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Homepage // News Center // Avient Specialty Inks Focuses on Sustainability, Debuts Updates to Union Ink™ Branding at Impressions Expo 2023 The new Union Ink™ logo and Avient logo created with sustainable inks are among the more than 100 prints on display at the Long Beach exhibit.  This includes unveiling a new logo for Union Ink, reimagining the established brand’s impressive portfolio of high-performing inks for 90 years with a new, modern look.

Colorant Chromatics™ Low Temperature Inks Low Temperature Inks for ECTFE/ETFE/PVDF These inks are water-based with a synthetic binder for excellent adhesion to fluoropolymer materials.

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Showcases New Specialty Wilflex™ and Rutland™ Inks at ISS 2018 Rutland plastisol white inks – New and innovative white inks offering excellent opacity, superior fiber mat-down and outstanding hand for the best performance on today’s fashion forward garments EDITORS: For a high-resolution image, please click here: PolyOne Specialty Inks

To develop Aquarius water-based inks, the PolyOne team combined the deep-rooted expertise and technological resources of the Wilflex, Rutland, Union Ink, Printop, and QCM ink brands. HIGHLIGHTS for Zodiac Aquarius Ink Technologies High solids inks are high opacity, flexible inks which meet the  durability requirements of sport brands

CLEVELAND – June 17, 2019 – PolyOne’s Specialty Inks group today launched Libra™ silicone ink, the latest offering within its new Zodiac™ brand collection of eco-conscious screen-printing inks. Special-effect reflective, metallic and gel inks may be used in conjunction with other Libra silicone inks to enhance prints and differentiate designs PHOTO CAPTION: PolyOne Specialty Inks collection of Zodiac Libra silicone inks are designed to meet sustainability and performance demands.

Cesa™ Mix Additives Screen Printing Inks Cesa™ Mix Additives

Offered under the new “Avient Specialty Inks” brand, this consolidated portfolio unifies Avient’s highest performing specialty inks to make it easier for customers to access these products globally. With this initial launch under the new Avient Specialty Inks brand, we are offering all our customers a complete package of the best special effects and additive inks to simplify product selection, making it easier for customers around the world to select and order the right products for their needs,” said Tito Echiburu, general manager, Avient Specialty Inks. Avient Specialty Inks special effect inks and additives are commercially available globally.

SPECIALTY INKS OVERVIEW PolyOne Specialty Inks is a leading global manufacturer of screen printing inks for the textile industry and of specialty inks for industrial applications. The addition of the Rutland Group in 2017 allowed us to further continue our focus to become an innovative leader in specialty inks. SOME OF OUR FIRSTS • Development of the industry’s first plastisol color mixing system for screen printing ink • Introduction of the first automated ink dispensing equipment OUR SPECIALTY INKS • Broadest range of specialty screen printing inks, including: non-phthalate PVC plastisol, water-based, silicone, and non-PVC plastisol • Ink room solutions including inventory management software • Strong expertise in R&D and product development • Demonstrated technical service and color matching capabilities • Highly efficient manufacturing operations • Global manufacturing footprint and customer reach OUR BRANDS • Wilflex is a leading brand of specialty screen printing inks with a focus on total ink-room management, providing the most efficient, cost-effective environment possible • Rutland is a leading brand of specialty screen printing inks for the textile industry with a strong commitment to making the screen printing process easier, more attractive and more profitable for customers • Union Ink is a brand dedicated to providing the broadest range of innovative and inspired screen printing inks with the highest opacity mixing systems in the market • Printop is a leading brand of textile screen printing inks in Latin America including plastisols, water-based, and discharge inks • QCM is a trusted brand of cost- effective, high quality inks for one of the most recognizable products in the world, the printed t-shirt SPECIALTY INKS GLOBAL FOOTPRINT • Five manufacturing facilities in Kennesaw, Georgia; Pineville, North Carolina; Lima, Peru, Shenzhen, China; and Mumbai, India (JV) • Warehouse and distribution facilities in Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio in the US, Paddock Wood and Widnes, U.K., and Singapore • Global presence of distributors located in over 60 countries Copyright © 2018, PolyOne Corporation.

PolyOne developed a universal white ink to address this challenge. EPIC Single LC White inks are commercially available in the U.S. today; the upgraded white inks portfolio will be launched globally later this year. To find out more about Wilflex inks click here.