https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/designing-sustainability
In addition, organizations such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) have emerged to foster meaningful sustainability improvements by mobilizing manufacturers and brands.
The use of multiple materials, color, and certain additives can add to the recycling complexity or limit recyclability.
https://www.avient.com/news/two-new-polymer-solutions-avient-launching-battery-show-supporting-sustainability-battery-and-electric-vehicle-applications
These new additions to the reSound REC TPE portfolio are comprised of 60 percent post-consumer recycled content, while delivering performance attributes comparable to those of traditional products – including aesthetics, haptics and physical properties.
For further environmental protection, the new Edgetek™ PKE materials include an NHFR additive, providing flame retardant performance to the UL94 V0 standard.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-s-taiwan-site-gains-grs-40-accreditation-extending-list-environmentally-certified-sites
This is the third site in addition to Avient’s list of GRS 4.0 sites, including in the Chinese cities of Suzhou and Shenzhen.
The certification is further demonstration that Avient’s offerings meet sustainability requirements under this renowned standard and a compelling recognition of Avient’s approach to corporate social responsibility,” said Say-Eng Lee, vice president and general manager, Color & Additives Asia.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-and-plastic-bank-reuse-ocean-bound-plastic-luxury-caps-and-closures
POMMERLOCH, Luxembourg – February 28, 2024 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, is pleased to announce it is extending its Gravi-Tech™ REC Recycled Formulations portfolio with a grade containing up to 60% ocean-bound plastic waste in addition to recycled fillers, making the total recycled content as high as 98%.
Additional food contact-compliant formulations are also available as part of the broader Gravi-Tech REC portfolio.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-launches-industry-first-thermoplastic-composite-panels-integrated-flame-retardance-simplified-construction-nahb-international-builders-show
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.
Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/high-temperature-color-concentrates/colorant-chromatics-pes/psu/ppsu-colorants
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In addition to providing resources for associates to improve their skills and further their career with Avient, the learning opportunities enhance collaboration across the company as associates build their networks.
In addition to the annual, structured mentoring program sponsored by Leadership, all associates are encouraged to participate in informal mentoring engagements.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-launches-new-stat-tech-tpes-ptfe-free-lubrione-internally-lubricated-formulations-fakuma-2023
In addition to its electrical conductivity, Stat-Tech TPEs offer benefits compared to silicone and thermoset rubber, including simplified manufacturing due to single-step fabrication, more design freedom for complex geometries, and 2-component overmolding directly onto polymer substrates, reducing processing steps.
Additional food contact compliance grades are also available.
https://www.avient.com/news/new-color-services-textiles-available-avient-turkey
In addition to production, color matching, and quality control capabilities for fiber applications, the site houses a showroom featuring an extensive assortment of sample mono-color polypropylene yarn pompoms.
Avient will highlight its color and additive solutions for spin-dyeing, along with its portfolio of dyes, chemicals, and finishes, at ITMA 2023, the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition, June 8-14, 2023, in Milan, Italy.