CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is investing in its GSDI specialty dispersions business to better serve customers, improve operational efficiency, and launch innovative new colorant and additive solutions for silicone and other thermoset applications. Van Hulle, president, Color, Additives and Inks, PolyOne Corporation. PolyOne’s specialty dispersions business operates within its Color, Additive and Inks segment and provides colorant solutions specifically formulated to the exacting specifications for carrier systems such as silicone, rubber, vinyl, epoxy, urethane, and plasticizers.  

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Specialty acquisition broadens solutions portfolio of colorant and additives technologies for fiber applications  Global Color, Additives and Inks segment, which last month unveiled its revolutionary new ColorMatrix™ Fiber Colorant Solutions that provide late-stage color injection in fiber applications utilizing liquid solutions.  president, Global Color, Additives and Inks, 

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Additionally, color can be integrated into the additive in a Smartbatch™ combination concentrate for seamless incorporation of both color and stain-resistance efficacy in the fiber with the spin-dyeing (dope-dyeing) process, a one-in-one fiber manufacturing and dyeing method using no water.  Marketing Manager Fiber Global, Color & Additives in Avient. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.

The Good Duck is marketed as PVC free, phthalate free and BHA free, and also features two PolyOne technologies: customized GLS™ TPE materials and OnColor™ colorants.  To address consumer concerns about safety, PolyOne recommended that CelebriDucks consider both polymer and colorant. The Good Duck™ is blow-molded from an ultra-soft TPE and uses non-toxic molded-in colorants from PolyOne.

Produced under rigorous cGMP and medical manufacturing protocols, the new amber color concentrates are made in three dedicated EN ISO 13485-2016 registered facilities using only medical-grade ingredients. To support customers’ Device Master File submission for healthcare materials, Avient has developed and submitted a type III Drug Master File (FDA) for these colorants. Avient constantly monitors the evolution of regulations in the healthcare industry and develops products to help customers comply with them well before they come into effect,” said Beate Treffler, market development manager EMEA, Color and Additives, at Avient.

In addition, the new grades feature easy colorability, a major requirement for applications such as cosmetics packaging, personal care products, and consumer electronics. With an opaque natural color, all reSound OM materials can either use traditional TPE colorants or be paired with sustainable colorants from PolyOne.