https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/three-ways-soft-touch-enhances-consumer-products
TPEs can be customized, depending on the application requirements, to provide surface feel ranging from grippy or tacky to smooth and silky.
They are produced in opaque, semi-transparent, and transparent formulations for additional aesthetic interest.
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/uv-and-light-blocking-additives/colormatrix-ultimate-uv390-light-barrier-pet
Color and Additives Solutions Overview
Polymer Additives
Combination Colorants & Additives: Smartbatch™
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/success-stories-engineered-polymers
Through the combination of specialty engineered materials and comprehensive support services, Avient helps customers overcome challenges in a range of industries and applications.
Case Study Snapshots
Explore brief stories (snapshots) of how we’ve helped across a wide span of applications.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/success-stories-engineered-polymers?rtype[]=1164
Through the combination of specialty engineered materials and comprehensive support services, Avient helps customers overcome challenges in a range of industries and applications.
Case Study Snapshots
Explore brief stories (snapshots) of how we’ve helped across a wide span of applications.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-10/OnColor NIR Sortable Colorants Product Bulletin.pdf
THE LURE & COMPLEXITY OF
DARK PACKAGING SHADES
Dark packaging has always been a popular choice
by brand owners and is therefore widely used across
different applications and packaging types.
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
APPLICATIONS
OnColor NIR Sortable Colorants can benefit
the following stakeholders operating within the
packaging industry:
• Retailers
• Brand Owners
• Convertors
• Recycling Facilities
• Packaging Recovery Organizations
GLOBAL APPROVALS
• COTREP approved portfolio available
• APR Meets Preferred Guidance for PE and PP resins
Also sold as Cesa™ IR Black Additives
For any additional information on our color and additive
masterbatch portfolio for packaging and consumer
applications, please contact your local Avient representative.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-03/OnColor NIR Sortable Colorants Product Bulletin.pdf
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
APPLICATIONS
OnColor NIR Sortable Colorants can benefit
the following stakeholders operating within the
packaging industry:
• Retailers
• Brand Owners
• Convertors
• Recycling Facilities
• Packaging Recovery Organizations
GLOBAL APPROVALS
• COTREP approved portfolio available
• APR Meets Preferred Guidance for HDPE resin
For any additional information on our color and additive
portfolio for packaging and consumer applications,
please contact your local Avient representative.
Also sold as Cesa™ IR Black Additives
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-07/core-vinyl-powder-coatings-product-bulletin.pdf
These diverse formulations can be
customized with various additives to meet a broad
range of performance requirements.
CORE™ Vinyl Powder Coatings can be sprayed, cast
or fluidized, and are available for use in a wide
variety of markets and applications.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
• Vinyl powders in high performing,
versatile formulations
• A balance of fusion characteristics and
physical properties
• Customizable with additives such as heat
or light stabilizers, flame retardants or
blowing agents
• Matched to any color and to varied processing
and performance requirements
• VBX Series vinyl powders formulated to
automotive OEM needs
MARKET AND APPLICATIONS
CORE™ Vinyl Powder formulations offer endless
utility for nearly every consumer market.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/OnColor FX Special Effect Colorants - Bulletin.pdf
OnColor™ FX™ Special Effect Colorants
PRODUCT BULLETIN
Special effects can help boost the visual appeal of
plastic products and parts in many applications.
In addition, OnColor special
effects are incorporated into the plastic during part
manufacturing, removing the need for secondary
processes like painting, eliminating the associated
VOC emissions and preventing peel-off issues.
Our
material and process experts provide guidance
and technical support to fulfill both the targeted
aesthetics and application requirements.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/crtm-panel-product-bulletin-2020.pdf
sq. ft.)
0.54" 1.2
0.75" 1.4
2.24" 3.1
CRTM PANEL PROPERTIES
Additional features include:
• Material and design flexibility
• �Large-scale production with in-line
CNC machining
• Class-A FS&T resin systems
• Product design guidance
MARKETS AND END-USE APPLICATIONS
CRTM composite panels are ideal for use in
markets where metal skin-over-frame or hand-laid
composite sandwich panels are currently used.
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
You have the responsibility to conduct full-scale end-product performance testing
to determine suitability in your application, and you assume all risk and liability arising from your use of the information and/or use or handling of any product.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-10/composites-innovation-cell-program-bulletin_0.pdf
Avient makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties of any kind with respect to the information contained in this document about its accuracy, suitability
for particular applications, or the results obtained or obtainable using the information.
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
You have the responsibility to conduct full-scale end-product performance testing
to determine suitability in your application, and you assume all risk and liability arising from your use of the information and/or use or handling of any product.