the addition of eight new grades to its healthcare portfolio of Versaflex™ thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). Michelle Maniscalco Senior Manager, Marketing Communications Avient Corporation +1 440-930-1988 michelle.maniscalco@avient.com

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Acquires Certain TPE Assets from Kraton +1 440-930-1018 +1 440-930-3162

Since our highly successful TPE acquisition of GLS in 2008, we've continually invested in, globalized and grown in TPE innovation and its broad value-added uses," said Swanson , Director, Investor Relations, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-1018, eric.swanson@avient.com; Media Contact: Kyle G. Rose, Vice President, Corporate Communications, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-3162, kyle.rose@avient.com

Due to this unique viscosity/shear rate dependency, normal melt index testing (done at shear rates as low as 50 1/sec) will not reflect how the TPE will process at higher shear rates. Shear rates during extrusion processing are usually in the hundreds of reciprocal seconds and shear rates during injection molding may go as high as 11,000 1/sec. TPE FAQs

TPE Quick Facts • How are TPEs made? TPEs: The Basics What are TPEs? To help you identify the right materials for your product, they will need to know: 1. the kind of environment in which your product will be used 2. what kind of properties you need (e.g., stretchy, hard or soft, color) Is TPE the best material for my products?

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Launches Specialty Automotive TPEs and Design Services in Europe This includes the launch of OnFlex™ LO thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), featuring reduced levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for vehicle interiors, and the availability of its IQ Design Labs service in Europe. PolyOne also introduced OnFlex LO specialty TPEs, which help automotive OEMs improve the driver experience by reducing the number of VOCs in vehicle interiors by up to 50 percent.