https://www.avient.com/news/pet-haze-reduced-recyclability-improved-new-amosorb-oxygen-scavenger
PET is a popular choice for food and beverage packaging, affording high clarity with design flexibility, and can be easily recycled multiple times, unlike alternative packaging materials.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-establishes-outdoor-high-performance-solutions-team
The team will focus on improvements such as light-weighting and metal replacement, sound and vibration dampening, non-lead alternatives, ergonomics, and aesthetics.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-expands-fatty-food-contact-materials-portfolio-versaflex-ffc-tpes
Versaflex FFC materials can be directly overmolded onto various engineered materials and as an alternative to silicone rubber, offer more design freedom and increased production efficiency by eliminating secondary processing.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/considering-house-plastisol-production
Additionally, supply chain issues around pigments, stabilizers and additives that are taken out of production may leave you scrambling for formulation alternatives.
https://www.avient.com/news/beyond-acrylic-new-resilience-ls-materials-polyone-boost-led-lens-performance
These cost-effective thermoplastics provide LED manufacturers with an alternative to traditional polymers with no tradeoffs in performance.
https://www.avient.com/news/new-franklin-electric-pressure-booster-pump-made-possible-fiberloc-polyone
In addition, we were able to deliver improved flame retardance, enabling the integration of electronics in the booster pump control head to improve cost-effectiveness versus metal or glass-filled polymer alternatives.”
https://www.avient.com/news/new-resound-nf-reinforced-solutions-polyone-reduce-weight-sustainably
Testing at Fraunhofer ICT Institute in Pfinztal, Germany has shown that a 40% filled reSound™ NF formulation has equivalent performance to a 30% filled short glass fiber reinforced alternative, at a 7-8% lower density.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-launches-new-black-masterbatch-colorants-sustainable-carbon-black
Derived from end-of-life tires, this new color concentrate is a sustainable alternative to those based on virgin carbon black.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-launches-colormatrix-optica-specialty-toners-enhanced-polycarbonate-clarity-chinaplas-2021
These new toners are formulated without heavy metal or restricted ingredients, and can be used at lower doses in comparison to alternatives like pigment and solid masterbatches.
https://www.avient.com/news/new-black-colorants-available-avient-help-achieve-high-jetness-polyester-textiles
This process also uses no water, making it a more eco-conscious alternative to traditional wet dyeing methods.
