Key to the product development effort was a soft-touch grip that would give users a smooth feel, easy handling, and more physical comfort. In addition, the profit margin on this product was about 30% higher than that of other models. The OEM’s new product, featuring Avient’s contribution, increased market share and generated more than $400,000 in sales during the first year of production.

It’s no secret that competition among products lining store shelves is fierce. Our soft-touch TPEs have been developed to play a key role in the success of consumer products and packaging,” said Michelle Hearn, marketing director, GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers at PolyOne. Compatibility with substrates from polypropylene and polyethylene to polycarbonate, ABS, acetyl and nylon, overmolded TPEs offer the flexibility to increase product and packaging functionality across the spectrum of possibilities without compromising recyclability.

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The summation of these three component costs should help define why one product is better than the other product on pure economics. For example, using GLS product XL9070 (SpGr of 0.89) and GLS product G7970 (SpGr of 1.18), both 70A TPEs, the mass of the part in grams is calculated as follows: If both products sold at price of $1.50/lbs, the total raw material cost of both materials would be:

Key to the product development effort was a soft-touch grip that would give users a smooth feel, easy handling, and more physical comfort. In addition, the profit margin on this product was about 30% higher than that of other models. The OEM’s new product, featuring Avient’s contribution, increased market share and generated more than $400,000 in sales during the first year of production.

Key to the product development effort was a soft-touch grip that would give users a smooth feel, easy handling, and more physical comfort. In addition, the profit margin on this product was about 30% higher than that of other models. The OEM’s new product, featuring Avient’s contribution, increased market share and generated more than $400,000 in sales during the first year of production.

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This innovative metal replacement solution helps customers to improve product performance while reducing production costs, and eliminates the need for lubrication, so that products can be nearly maintenance-free for increased durability. LubriOne PEEK Solutions feature lighter weight, a self-lubricated formulation and excellent mechanical properties for an integrated metal-replacement solution that enables our customers to differentiate their products while reducing system costs,” said Engguan Soh, general manager, PolyOne Engineered Materials Asia.