The CycleWorks innovation center serves as a collaboration platform for value chain partners to advance mechanical plastic recycling. Discover our annual forecast of trends and color concepts for future plastic products.

Both options give brands and OEMs a pathway to more sustainable plastic products that are greener and perform like their petroleum-based counterparts. TPEs with recycled or bio-based content can be formulated to enable brands to create more sustainable plastic products.

Take, for instance, using FEA for a metal-to-plastic conversion. FEA allows a nonlinear analysis in plastic part design that provides a more accurate representation and can help to eliminate potential field failures or what might be unanticipated part performance.

LUXEMBOURG – October 11, 2021 – Avient today announced the launch of new bio-filled polymer grades at Fakuma 2021, the international trade show for plastics processing. Avient employs approximately 8,400 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.  

SAO PAULO, Brazil – March 16, 2023 – Today, Avient Corporation announced it will feature its portfolio of sustainable polymer colorants and additives at Plástico Brasil, the industry’s largest plastic production exhibition in Latin America, taking place this week.  Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

This latest addition to the Additives for Recycling (A4R) portfolio of solutions helps bring incompatible polymers, such as PP and PE, together by forming them into a homogenous polymer mixture that increases mechanical properties based on polymer modification and will be exhibited at the upcoming Fakuma International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

All Versaflex TF Adhesive TPEs comply with the OEKO-TEX(R) 100-2 standard, do not include plasticizers, and contain lower VOCs than traditional adhesive solutions. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

Many original equipment manufacturers and plastic injection molding companies in the packaging industry are prioritizing the replacement of ABS. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

With the launch of Avient’s newest Versaflex PF ultra-high adhesion TPEs, we're addressing our customers’ needs for advanced protective film solutions that can adapt to various surfaces and structures, including brushed metal, wood grain, and painted plastics while providing long-lasting protection," said Matt Mitchell, Director, Global Marketing of Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

The ColorWorks Design & Technology Centers are a source of ideas, inspiration, and technical guidance for plastic applications. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.