https://www.avient.com/idea/3-ways-thermoplastic-elastomers-can-help-you-hit-right-notes-portable-speakers
Depending on haptic targets, TPEs can provide a variety of feels from grippy to silky, and can be brightly colored to enhance aesthetics and consumer appeal.
https://www.avient.com/idea/achieve-sensory-branding-goals-packaging
Materials and color can convey luxury and sophistication to an audience.
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These include ISO pre-certified colorants; FDA-compliant materials from engineering thermoplastics and elastomers to vinyl, styrenics and olefins; RoHS and REACH compliant materials; and much more.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-expands-india-new-tpe-line-and-technology-center
PolyOne opened a new facility in Pune in 2014, initially focused on the production of colorant and additive concentrates to serve end markets such as transportation, electronics & electrical, healthcare, wire & cable, and packaging.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-boosts-aesthetics-and-productivity-consumer-electronics-new-non-blooming-versaflex-ce-3130-tpes
These new TPEs can help electronics brands and OEMs successfully and sustainably deliver on color, material, and finish trends without the fear of surface blooms.”
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-expands-resound-tpe-portfolio-new-grade-formulated-fda-reviewed-post-consumer-recycled-material
It is naturally gray, colorable, and suitable for injection molding or overmolding onto PP.
https://www.avient.com/news/comfort-meets-design-freedom-new-overmolding-solution-versaflex-vdt-vibration-damping-tpe-portfolio
Versaflex VDT TPE for overmolding is available in 40 - 60 Shore A hardness levels, and is opaque and colorable.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-launches-neu-view-technology-radiopaque-translucent-catheters
NEU View formulations for cardiovascular and intravascular catheters are application-specific, incorporating medical-grade polymers, additives, color, and healthcare-centric manufacturing practices.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient’s-newest-trilliant-hc-materials-stand-disinfectants-better-alternative-fr-polymers
Trilliant™ HC8910 and HC8920 series of materials are made without BPA and available in standard or custom colors.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-expands-long-fiber-composites-portfolio-using-recycled-content
Formulations are available globally in black and natural color and in typical reinforcement percentages of long glass fiber, long carbon fiber, or hybrid combinations.