The expansion of our recycled-content TPE portfolio is rooted in our ongoing commitment to developing sustainable solutions with specialized performance requirements that enable our customers’ innovation and sustainability goals.” About Avient Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2021 revenues of $4.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

The company is dedicated to serving customers in diverse industries around the globe, by creating value through collaboration, innovation and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises PledgeSM, PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles.

OnColor™ Infrared Sortable Blacks for Recyclable Packaging is available in both liquid and solid form in a range of eight black shades as well as custom colors. The company adds value to global customers and improves sustainability through formulating materials, such as:

It offers a practical way to improve your product’s surface look and feel, adds the possibility for custom color and sensory effects, and works with most substrates. Different formulas also produce a more secure grip, or you can make use of a custom texture.

The resulting custom-formulated grades of GLS™ Dynalloy™ OBC and Versaflex™ TPE allowed the manufacturer to switch to a two-shot molding process that eliminated the time-consuming and costly assembly operations needed for the old part. In addition, the custom grades were formulated to provide a number of other key attributes not found in the silicone rubber part, including:

Avient’s team recommended the use of overmolding (two-shot injection molding) to integrate the boot with the saw housing, and trialed several products before customizing a grade from its portfolio. Avient gathered detailed data from this customer’s production facility in Mexico and helped them calculate and compare the costs of the two solutions.

Our customized formulations include a wide range of colorants and additives, and our global technical and regulatory healthcare teams can support customers in any location.

The team tested the formulation and phased it into production, and Kruunutekniikka’s Coolics™ brand quickly adopted the material throughout its line of customized LED cooling systems. To learn more about the benefits of custom engineered thermoplastics, contact an expert at Avient today!

Without the dedication of our supplier base, Avient would not be able to achieve customer satisfaction, deliver conforming products or maintain our internal Quality Policy. For more information on Avient solutions that bring these ideas to life – helping our customers and our planet – download our 2018 report. 

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