Evins brings over 28 years of IT leadership experience to Avient, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and CIO at LPL Financial where she led agile technology transformations to improve end user experience and meet increased business needs. She has extensive experience modernizing legacy systems, building automation, scaling IT resources, and enabling business success through technology.

We are committed to producing safe products complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards while avoiding unnecessary animal testing. Avient ensures compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards and acts

has demonstrated the leadership, judgement and acumen required to serve as chairman.  The company is dedicated to serving customers in diverse industries around the globe, by creating value through collaboration, innovation and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Equipment maintenance: Maintaining plastisol mixing equipment up to industry standards may prove costly, and can require a significant amount of time from production operators.

Compact cars need to keep a lower price point, yet the auto industry’s exacting safety standards for interior materials – and the OEM’s own commitment to quality for discerning customers – meant the design team would be challenged to find a suitable material for interior surfaces.  After reviewing the requirements, the two teams worked to customize a color and additive concentrate using carbon fiber to produce the desired visual effect that would make the interior pillars and headliner look like they were covered in fabric.

Together with the proper cable design, our ECCOH specialty formulations will help manufacturers meet CPR requirements for all power, control and communication cables used in buildings, including optical fiber cables,” said Holger Kronimus, VP Europe and general manager, Specialty Engineered Materials, PolyOne. The company is dedicated to serving customers in diverse industries around the globe, by creating value through collaboration, innovation and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Director Gordon Harnett was not up for re-election, having reached the company’s required retirement age. The company is dedicated to serving customers in diverse industries around the globe, by creating value through collaboration, innovation and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

MEDICAL DEVICE DISINFECTION—HOW TO PREVENT CRACKING AND CRAZING Understanding polymer performance is key to minimizing disinfectant-related failures DISINFECTANT-RELATED DAMAGE ON POLYMER HOUSINGS Strong chemicals used to reduce hospital- acquired infections can damage equipment and result in material failures, such as: • Stress cracking • Crazing • Discoloration CHEMICAL RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS VARY BY ENVIRONMENT • Patient/exam rooms • Operating and radiology rooms • Reception areas • Home (patient equipment & devices) Healthcare devices must perform flawlessly in a myriad of challenging environments and engineers must be certain their devices can withstand increasingly potent disinfectants, which have begun to outstrip the performance of traditional polymers. Avient has served the healthcare industry for decades with a full portfolio of innovative materials and services. An independent lab tested the following polymers with various disinfectants to help customers choose the material suitable to their specific application requirements.

PDICaseStudy.indd 8 . 5 i n 11 .6 8 7 5 in 8 . 7 5 i n 11 .9 3 7 5 in 8 . 2 5 i n 11 in PDI Solution Boosts Long-Term Medical Device Performance Spinal disc replacement manufacturer relies on quality analysis and manufacturing solutions from Polymer Diagnostics to help its breakthrough product reach far beyond durability requirements. With the new method, the discs’ ability to withstand failure during cycle testing was improved by a factor of 400, far exceeding the requirement of 180,000 cycles. With a wealth of experience in polymer research and technology, they are prepared to handle the most challenging problems.

Expanding these grades also facilitates Asia’s end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling and regulatory requirements. The new PCR-based reSound REC grades, which have been extensively tested in laboratories and applications in collaboration with OEM partners, exhibit outstanding results in line with requirements for automotive interiors. Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy