Home // Lawn and Garden Maker Adds Appeal, Profitability Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application.

Home // Lawn and Garden Maker Adds Appeal, Profitability Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application.

Home // Lawn and Garden Maker Adds Appeal, Profitability Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application.

Home // Lawn and Garden Maker Adds Appeal, Profitability Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application.

Home // Lawn and Garden Maker Adds Appeal, Profitability Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The garden equipment company paired up with Avient to determine a suitable TPE for this application.

Caption: BIC Soleil® Click 5 women’s razor handle utilizes reSound™ R TPE with 62 percent recycled content. The new BIC Soleil Click 5 handle is the most recent example of how BIC is putting sustainability into practice. These grades can replace traditional TPEs in personal care, lawn and garden, outdoor high performance, footwear, office supplies, houseware durables, and automotive applications.

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER FOR OVERMOLDING ATTRACTIVE, PRACTICAL HANDGRIPS ONTO ABS RESIN © 2021, All Rights Reserved Avient Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio USA 44012 To learn more about OnFlex-S™ TPEs, contact Avient at +1.844.4AVIENT (1.844.428.4368) or visit avient.com THE CHALLENGE Facing strong competition from all-plastic garden sprayers, a leading garden equipment manufacturer decided to create a new, high-end line of sprayers featuring enhanced quality, durability and aesthetics. The material helps the company produce attractive, high-quality garden sprayers featuring precisely fitting parts.

LEADING GARDEN TOOLS BRAND O S C I L L A T I N G S P R I N K L E R S • Superior abrasion resistance performance • Ability to pass standard UV testing as well as the customer’s more stringent UV criteria • Global support and material availability • Developed a customized TPE material with superior UV resistance, adhesion to ABS, and demolding • Leveraged in-house UV chamber tests to exceed UV parameter requirements • Worked closely with customer’s product development, engineering and quality teams to test and specify material • Supplied grade globally with local technical and manufacturing support OnFlex™ S KE Thermoplastic Elastomer KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

Hand and power tools, and lawn and garden equipment are increasingly popular as more consumers turn to outdoor areas for entertainment and extra living space. Garden tools Explore Highlights material solutions (engineered polymers and TPEs) for lawn and garden equipment