Homepage // News Center // Avient’s New Recycled TPE Grades Support Greater Use of Recycled Materials in Automotive Vehicles Overall, the new reSound REC AF 7210 TPE grades from Avient contain 51-59% recycled content, with a minimum of 37% from PCR sources, including closed-loop feedstock. They offer an 8-18% reduction in product carbon footprint1 (PCF) compared to virgin TPE grades.  

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne OnFlex™ LO TPEs Awarded for Low VOC Technology that Improves the Automotive Interior Experience OnFlex LO, PolyOne’s newest ground-breaking TPE technology, reduces volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by up to 50 percent versus existing TPEs, and minimizes fogging and odor in interior automotive components. While our existing TPEs lead the industry in low emissions performance, we continue to innovate and anticipate future demands and stricter requirements.

Homepage // News Center // Avient Launches Automotive-Specific Grades within its reSound™ REC Recycled Content TPEs Portfolio New reSound™ REC TPEs from Avient offer sustainable alternatives to traditional materials for automotive interior applications. The new grades for automotive interior applications are formulated with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, offering a more sustainable TPE option with comparable performance to traditional TPEs.

Homepage // News Center // Avient Extends Recycled TPE Portfolio with Grades Containing up to 60% Recycled Content, Supporting Global Customers Avient’s new reSound™ REC GP 7820 TPE grades highlighted at Fakuma 2024 can be used for overmolded components in consumer electronics, grips for razors and personal care products, and handles for bicycles and power tools The new reSound REC GP 7820 TPE grades are available in hardnesses ranging from 40 – 80 Shore A.

Specialized thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) with low extractables and leachables, optical clarity, good kink resistance, and consistent compression and recovery Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers Discover TPEs for Healthcare

Versaflex™ HC TPEs are compliant and easily colorable formulations for injection molding or overmolding uses. This family of TPEs includes the HC3810 series formulated without animal derivatives for use in a wide range of applications.

These are high clarity TPEs with high tensile and tear properties. These TPEs have good processability. Ingredient selection for the TPE compound required a careful match of refractive indexes.

TPE-2 TPE-2 materials are opaque and their base chemistries are different from TPE-1. Figure 3 shows the capillary viscosity of TPE-1 and TPE-2 at 200oC. These results confirm that TPE-1 and TPE-2B are truly the “universal overmolding TPEs.”

Adhesion comparison of commercially available TPEs and TPVs with Universal TPEs: Capron 8333 GHIHS. Adhesion comparison of commercially available TPEs and TPVs with Universal TPEs: Zytel 408AHS. Adhesion comparison of commercially available TPEs and TPVs with Universal TPEs: Ultramid B3ZG6.

Versaflex BIO 5500-50 translucent amber Versaflex BIO 5500-70 translucent amber