Through the combination of specialty engineered materials and comprehensive support services, Avient helps customers overcome challenges in a range of industries and applications. 

To get help in finding the best alternative material that could be produced faster and more efficiently, the manufacturer turned to Avient. Starting with specific performance requirements, Avient’s formulation experts set to work developing several thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grades that could deliver better productivity and enhanced key properties than the silicone rubber part.

We've interviewed Chris Lefteri, Marshall Hamachi, and Owen Foster to glean their insights on materials-centric design, plus rounded up some success stories from the Avient Design team to illustrate how this concept plays out in the real world. 

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals.

Avient’s wide range of medical-grade polymer compounds, colorants, and functional additives can help mitigate risk, streamline your path to market, and deliver desired patient outcomes. With Avient materials, you can create compliant devices that doctors and patients prefer.

Avient reported organic revenue growth for the fourth consecutive quarter and expanded adjusted EBITDA margins 20 bps to 17.5%.   Avient’s chief operating decision-maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources.

So when a particular customer came to Avient wanting to displace non-recyclable dairy packaging, we accepted the challenge.

So when a particular customer came to Avient wanting to displace non-recyclable dairy packaging, we accepted the challenge.