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We serve multiple industries from healthcare and transportation to packaging and beyond with colorants and additives for thermoplastics, TPEs, high temperature resins, and fluoropolymers along with dispersions for thermosets.
Our incredibly diverse product portfolio of specialty formulated, high-performance polymer materials are manufactured using thermoplastic resins and elastomers combined with advanced polymer additives, reinforcements, fillers, colorants and/or bio-based materials.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/selecting-and-molding-high-performance-thermoplastics
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Selecting and Molding High-Performance Thermoplastics
What market trends and requirements call for these high-performance thermoplastics?
The heat destroys many pigments used in engineering thermoplastics.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/balancing-beauty-and-sustainability-tpes
Explore the design options & challenges of TPEs with sustainable content
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Balancing Beauty and Sustainability with TPEs
TPEs can incorporate sustainable content in two ways: using either recycled or bio-based content in the formulations.
https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/trilliant
Trilliant™ XR Lead Replacement Thermoplastics
Trilliant™ XR Lead Replacement Thermoplastics for MRI & CT Scanners
Healthcare Thermoplastics: Trilliant™ HC
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/continuous-fiber-reinforced-thermoplastic-composites?ind[]=6595
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Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
Want to learn more about the differences between thermosets and thermoplastics?
Continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites are produced by pulling continuous glass rovings through thermoplastic resin to impregnate the fibers and form a unidirectional tape.
https://www.avient.com/resource-center?document_type=59&document_subtype=117
Complēt™ Long Fiber Reinforced Structural Thermoplastics used in automotive aftermarket side step
Learn how Versaflex™ Soft-Touch Thermoplastic Elastomers enhanced accuracy and comfort while maintaining grip design for archery bow
Read how a wet grip TPE eliminated the problem of a slippery surface and enabled SurfCo Hawaii, Inc. to bring an innovative, non-abrasive grip tape to market
https://www.avient.com/news/medtec-china-2024-avient-announces-healthcare-tpu-manufacturing-expansion
SHANGHAI – September 25, 2024 – Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, will exhibit its extensive portfolio of medical-grade materials and solutions for healthcare applications at Medtec China 2024, including the announcement of newly expanded manufacturing for its NEU™ Custom Capabilities and NEUSoft™ Thermoplastics Polyurethane (TPU) solution for catheter applications in China.
Avient’s portfolio of colorants and additives, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), and specialty engineered polymers helps customers meet performance demands, comply with medical and pharmaceutical regulations, and accelerate speed to market.
TPEs and specialty engineered polymers for auto-injector pens: offer excellent chemical and impact resistance, good self-lubrication functions, durability to extend product life and meet biocompatibility and food-contact safety regulations.
https://www.avient.com/news/leading-edge-automotive-technology-relies-advanced-materials-polyone
Low VOC / FOG and odor thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), which help meet new vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) standards
Specialty TPE formulations that reduce noise and improve passenger comfort
https://www.avient.com/news/global-premium-brands-count-polyone-s-inspired-colors-materials-and-finishes-luxury-packaging
Brand owners who collaborate with PolyOne are taking advantage of Gravi-Tech™ Density Modified Formulations, metallic-effect GLS™ thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), and InVisiOSM Color and Design Services.
Similarly, metallic-effect GLS TPEs are utilized in cosmetics closures and applicators via an overmolding process, which eliminates the time and cost associated with secondary operations and assembly.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/overmolding-mold-design?rtype[]=1164
Thermoplastic Elastomers Knowledge Base
All conventional gating types are suitable for processing GLS elastomers.
For automatically degating tools, the highly elastic nature of softer TPEs makes gate design such as submarine gates or three plate tools with self-degating drops more difficult.