You may hear people talk about TPVs (thermoplastic vulcanizates) or TPUs (thermoplastic polyurethane) instead of TPEs. If we’re being nuanced, thermoplastic elastomers don’t technically melt. Thermoplastic itself means “the ability to be reprocessed by heat.”

CLEVELAND, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding on its global footprint and expertise in thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) innovation and design,

Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Industrial Valle del Cinca S/N Apartado Barbastro, Huesca E-22300 Facility: Avient Corporation - Bethel, CT 19 Francis J Clark Circle Bethel, CT 06801 Activity: Design and Manufacture of Specialty Engineered Thermoplastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Compounds for Fluoropolymer and High Temperature Polymers. Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 6 of 10 833 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. Box 9053 Malmö, Skåne SE-200 39 Sweden 831 Ridgeview Drive Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer Page 7 of 10 Facility: Avient Corporation - Oricain (Pamplona), Spain Pol.

Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 6 of 10 833 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. Water Street North Baltimore, OH 45872 Activity: Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Activity: Design and Manufacture of Custom PVC Plastisol and PVC Slush Mold Powder Facility: Avient Corporation - Malmö, Sweden Järnyxegatan 7 P.O. Box 9053 Malmö, Skåne SE-200 39 Sweden 831 Ridgeview Drive Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer Page 7 of 10 Facility: Avient Corporation - Oricain (Pamplona), Spain Pol.

Industrial Valle del Cinca S/N Apartado Barbastro, Huesca E-22300 Facility: Avient Corporation - Bethel, CT 19 Francis J Clark Circle Bethel, CT 06801 Activity: Design and Manufacture of Specialty Engineered Thermoplastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Compounds for Fluoropolymer and High Temperature Polymers. Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 6 of 10 833 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. Box 9053 Malmö, Skåne SE-200 39 Sweden 831 Ridgeview Drive Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Activity: Design, Manufacture and Distribution of Thermoplastic Elastomer Page 7 of 10 Facility: Avient Corporation - Oricain (Pamplona), Spain Pol.