To enhance its ability to more accurately predict part performance, Avient worked with Hexagon’s Digimat platform. For more information, visit hexagonmi.com. Learn more about Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS ENGINEERED POLYMERS ELASTOMERS ADVANCED COMPOSITES COLORANTS ADDITIVES PLASTISOLS VINYL POWDERS DESIGN & COLOR SERVICES ENABLING SUSTAINABILITY We are committed to helping you be more sustainable, and our advanced materials aim to support your commitments and meet industry demands. SOLVING YOUR TOUGHEST CHALLENGES No matter what short- or long-term challenges you face— improving performance and design, shifting to electrification, reducing weight, lowering emissions, and more—Avient’s industry knowledge, proven expertise, and a comprehensive portfolio of specialized and sustainable materials can help you solve them. We exist to help you solve challenges, improve sustainability, and compete more effectively.

CESA™ Nox additives target the free radicals, terminating the oxidation reactions and preserving the polymer properties through one or more processing steps or cycles, including recycling. CESA Nox is particularly suited to prevent further degradation of post-industrial and post-consumer recycled materials, allowing for more stable material and easier processing. 1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com Copyright © 2022, Avient Corporation. Contact your sales representative for more information, or to learn more about custom solutions for your application.

CASE STUDY: EXCELITE™ IM CHEMICAL FOAMING ADDITIVES THE CHALLENGE With more major OEMs introducing lightweighting initiatives, the use of chemical foaming additives (CFAs) is becoming more common among automotive injection molders. In this case, a top tier-1 automotive molder was routinely running cycle times longer than originally quoted, as inconsistencies in CFA performance were creating processing issues and generating more scrap. The molder achieved a finer, more uniform cell structure, with a higher cell density, and was able to maintain a Class-A surface finish.

Sustainable Material Answers™ Circular Economy As climate change continues to be one of the defining issues of our time, a commitment to sustainable solutions is essential—now more than ever. But it’s more than just transitioning to renewable energies: it’s designing out waste and pollution before production and manufacturing even begin. To enable this transformation, more consumer education is needed.

Outdoor enthusiasts today typically seek out products that enable them to do what they love more comfortably and efficiently. Some TPE formulas produce a more secure grip, or you can make use of a custom texture for improved handling. Either way, adding a grip to your outdoor gear gives consumers a more pleasing overall experience.

A M E R I C A & A S I A • Eliminate voids in plastic that create quality issues • Reduce high scrap rates due to sink marks • Improve low strength-to-weight ratio due to voids • Reduce long cycle times • Run more fractional melt / low melt flow resins • Improved cell structure and physical properties • Removed sink marks to reduce scrap rates • Improved gas retention when used with N2 physical foam • Reduced short shots for lower scrap rates • Improved melt flow and created a more controllable foaming process • Provided greater ability to process low melt flow resins Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives KEY REQUIREMENTS* WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION PHYSICAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT LEARN MORE *Note – all compared to previous CFA Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.

Seeking to create a more innovative and comfortable insole using state-of-the-art materials, Gordon and his partner, Jeff Milliman of Greenville Running Company, went to work. Creating comfortable insoles for runners proved to be more of a challenge than anticipated. More than 25 years ago, Gordon and Jeff tried to develop a commercially viable, molded composite outer sole for a running shoe using carbon fiber and fiberglass composites.

For more than 50 years, closurelogic GmbH has been manufacturing aluminum closures in Germany. The company is headquartered in Worms, Germany, with subsidiaries in Spain and Turkey supplying more than 50 countries worldwide. Brand owners are seeking more easily recycled materials, such as aluminum, and closurelogic’s use of TPE cap liners satisfy all three challenges—water quality, seal integrity and sustainability.

Hager wanted to utilize more recycled plastic in its products; however, the material needed to perform to the same technical specification as Hager’s current prime material. The new recycled polyolefins have enabled the replacement of fossil fuel-based feedstock with more carbon-friendly recycled ocean-bound plastics. If you have a project you are working on that requires a more sustainable material, please visit us at avient.com