This new TPE technology can provide a cost-effective alternative to TPU adhesive films and traditional glue.   This trend has created a need for functional and comfortable fabrics that are also visually appealing.

SPECIALTY PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ADD WEIGHT AND AESTHETICS TO YOUR LUXURY PACKAGING CLOSURE DESIGNS WITH DENSITY MODIFIED FORMULATIONS Consumers of luxury cosmetics and spirits tend to perceive added value from packaging that incorporates weight, aesthetics, and visual surface effects into the design. Injection-moldable Gravi-Tech™ density modified formulations can help you achieve the evenly distributed weight, complex designs, and visual surface effects of metal without the extra costs and steps associated with die cast mold tooling or secondary assembly operations. Add visual surface effects and aesthetics without complexity – You can achieve various aesthetic appearances using Gravi-Tech material such as color variation, metallic finish, or marbling and swirling.

Visual Enhancement Effects OnColor™ FX™ Special Effect Colorants Visual Enhancement Effects

Smartbatch Frost Effect Smartbatch™ Frost磨砂PET效果 通过颜色和添加剂，让PET瓶子外观更具感官价值 埃万特SmartbatchTM Frost磨砂PET效果采用特殊配 方，通过注吹（ISBM）工艺打造出高端柔和的外观。

This includes enhanced metallic surface finishes and handles for personal, oral, skin, and cosmetic products to add visual appeal that connotes high quality and value. Developed to meet the growing demand for applications with a luxurious look but with a cost-effective alternative to metal, the new formulations pass strict drop test requirements and provide excellent low-temperature impact performance. Besides pre-colored options and application-specific surface effects, the new Gravi-Tech materials are available in several special grades for vacuum metallization.  

ColorMatrix Optica for PC toners offer exceptional visual clarity, color consistency, and color dispersion in transparent PC resins. ColorMatrix Optica for PC builds on a proven portfolio of liquid toners, and meets the growing market need for a cost-effective solution.”

To help address these needs in North America and globally, Avient offers a broad portfolio of specialty formulations including UL 94 recognized colorants, flame retardants, antimicrobial technology, special visual effects, and more.  

As designers struggle to create packages that stand out with a distinctive visual look to prompt an initial purchase, they’re also looking for more: a tactile quality that conveys a message, a material that supports sustainability goals, and one that improves a product’s functionality. GLS TPEs can be customized for various color effects, levels of opacity and different types of feel and texture.

The Halal certification obtained by Avient includes its products that provide various visual enhancement effects and functional additives in solid and liquid form, which are used in a wide range of plastic for containers, caps, closures, film, and sheet applications by manufacturers throughout Indonesia and other predominantly Muslim countries.  

The objective was to design a visually pleasing light source, while improving the flexibility and efficiency of its own production process. Despite using an acrylic sheet with built-in light diffusion technology, the light source was plagued by visual “hot spots.” While the Smartbatch solution was developed specifically for the LED luminaire project, it was so effective that the customer has plans to incorporate this technology into the next wave of products currently under development.