It is important that a supplier can offer technical support to help customers test materials, overcome manufacturing issues, and ensure optimum processing parameters are used.   How can Avient help?  

Automotive aftermarket parts have long been involved in helping consumers customize and enhance their vehicles. Using these composites can help OEMs increase product performance, reduce processing steps, and meet the specific needs of the applications and automotive enthusiasts:

It is important that a supplier can offer technical support to help customers test materials, overcome manufacturing issues, and ensure optimum processing parameters are used.   How can Avient help?  

Taking a savvy approach to both liquid and solid color maximizes these benefits and helps processors to stay competitive. How to avoid it: Take a serious look at what special effects are available and consider how they might be used to help OEM customers gain market share.

Carbon/Graphite Fiber compounds can help you increase the mechanical strength of your injection molded parts with increased flex modulus. Evoluscend can help improve final product quality by preventing mold damage and contamination. It can also help increase overall productivity by improving demolding times.

They can be used in applications for critical electrical components to help prevent electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI /RFI) and the build-up of static electricity (link to full press release above). Sustainable Solutions Portfolio – Avient has a range of sustainable solutions that can help customers meet sustainability goals, including recycled and bio-based polymers, colorants for recycled materials, a color prediction service that helps increase the use of PCR content, and additives that can help to enhance the recycling process. To access Avient’s news library online, please visit www.avient.com/news.    

POWER TOOL MANUFACTURER P I S T O N R I N G A N D C O N N E C T I N G R O D F O R P O W E R T O O L • Exceptional mechanical properties • Good wear and abrasion resistance • High purity and light weight • Worked directly with the manufacturer from design to molding to better understand and satisfy key requirements • Improved strength, stiffness and stability with one-stop technology service to best meet customer’s needs • Provided lightweighting solution to help customer achieve its sustainability goal Edgetek™ PK PEEK Formulation KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

L’ORÉAL R E D K E N S H A M P O O B O T T L E S • Ensure global color consistency across all Redken PCR packaging in order to launch in North America and Europe at the same time • Shorten time to launch by simplifying decision making process and avoiding lengthy lab trials • Ability to transition to high levels of PCR, and to facilitate transfer from one PCR to another • Solution that works with mixed grades of PCR, both rPET and polyolefins • Created a process with L’Oréal to overcome PCR coloring challenges and simplify recycled resin coloration for global consistency • Helped L’Oréal towards its objective to have 100% of packaging plastics to be either from recycled or bio-based sources • Achieved a perfect color match on the first try in 8 out of 10 cases PCR Color Prediction Service KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

Case Study - ColorMatrix Impress rPET Bottle vF PDF © 2019, All Right Reserved PolyOne Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio USA 44012 BOTICÁRIO C O S M E T I C P A C K A G I N G • Cosmetic bottle packaging colorant designed to help distinguish product on the shelf • Compatible with sustainable packaging material to enable use in rPET technology • Brand-specified color • Local material development support • Achieved brighter color and more brilliant metallic effect than alternative colorants • Developed for use in 10% recycled rPET bottle • Formulated custom liquid colorant on-site and matched to brand color standard ColorMatrix™ Impress™ High Gloss Metallic Effect Colorants liquid color for bottle packaging KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY POLYONE?

I N D U S T R I A L E Q U I P M E N T M A N U FAC T U RE R H O U S I N G F O R C R A N E C O N T R O L • High impact performance, charpy notched > 60kJ/m2 • Part assembly: tight dimensional tolerances ±0.05mm • Critical weld lines are invisible on the final part • Red RAL 3020 as branding color • Color stability during injection • Offered a nylon (PA66) formulation with high impact resistance and dimensional stability • Supported injection trials with field technical services • Developed a ready-to-use solution in RAL 3020 with excellent color stability, helping to reduce scrap rate from >50% to 4% • Enabled timely production through fast new developments and samplings • Offered additional color options Bergamid Polyamide Formulations KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?