Homepage // News Center // Easier Optical Fiber Installation for High-Speed Connectivity with New PolyOne Low CoF Formulation PolyOne offer a full range of specialty polymer solutions for manufacturing optical fiber cable, including for tight buffer, loose tube, fiber bundle, and sheathing applications. Caption: Optical fiber cable made with ECCOH 5702 solutions from PolyOne is easier to install in complex conduit and over long distances.

In 2023, Avient’s Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Color Prediction Service and Cesa™ Nox A4R Additives for Recycling were both featured in the Product Technology Innovation of the Year category, with the Color Prediction Service winning the overall award.    Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports   Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility    

They are easily colorable, suitable for injection molding and overmolding onto polypropylene (PP) substrates, and available globally.  Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports   Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility  

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Avient provides these flame-retardant additives in the form of concentrates, allowing producers to combine them with color and other additives to meet performance requirements. Avient’s new flame-retardant additives are part of its comprehensive portfolio of color and additives solutions it is featuring at Fakuma 2023. Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility    

GLOBAL CABLE MANUFACTURER M I C R O M O D U L E S F O R O P T I C A L F I B E R C A B L E S Meet specific standards for stranded, loose tube, optical fiber cable performance and production, including: • High speed processing at a low wall thickness • Good colorability • Resistance to chemicals and filling compounds • UV ageing performance • Low shrinkage • Enabled faster processing speeds and manufacturing consistency with a reliable material, eliminating waste • Enabled easier installation with excellent colorability at low wall thickness • Provided technical support to transfer the product to multiple plants ECCOH LSFOH 6154 UV KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION PROCESSABILITY + COLORABILITY LEARN MORE © 2020, All Right Reserved Avient Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio USA 44012 https://www.polyone.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/eco-conscious-formulations/eccoh-low-smoke-and-fume-non-halogen-formulations Global cable manufacturer

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SATELLITE OEM B R A I D E D T E T H E R • Needs a small diameter strength member with specific tensile and geometric requirements that current product was not achieving • Requires a solution that is also black and UV resistant, as existing aramid yarns are not available in color (coating is not acceptable for the application due to off-gassing complications) • Withstands extreme, prolonged thermal cycling • Acts as a critical component for safe re-entry into earth’s atmosphere at the end of the satellite’s life cycle Met critical government environmental regulations • Leveraged key existing vendor relationships to supply the only material able to meet all requirements • Mass-produced braids in parallel that attach to meet the length target • Ensured simple qualification process to increase speed to market Fiber-Line™ Vectran HT Braid KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? https://www.fiber-line.com/en/processes/fiber-line-braiding

Cesa™ Fiber Additives Soft Touch Effect for Synthetic Fibers and Nonwovens PRODUCT BULLETIN Copyright © 2022, Avient Corporation. They are suitable for PP, PET, PA and PLA fibers. Soft touch concentrates based on natural additives and colors can also be developed on request.

The company offers manufacturers a full range of polymer and colorant solutions for virtually any wire or cable application, and supports customers globally with technical, development, and testing services at its Innovation Centers worldwide. No matter the application, we have the experience and the appropriate solutions to help customers overcome their challenges,” commented Christoph Palm, general manager, Color & Additives EMEA & India, at PolyOne. New non-halogen, low smoke and fume ECCOH™ 5702 specialty polymers are being introduced at the WIRE show to facilitate easier installation of optical fiber cables, even in complex conduit and over long distances.