Human Health & Safety

They are an especially effective alternative for markets and applications affected by Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) guidelines.

This includes highlighting the company’s new Hammerhead™ FR Flame Retardant Composite Panels, an industry-first, patent-pending thermoplastic composite sandwich structure featuring integrated flame retardance that can eliminate the need for additional FR sheets or coatings.

Our new Cesa processing aid helps to improve productivity and process stability for film or sheet extrusion, pipe extrusion, or extrusion blow molding,” said Mayendran Pillay, Marketing Director, Color & Additives North America at Avient.

Avient’s Hammerhead FR Flame Retardant Composite Panels are an industry-first, patent-pending thermoplastic composite sandwich structure featuring integrated flame retardance that can eliminate the need for additional FR sheets or coatings.

The company noted that proceeds from the sale will be used to strengthen its balance sheet and fund future growth initiatives, including investing in sustainable solutions and specialty acquisitions. 

Sheet metal restricts design flexibility, and different automotive OEMs request different attachment configurations for the part,” Spiess explained.

Thermoform sheet for Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) dairy applications

Specific continuous-fiber thermoplastic technologies include: •    Multi-axial and multilayer tapes, laminates and sheets up to 10’ wide •    Sandwich panels in unlimited lengths, up to 6” thick and 10’ wide •    High volume production capacity

WithStand™ Antimicrobial Technology: •    Additive that helps hospitals in non-acute care settings where minor lapses in cleaning protocol can lead to medical device performance problems •    Proven performance in engineered medical grade polymers with efficacy against primary known antibiotic-resistant organisms   OnCap™ Lasermarking Additive: •    Enables permanent alphanumeric character, graphic or barcode information for identification that does not fade over time for Unique Device Identification (UDI) •    Provides consistent and efficient marking without altering, damaging or changing electrical or mechanical properties in sensitive medical devices   OnColor™ HC and HC Plus Colorants: •    Regulatory compliant and biocompatible solid colorants •    Enable confidence that brand color choice will perform as expected for regulatory requirements, performance, and conditions of use   Royalite™ Fire-Rated ABS Sheet: •    Helps meet stringent flame rating requirements while creating thermoformed housings and components  •    Aesthetically appealing and easily machined and finished