Homepage // News Center // New Avient ColorWorks™ Design Center Opens Near Mexico City MEXICO CITY – July 22, 2024 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, today announced the opening of a new ColorWorks™ Design & Technology Center in the Mexico City area. The ColorWorks Design & Technology Centers are a source of ideas, inspiration, and technical guidance for plastic applications.

AUTOMOTIVE COLOR DESIGN & TECHNOLOGIES TECHNOLOGY GUIDE This guide was created as a handy reference tool for automotive designers. It is intended to serve as an inspiration for you in exploring colors and effects to meet material design goals. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.

Application design experts can recommend a TPE based on a general description of the desired product and the material properties your application requires. molded into a unique design Working with TPEs also gives you extensive design freedom, customization and color options.

Home // Sustainability // Sustainability at Avient // Enabling Sustainability // Markets // Protective Materials Dyneema® has one of the highest strength-to-weight ratios of any material on Earth, allowing armor solutions to maintain the highest levels of protection without sacrificing user comfort or maneuverability. Bio-based Dyneema® has a carbon footprint that is up to 90% lower than alternative materials and boasts the same performance as conventional Dyneema®.

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ColorWorks™ Design & Technology Centers ColorWorks™ Design & Technology Centers are a connective network of inspiring meeting spaces that enable the collaborative design of high-impact color and effect concepts. The ColorWorks teams provide technical expertise and solutions to aesthetic challenges using multi-disciplinary expertise in Color, Material, and Finish (CMF). Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.

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Altice as President of Designed Structures and Solutions CLEVELAND - PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced the hiring of Richard N. PolyOne Corporation, with 2014 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.

IMPACT PROTECTION D E S I G N A N D M A T E R I A L S O L U T I O N S Avient Corporation 1 PROJECT KICK OFF B R I E F Application: Protective sports equipment Challenge: Provide functional material to protect against impact for chest protector Requirements: • Compact - reduce thickness and weight for improved comfort and functionality • Meet EN standards • EN1621-1 level 2 & EN1621-2 level 1 • Eliminate the use of foam and glue • Be waterproof and easy to clean • Sustainable • Easy to prototype & considers manufacturing efficiency Avient Corporation 2 VIBRATION DAMPING TECHNOLOGY (VDT) H O W D O E S I T W O R K ? Avient Corporation 3 Simplified Drop Test • 65g steel ball • Dropped from 305mm • Onto 3.175mm thickness flat samples Materials Tested • Standard TPE 30 Shore A • TPU alloy 60 Shore A • Damping TPE 32 Shore A VDT reduces bounce Avient Corporation 4 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 Image courtesy of Airobag TV https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Simulation of Impact A weight dropped onto protective element in contact with rigid substrate https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Avient Corporation 5 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 REFINING THE DESIGN D E S I G N A N D M A T E R I A L C O M B I N A T I O N Avient Corporation 6 • A number of different shapes and designs are created and simulated to determine which one works best • Refining to meet EN standard • VDT TPEs can help reach compliance with EN1621-1 level 2 and EN1621-2 level 1 • Optimum protection can be achieved by combining industrial design and engineering Avient Corporation 7 VALIDATION P R O T O T Y P I N G W I T H 3 D P R I N T I N G 3D Printing Validation -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% Density Tensile Strength // Tear resistance // Rebound resilience 2mm 3D Printed VDT vs Injection Molded VDT can be 3D printed for concept evaluation early in the design process SUMMARY Avient Corporation 8 • Enabled a new, compact design with a customized VDT TPE formulation • Improved user comfort and functionality • Fulfilled EN standards • Reduced number of prototyping tools required • Reduced time spent in product development by 40 percent, enabling faster commercialization of product

NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement whereby the company will sell its Designed Structures and Solutions (DSS) business, which includes sheet, rollstock and packaging assets, to as well as the beginnings of our IQ Design services which are now broadly used across the entire company." To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/polyone-signs-agreement-to-divest-designed-structures-and-solutions-300482174.html