https://www.avient.com/news/avient-expands-launch-new-recycled-tpe-grades-asia-support-greater-use-recycled-materials-automotive-vehicles
The growing adoption of plastics with PCR content by Asian automakers in the past decade, especially for interiors, has also created a significant rise in demand for PCR-based TPE solutions capable of delivering excellent overmolding results on higher-performing polymers, such as PP,” said Matt Mitchell, Director, Global Marketing of Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient.
Our new reSound REC AF 7210 TPE series responds to this trend and addresses upcoming regulatory changes in export markets, such as the European Union, where a newly proposed ELV directive requires high recycle contents for plastic components.
Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/gravi-tech-pipe-system-valve-case-study.pdf
(API) of Gainesville, Texas, a
manufacturer of plastic pipe components, saw an opportunity
to design a flapper valve that could improve upon traditional
brass valves and enable non-corrosive, all-plastic piping
systems.
Don Houston of API said, “In addition to all these drawbacks,
brass valves have to be joined to plastic piping with steel
fittings.
We wanted to make it easier for our customers to
create durable piping systems by developing a plastic flapper
valve that could be easily fused onto polyethylene (PE) pipe.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-10/excelite-im-product-bulletin-americas-1.pdf
PP, PE,
PS, PVC No Good
Foam PP
Better, larger cells with lower cell
density in standard IM processes;
suitable for cell nucleation in
structural foam processing
PP, PE,
PS, PVC Yes Better
FA-110
Best cell structure with higher cell
density; provides better structural
integrity and lower density in
standard IM processes
PP, PE,
PS, PVC Yes Best
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
Excelite IM formulations provide
injection molders with:
• Material density and weight reduction
• High concentration of active CFA
• Improved distribution of CFA into
polymer matrix
• High cell density with tight cell structure
• Control over consistency and accuracy
• Reduced sink marks
• Ability to improve flow of material
• Cycle time reduction
• Improved dimensional stability
• Improved thermal insulation
EXCELITE IM – PRODUCT FORMULATIONS
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Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics
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833 Ridgeview Drive
921 Ridgeview Drive
Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer
Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer
Facility: Avient Corporation - Merate, Italy
Via Bergamo 51
23807, Merate, Lecco
Facility: Avient Corporation - North Baltimore, OH
733 E.
WA-06, Kalyan-Padgha Road
Vashere, Maharashtra 421302
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design & Manufacture of Color, Additive Concentrate & Specialty
Facility: Avient Corporation - Suzano, Brasil
Av.
Jorge Bei Maluf, 2.165, Vila Theodoro
Suzano, SP 08686-000
Brasil
Facility: Avient Corporation - Suzhou, China
77 Shenggang Street
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215024
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives Concentrates
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Plastics Compounding Material and
Thermoplastic Elastomers
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Facility: Avient Corporation - Vonore, TN
245 Avecor Drive
Vonore, TN 37885
Facility: Avient Corporation - Vonore Warehouse
225 Industrial Drive
Vonore, TN 37885
Activity: Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Warehouse
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/Responsible Care_14001 Global Cert_Avient.pdf
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics
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833 Ridgeview Drive
921 Ridgeview Drive
Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer
Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer
Facility: Avient Corporation - Merate, Italy
Via Bergamo 51
23807, Merate, Lecco
Facility: Avient Corporation - North Baltimore, OH
733 E.
WA-06, Kalyan-Padgha Road
Vashere, Maharashtra 421302
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design & Manufacture of Color, Additive Concentrate & Specialty
Facility: Avient Corporation - Suzano, Brasil
Av.
Jorge Bei Maluf, 2.165, Vila Theodoro
Suzano, SP 08686-000
Brasil
Facility: Avient Corporation - Suzhou, China
77 Shenggang Street
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215024
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives Concentrates
Activity: Design and Manufacture of Plastics Compounding Material and
Thermoplastic Elastomers
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Facility: Avient Corporation - Vonore, TN
245 Avecor Drive
Vonore, TN 37885
Facility: 225 Industrial Drive
Vonore, TN 37885
Activity: Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Warehouse
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/Mevopur Healthcare Functional Additives Chemical Foaming Agents Application Bulletin.pdf
One
angle is to offer chemical foaming agents that
help reduce plastic material use.
These CFAs are
the result of Avient’s combined experiences in
the development of chemical foaming agents
for automotive plastic components and polymer
solutions for healthcare applications.
They also improve the visual appearance of plastic
components by reducing sink marks.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-04/Sustainable Material Answers_ Circular Economy 2022_1.pdf
Plastics
In many ways, plastics are a perfect example of why a circular economy is so
important.
If not recycled properly, plastics can ends up in a landfill or, even worse,
the ocean.
Efforts can be made and systems can be built to keep discarded plastic in the
economy to either be upcycled, recycled, reused or composted.
https://www.avient.com/content/resource-center/substance-safety-summaries
CycleWorks™ Innovation Center For Plastic Recycling
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-05/OnColor Non-Phtalate Color Concentrates for PVC Formulations Product Bulletin.pdf
OnColor™ Color Concentrates
for Non-Phtalate PVC Formulations
Plasticizers are a major component in PVC
formulations.
There are different
chemistries, including formulations that contain
phthalates and non-phthalate plasticizers.
Due to the rise in non-phthalate plasticizer
demand, Avient offers a range of color concentrates
suitable for these formulations.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/lightweighting-heavy-trucks?rtype[]=1124
According to the American Chemistry Council, plastic components make up 50 percent of a vehicles volume, but only 10 percent of its weight.