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Advanced Composites Overview
Explore Avient’s Advanced Composites portfolio.
Advanced Composites Overview
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-11/carbon-fiber-reinforced-product-bulletin.pdf
• Custom sizes, profiles, tooling design and
prototyping available for specific applications
USES AND APPLICATIONS
Transportation - Automotive chassis, automotive
body panels, marine stringer systems, floor
strengthening and stability reinforcement
Consumer - Watersports paddles, sporting goods
sticks, tent poles, fishing rods, archery bow limbs
and arrow shafts, bicycle frames, sail battens
Infrastructure & Construction - Bridge support
and retrofitting repair, support beams, concrete
reinforcement
Healthcare - Orthopedic external fixators
Energy - Wind turbine blades and stiffeners
PRODUCT BULLETIN
Property CFRP Barstock, Laminates &
Pultruded Profiles
Resin Epoxy, Vinyl ester
Tensile Strength 400–500 ksi 2758–3447 MPa
Flexural Strength 130–350 ksi 896–2413 MPa
Flexural Modulus 18–22 msi 124–152 GPa
Glass Transition Temperature 149–320 °F 65–160 °C
Density 0.056–0.060 lb/in3 1.54–1.65 g/cm3
TECHNICAL PROPERTIES (Typical Values)
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HealthCare
Transportation
8%
Textiles
Target
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• Trend toward more
affordable housing
favors our product
1.5
2.0
2.5
Housing Starts
(in million units)
50 year average
Market Dynamics
• Ultimate housing
recovery presents
substantial upside to
already record-
setting results
Source: Historical Data from the US Census Bureau,
2012 estimate is a PolyOne projection.
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1.0
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Value Proposition
• Premier provider of specialized vinyl and supply chain solutions, leading
the industry in innovation and service
Transformation Highlights
• Management upgrades ensure that each PP&S business
Value Proposition and Transformation Highlights
• Management upgrades ensure that each PP&S business
maximizes performance
• Asset realignment and Lean Six Sigma reduce costs
• Strengthened relationship with winning customers
• Increased differentiation in all business units
> $12B Addressable Market
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Key Differentiators
• Providing application design, material design
and / or process design assistance not available
from competitors
• Capability to improve joint value streams
• We are the best innovator in our space • We are the best innovator in our space
• Expanding customers’ opportunities
by providing innovative materials
and marketing ideas
• We provide world-class customer
service and delivery performance
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13.7% 14.3%
15.5%
9.9%
6.2%
5.4%
WC % of Sales
• Best-in-class working
capital management and
delivery performance
• Improved raw material
Areas of Focus – Operational Excellence
89.1%
92.0%
94.2%
93.4% 93.4% 94.0%
On-Time Delivery
• Improved raw material
positions, sourcing savings
• PolyOne pilot site for many
LSS and manufacturing
excellence programs
*As measured to customer request date
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• reFlexTM Bioplasticizers
Applications: Wide variety of flexible vinyl-based products
• GeonTM HC for Healthcare
� Applications: Medical device housings, specialty tubing
� Customer benefits: Withstand aggressive antiseptics
Key Innovations
� Applications: Wide variety of flexible vinyl-based products
� Customer benefits: Lower carbon footprint,
improved productivity
• GeonTM SF Super Flow
� Applications: Large appliance parts, molded siding panels
� Customer benefits: Flame retardancy, detergent resistance
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Critical Imperatives and 2015 Goal
Critical Imperatives
• Accelerate innovation - grow in new applications not
historically served with vinyl
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing and
working capital efficienciesworking capital efficiencies
• Selectively leverage construction recovery
2015 Goal
• 9 - 12% return on sales
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/reSound REC Automotive Interior Grades Product Bulletin.pdf
These customizable
grades are useful for a range of interior applications,
such as door mats/mat pockets, center console
trays, trunk & frunk liners, or instrument panel and
dashboard components.
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Advanced Composites Explained
Learn more about advanced polymer technologies that enhance EV battery design and performance to enable benefits such as extended vehicle range, lightweighting and sustainability.
Advanced Simulation Capabilities for Structural Applications
https://www.avient.com/news/archives?page=54
Advanced composite underbody braces (available as a performance upgrade for all C7 Corvettes) reduce weight and increase flexural stiffness versus alu
PolyOne Advanced Composites Debuts Unparalleled Lightweight Structural Technology Portfolio at CAMX 2016
ANAHEIM, Calif. – PolyOne Advanced Composites, a new platform within PolyOne’s Specialty Engineered Materials business, is exhibiting for the
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Advanced Mobility
Advanced Driver Assist Systems
Advanced Mobility Composite Structures
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/general-engineered-formulations/edgetek-3d/lds-solutions
Edgetek 3D/LDS solutions are advanced technologies to help customers to build 3D circuits on molded part surfaces, which are widely used for consumer electronics, automotive components, medical devices, and 5G base stations.
Advanced technologies to help customers to build 3D circuits on molded part surfaces (Chinese language version)
Advanced technologies to help customers to build 3D circuits on molded part surfaces (English language version)
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/surround
Learn how engineering simulation can advance design and product performance.
Can polymers be used instead of aluminum for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems?
Learn more about advanced polymer technologies that enhance EV battery design and performance to enable benefits such as extended vehicle range, lightweighting and sustainability.