Home // Sustainability // Sustainability at Avient // Products // Markets // Protective Materials Dyneema® has one of the highest strength-to-weight ratios of any material on Earth, allowing armor solutions to maintain the highest levels of protection without sacrificing user comfort or maneuverability. It offers excellent energy absorption and enhanced protection in a lightweight solution.

NYSE: AVNT), a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has completed its purchase of the protective materials business of DSM (including the Dyneema® brand), which will now be called Avient Protective Materials and reported within the company's Specialty Engineered Materials segment. The foundation of Avient Protective Materials is the renowned technology and globally admired brand of Dyneema®, the World's Strongest Fiber™.  With the addition of the Protective Materials business, we have significantly increased the size of our fastest growing platform and firmly established

DSM Protective Materials provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avient-announces-debt-financing-to-fund-acquisition-of-dsm-protective-materials-301595183.html

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