https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Walter Ripple_Bio.pdf
He served in various sales
and marketing leadership roles within the company’s global thermoplastic elastomers
division, culminating in his promotion to vice president and general manager.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-05/complet-lft-office-furniture-task-chair.pdf
Office Furniture Task Chair
LEADING OFFICE
FURNITURE OEM
T A S K C H A I R
• Stiff yet extremely tough all-composite solution
• Reduce part count by replacing mechanical tilt controls
• Cost-effective material
• Exceptional fatigue endurance to withstand million cycle
deflection test
• Enabled novel design by combining long
glass fiber and unidirectional tape to meet
performance and mass market cost targets
• Formulated custom nylon material with
minimal conditioned performance loss and
smooth, fiber-free surface finish
• Provided technical support during two-year
product development cycle
Complēt™ Long Glass Fiber PA66 Composite
and Overmolded Unidirectional Tape Inserts
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/case-study-one-pager-hybrid-5g-cable.pdf
OFC
MANUFACTURER
5 G H Y B R I D C A B L E
J A C K E T I N G & I N S U L A T I O N
• Fire performance: reduce smoke and fume production,
high flame and char resistance
• Reduce development time
• Meet required standards: UL 1581 (Class XL) mechanical
properties , UL 1685 (flame test/smoke parameters), FT2
& FV2 (VW1)
• Accelerated speed to market, reducing
development time to three months
• Instilled confidence and proved material
expertise as solutions passed extensive
testing ahead of competition
• Optimized cable manufacture process and
line speed following trials at customers
facility
ECCOH 5549/1 LDD & Syncure™ S100FH
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-05/Trilliant HC - OCD Microwells IVD Testing - Application Snapshot.pdf
Trilliant HC - OCD Microwells IVD Testing - Application Snapshot
ORTHO CLINICAL
DIAGNOSTICS
M I C R O W E L L S F O R I V D
D E V I C E
• PS-based material
• Strict TiO2 content/filling to secure accurate performance
• Material to be suitable and complaint with the IVDD/IVDR
standards
• Surface chemical performance essential for the application
• Worked in close collaboration with customer and
internal teams to fully understand and overcome
current material challenges
• Identified anomalies in existing formulation using
material science expertise and customized an
alternative formulation
• Enabled customer to improve processing
efficiency, reduce scrap rate and respond to the
increased market demand
Trilliant™ HC7410-5001 X4 thermoplastics in
white
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-09/Waste Mgmt OEM Application Snapshot.pdf
LEADING WASTE
MANAGEMENT OEM
I N D U S T R I A L C O N T A I N E R S
• Eliminate shrinkage and warpage, and control dimensional
aspects of finished parts
• Improve quality assurance metrics and reduce downtime
associated with quality rejections
• Reduce process parameter changes and maintain
consistency when running multiple colors
• Lightweighting solution offering energy savings, process
optimization & extended manufacturing run times
• Preserved industrial waste container quality
while maintaining functional performance and
application dimensional stability
• Provided xpertise in process optimization and
polymer formulation, where material & mold
flow, reducing cycle times, and color harmony
between diverse polymers matter most
• Accelerated speed to market by several weeks
with versatile agnostic product forms (solid and
liquid) coupled with technical service
Hydrocerol™ and Excelite™ Chemical Foaming
Agents (CFA)
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/versaflex-hc-bt218-biopharmaceutical-tubing-case-study.pdf
MEDICAL TUBING
EXTRUDER
B I O P H A R M A C E U T I C A L
T U B I N G
• Low leachables & extractables
• Great tensile performance and kink resistance
• Good thermal weldability
• Excellent clarity and medical blue tint
• ISO 10993-4 & 5, USP Class VI & Animal Derivative Free
(ADF)
• Supplied drop-in material replacement to
overcome supply constraints of incumbent TPE
• Offered a lower extractable profile than
comparable materials in the market
• Enabled easy material transition without changes
in tooling or thermal welding machine settings
• Formulated solution with proprietary additives to
provide clarity and prevent yellowing after
sterilization
Versaflex™ HC BT218 Thermoplastic
Elastomer
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-01/roofing-membranes-mini-case-study.pdf
BUILDING MATERIALS
RETAILER
R O O F I N G M E M B R A N E S
• Improve marketing claims for product performance and
polymer integrity
• Prevent and improve field life, and protect product from the
growth and appearance of flora, fungi and algae from
outdoor environmental exposures
• Ability to convert materials from liquid to solid in order to
accommodate advanced manufacturing technique
• Seeking OBPA alternative
• Delivered a product differentiating solution
that eliminated both polymer-degrading
microbials and mitigated the flora and fungal
accumulation that causes discoloration and
staining
• Enabled versatility with combined liquid and
solid masterbatch solutions
• Provided a cost-effective and
environmentally friendly OBPA alternative
WithStand™ Antimicrobial Additives
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/Fiber Line Vectran Application Snapshot.pdf
Met critical government environmental regulations
• Leveraged key existing vendor relationships to
supply the only material able to meet
all requirements
• Mass-produced braids in parallel that attach to
meet the length target
• Ensured simple qualification process to increase
speed to market
Fiber-Line™ Vectran HT Braid
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-07/johnmidea_0.pdf
He spent 12 years at Valspar Corporation with increasing roles of
responsibility, including vice president, where he was accountable for the North American
segment of its liquid, powder, electrocoat and after market specialty chemical businesses.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-07/giuseppedisalvo_0.pdf
Di Salvo is responsible for all aspects of the company’s capital structure, cash
management, insurance and capital markets transactions, as well as Financial Planning and
Analysis.