In 2014, he was appointed Chief Technology Officer, leading 3M's global team of over 8,000 scientists and engineers, while overseeing annual R&D investments of nearly Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

NYSE: AVNT), a leading global provider of sustainable and specialized material solutions, today announced the availability of its latest sustainability report.  Global Compact

Our global approach to water management integrates strategies for tracking legal obligations, assessing management costs, and prioritizing efficiency projects to optimize resource utilization and minimize environmental impact. We understand that nature-related risks are highly location-specific, so each of our sites globally is assigned a biodiversity risk level based on the WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter (more details of the analysis in Metrics section).

This high-performing formulation provides an effective solution for durable, structural applications that need to withstand extreme environments,” said Matt Mitchell, director, global marketing of Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. Edgetek Toughened PPA formulations are currently manufactured in the U.S. and available for purchase globally.

This product is an example of our ongoing commitment to using material science to help address this growing need in various ways,” said Matt Mitchell, director, global marketing, Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. Certified for USP Class VI and ISO 10993, the new Versaflex HC BIO BT218 grade is manufactured in the United States with global commercial availability.  

Consumers are more conscious of sustainability, and brand owners are seeking new material solutions to support their circular economy goals,” says Matt Mitchell, director of global marketing of Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. These materials are currently manufactured in Asia and are available globally.

Our patent-pending formulation solves a long-standing challenge,” said Felipe Reichert, Global Marketing Director for Color, Additives, and Inks at Avient. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

Antonello Decortes, Global Product Platform Manager at Avient Corporation. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

Expanding production of these grades to Istanbul, using locally sourced recycled content, means we can offer Turkish and Middle Eastern countries these REACH-compliant solutions while helping to reduce the environmental impact of transporting these materials,” said Matt Mitchell, Director, Global Marketing of Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility.

Market and application demands are ever changing, and it’s our responsiveness and deep formulation expertise that help customers meet those challenges head on,” said Matt Mitchell, director, global marketing at Avient. Customizable and colorable, all Barricade elastomers are available globally, including the original 60, 70, and 80 Shore A grades.