The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials—PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM.

Avient collaborated with a leading global automotive OEM and its injection molder to eliminate paint from a new vehicle’s interior.

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The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials—PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM.

However, as sustainability initiatives grow and designs become increasingly complex, new material alternatives are needed.

However, as sustainability initiatives grow and designs become increasingly complex, new material alternatives are needed.

Together, these elements can inform, engage, attract, and ultimately drive customers to say yes to new products.

Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Czechia Finland France Germany Guatemala Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Peru Poland Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Taiwan, Greater China Thailand Turkey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Viet Nam C0.4 (C0.4) Select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response. Avient’s ERM process evaluates potential new technologies that could displace old products and services and related direct and indirect impacts on the business. Downstream Opportunity type Products and services Primary climate-related opportunity driver Development of new products or services through R&D and innovation Primary potential financial impact Increased revenues through access to new and emerging markets Company-specific description Global challenges like climate change, demographic shifts and dwindling resources have prompted Avient to establish programs such as our Sustainable Solutions.

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The good news is that medical grade TPEs can be made at whatever level is necessary for the product and/or application. Sure, you can grind up a tire into a material for the track around a high school, but the material itself can’t be changed or transformed into a completely new and recyclable product. For example, other plastics made out of natural resources such as sugar cane can be repurposed into TPEs to create new products.