Homepage // News Center // Avient Featuring Colorants and Additives for Recycling Challenges at the 2023 Plastics Recycling Conference OnColor™ NIR Sortable Colorants – enable black and dark packaging to be detected and sorted for recycling and are the most recent innovation to receive APR recognition. Avient will also be showcasing its newly launched PCR Color Prediction Service – a digital tool that supports post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin coloration.  

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This allows our customers the choice of a masterbatch concentrate or pre-colored material that best fits their production process, yet still offers the benefits of our ‘Controlled, Consistent, Compliant’ customized solutions.”  Demand from local and regional customers for pre-colored Mevopur materials stems from an increase in the Asia Pacific market for medical and diagnostic devices and pharmaceutical packaging. Mevopur pre-colored specialty materials are available in a wide range of polymer families.

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At Packaging of Perfume Cosmetics & Design (PCD, booth #AB17), the company is illustrating the impact of soft-touch TPEs with gold, silver and copper effects and featuring an inspirational portfolio based on the 2017 InVisiOSM Color Inspiration Wanderlust collection from PolyOne Color and Additives.  Our soft-touch TPEs with metallic effects and the latest colors bring together two important sensory aspects—visual and tactile—which strongly influence consumer brand preference.”  At PCD, PolyOne is displaying sample plaques and concept packaging molded from five TPEs that feature the Wanderlust color palette from InVisiOSM Color Inspirations 2017.

PolyOne’s packaging solutions, including both color and material options, work to engage consumers by creating an indulgent brand experience.  In addition, PolyOne’s talented InVisiO™ designers are able to apply extensive polymer and colorant expertise to bring cosmetic packaging to life. They work with customers to create custom palettes or draw from InVisiO Color Inspirations 2017, a collection of four influential and emerging color trends. 

CLEVELAND – June 11, 2018 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today unveiled the first-ever thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material able to resist blue jean staining for white and light-colored phone cases. Using Versaflex™ CE 3320-70 TPE helps brands avoid the sourcing and manufacturing issues of silicone, and it is the only thermoplastic material that stands up to blue jean staining when used in white and light-colored phone cases. This new Versaflex offering can be pre-colored to specifications or used with a PolyOne OnColor™ masterbatch colorant.

    Color concentrates and formulations developed specifically for healthcare applications in a range of polymers and based on ingredients that meet or exceed requirements for regulations such as USP Class VI, ISO10993   •    Functional additive concentrates and formulations with the same regulatory features as the colorant range to enhance polymer properties or help protect pharmaceutical products     Colorant Chromatics white colorants for high temperature polymers such as PPSU, PES, PSU and PEI to enhance aesthetics and performance of medical devices

SHANGHAI – September 26, 2018 – PolyOne is featuring its extensive collection of high-performance and flame-resistant polymers, colorants and additives at Wire China 2018 this week. Colorant Chromatics™ Cross-Linkable Formulations: high temperature resistance and superior cut-through resistance, abrasion resistance, and mechanical toughness Colorant Chromatics™ Chemical & Physical Foaming Additives: enhanced electrical properties, reduced cable weight, and improved cost effectiveness