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Antonello Decortes, Global Product Manager at Avient Corporation. Avient Corporation is dedicated to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for product safety. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, we help create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable.

Renewable, plant-based raw materials, have been shown to offer significantly lower product carbon footprint values than typical petroleum-based feedstock. Most have initiatives built around bringing more environmentally friendly products to market,” said Matt Mitchell, Director, Global Marketing, Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient. Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy

CLEVELAND – March 11, 2021 – Avient today launched two new materials based on polyketone (PK) that deliver comparable performance and lower production-related CO2 levels than nylon (PA66 and PA6) and acetal (POM). The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials - PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM. About Avient Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2020 pro forma revenues of $3.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

PUNE, India – October 16, 2018 – PolyOne today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) production line at its Pune facility in India. With the most recent addition of TPE production, PolyOne enables manufacturers to source all of their specialty polymer requirements from a single domestic source. We're now able to better serve our valued customers in India with domestic production of TPEs," said Vikas Vij, managing director, India, at PolyOne.

This expands the product line that launched earlier this year with PA6 resin derived from reclaimed end-of-life fishing nets.  We are excited to add to our recycled content product line with new resin matrices, continuing Avient’s commitment to leading the industry in sustainable solutions,” said Eric Wollan, general manager for Long Fiber Technologies at Avient.  Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy

Avient will also be featuring its two Plastics Recycling Awards Europe Finalist solutions in the Product Technology Innovation of the Year category. This can help simplify the overall decision-making process for brand owners and technical colorists and help shorten the time-to-launch of new product ranges. Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy  

These certifications enable printers to meet regulatory and quality specifications, creating value for customers without sacrificing production performance. Wilflex inks have passed third party testing for 2014 product compliance and regulatory standards, including:  For more information on product specific test results, please click here to view to the 2014 PolyOne Wilflex General EH&S Conformity Statement Wilflex Compliance or visit www.wilflex.com/compliance.

Avient is committed to enabling 100% of our products manufactured for packaging applications to be recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2030. APR’s MPG program helps brand owners be more confident that the materials they incorporate into their products support recyclability. Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy