APPLICATIONS Avient’s chain extenders for fibers can be used to boost the processing of recycled polyester for a variety of textile products, including: • Clothing and sportswear • Bags and backpacks • Home textiles and upholstery • Automotive textiles and insulation/heat management systems • Carpets and rugs WORKING PRINCIPLE As opposed to standard chain extenders, which usually branch the PET molecules, Avient’s chain extenders for recycled PET fibers extend the molecules in a linear way, which is more adapted to the reprocessing into fibers.

Meanwhile, the treated fabrics can achieve higher CLO values (degree of insulation provided by an article of clothing).

In fact, you may have found yourself swimming in plastics alphabet soup and unsure where to start. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are a type of plastic that have been refined to create a soft, rubbery feel—and they’re everywhere. Most thermoplastic elastomer products are also recyclable under Plastic Recycling Code 7.

Rubber and Plastics Manufacturers industry average. While plastics provide tremendous benefits in packaging applications, there is also a responsibility to ensure plastic waste does not end up in the environment. That is why Avient joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.

Fluoropolymers are used in some of the most challenging and high-performance applications in the plastics industry. Wire insulation, for example, requires a very different solution than film, tubing or profile shapes. FireCon™ CPE Insulation Jacketing Formulations

Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic to Work®, and is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. 

Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic Plastic Waste

Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic Plastic Waste

Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic Plastic Waste

Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic to Work®, and is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.