Low VOC / FOG TPEs for automotive HVAC flaps help OEMs meet Vehicle Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) standards, with grades that satisfy VDA 278 (fogging) and VDA 270 (odor) test standards while minimizing secondary manufacturing steps.

The innovations we are showcasing here at Impressions Expo offer our customers water-based, silicone, and non-PVC inks, as well as reduced energy use, and now bio-derived solutions for customers seeking renewable alternatives that won’t compromise on performance while yielding high-quality results,” said Tito Echiburu, General Manager, Avient Specialty Inks.

The second presentation, titled Management of Vehicle Indoor Air Quality with Sustainable Polymer Additive Solutions, will discuss developing a range of emission and VOC-controlling technologies that can reduce undesirable material emissions, increasing safety and comfort.

Avient is dedicated to helping customers enhance the quality and functionality of their packaging while simultaneously improving its sustainability.

OnCap™ Anti-Fog Additive: offers transparency and fog prevention for food packaging film and lets product freshness and quality shine through.

The ELEVENS trend pronounces large-scale changes in several areas, from demographics and global economies to consumer power and quality of life for everyone.

Peter Juhl, global marketing director for Wilflex Inks, said, “With this new relationship, entrepreneurial printers can now easily take advantage of our high quality products to help expand their businesses.

Examples include: •    Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic •    Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation •    Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses

This can improve the customer experience of working with PCR content for materials used in packaging by offering options that can create global color consistency, improved quality, and greater circularity. 

The colored grades feature BASF’s Ultrason® polyarylethersulfones (PAES) as a high-quality base polymer combined with Avient’s Colorant Chromatics™ high-temperature color formulation expertise for color concentrates and pre-colored solutions.