– February 3, 2020 – At Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West next week, PolyOne will launch its newest medical grade, Versaflex™ HC BT218, formulated in response to supply challenges stemming from silicone shortages and sterilization facility closures. PHOTO CAPTION: Technicians taking a sample from biotechnological bioreactor in microbiological laboratory.

In addition, knowledgeable representatives from PolyOne’s distribution business will be on hand to help molders and manufacturers address application needs, optimize medical component performance, and mitigate risk by leveraging extensive material and application knowledge, advanced technical resources, and logistics expertise. PolyOne is exhibiting in booth 2201 at MD&M West in Anaheim, California from February 11-13, 2020.

At Avient, you can take advantage of several development, training, and rewards programs that can help you get more satisfaction from your work today while you move toward your goals of tomorrow. From the “Chairman’s Club,” which recognizes the top 5% of our global sellers, to the “Chairman’s Achievement Awards,” which highlights associates who have made a large impact to the business through their work, to our peer-to-peer “You Made a Difference” awards, we offer several ways to recognize our associates.

From the glow off the tachometer and speedometer to the exterior lights on the cab, a truck’s lighting system is critical to its look, feel, and safety properties. Lighting systems that incorporate materials from Avient’s broad portfolio are more likely to maintain the integrity of their design

CAPTION: OnCap Light Shield technology from PolyOne protects the contents of clear packaging from degradation due to ultraviolet and visible light.

By combining cloud-based color creation software, unique liquid color technology, and a global network of ColorMatrix facilities, the new platform helps customers to create and order custom colorants quickly, reducing development and supply turnaround time from weeks to days – or even hours. Global Availability: Approved color formulations reside in the cloud, and can be called upon to produce colorant for supply from any number of global ColorMatrix facilities to any number of customer facilities for shortened lead times, complete color consistency, and brand integrity.

Southern States saw an opportunity to provide a unique solution to its utility customers, who were under pressure to comply with new physical security mandates from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)1. We are proud to work with them to help protect our nation’s infrastructure from physical threats.”  Southern States ballistic-resistant solutions incorporate three layers of GlasArmor panels to achieve Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Level 8 protection.

The Good Duck™ is blow-molded from an ultra-soft TPE and uses non-toxic molded-in colorants from PolyOne.

PolyOne fiber colorant and additive solutions now span five brands, including solid masterbatch options for traditional and melt spun fiber from recent acquisitions Magenta Master Fibers and IQAP. During ITMA, PolyOne will also be showcasing two new textile trend categories, derived from the Color Inspiration 2020 Visionary collection launched in March of this year.

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