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Recycled plastics can be used to create new products across several industries, but one brand owner in particular was looking to incorporate recycled plastics in their consumer applications.
These TPE grades, formulated for consumer applications, can be used in personal care products, lawn and garden tools, outdoor goods, office supplies, footwear, and houseware durables.
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In the medical industry,
plastics help save lives by safely providing a range of transparent and opaque materials that are used
for a vast array of devices including blood and intravenous bags, medical tubing, catheters, lead
replacement for radiation shielding, clamps and connectors to bed frames, curtains and sheeting, and
electronic enclosures.
Our colorant and additives
concentrates are used in a broad range of polymers, including those used in medical and
pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building
products, wire and cable markets.
Our colorant and additives concentrates are used in a broad
range of plastics, including those used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging,
personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, and wire and cable markets.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/carbon-fiber-composites
Strong, lightweight alternative for metal and wood applications
Uses and Applications
Application Highlight
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McAlindon
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Award-Winning Marketing Campaign
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2012 Range Rover Evoque Interior
• Color harmonization across
15 unique color-and-polymer
combinations
• Eliminated need for multiple pre-
colored materials
• Reduced Land Rover’s working
capital
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KOR Delta Hydration Vessel
• Specialty TPE formulation
overcame performance issues
• Eliminated secondary assembly
process for increased
operational efficiency
Interior
seal
Flip-top
seal
Bottom
ring
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Friedrich Kühl® Decorative Air Conditioner Housing
• Replaced painted ABS
housing with Geon™ solution
• Reduced operating noise
• Simplified manufacturing
footprint to drive significant
cost savings
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• Focused on markets with high
growth and profit potential
• Leveraging our in-depth
knowledge of formulation
Focused Efforts in Attractive Industry Segments
$113
$260
Healthcare
and processing to develop
market driven solutions
• Aligning resources across the
organization to drive growth
in target markets $152
$228
2006 2011
Sustainable Solutions
(Revenue in $ millions)
2006 2011
2006 2011
2006 2011
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• Design service collaboration
• Doubled productivity and
improved yield rates
• Substantial reduction in
overall manufacturing costs
Pulmonary Device
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Innovating for the future…
Rejuvenate a mature industry with new
products and processes
Products designed for “next life” instead of
“end life”
Plastics: Key to Future Sustainable Development
…Making a difference today!
end life”
New designs for energy and carbon efficiency
New applications for used and recycled plastics
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Therma-Tech™ LED Lighting
• Replaces metal in LED lighting
• Extends LED durability and life
span eliminating hot spots
• Greater design flexibility with • Greater design flexibility with
fewer parts
• Weight reduction
• Simplifies manufacturing and
lowers total production cost
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Decreasing Decreasing
Dependence on Dependence on
Fossil FuelsFossil Fuels
Globalizing and Globalizing and
LocalizingLocalizing
Protecting the Protecting the
EnvironmentEnvironment
Protecting the Protecting the
EnvironmentEnvironment
Improving Improving
Health and Health and
WellnessWellness
Improving Improving
Health and Health and
WellnessWellness
Alignment with Megatrends
• Aging
population
• Longer life
expectancy
• Healthy living
• Aging in place
• Aging
population
• Longer life
expectancy
• Healthy living
• Aging in place
• Environmental
consciousness
• Alternative
energy
• Resource
efficiency
• Biotechnology
• Environmental
consciousness
• Alternative
energy
• Resource
efficiency
• Biotechnology
• Global
leader/local
expert with
customized
solutions
• Global OEMs
seeking one
standard of
service
everywhere
• Global
leader/local
expert with
customized
solutions
• Global OEMs
seeking one
standard of
service
everywhere
• Efficiency focus
• Reduced
size/weight
• Mass transit
• Alternative
materials
• Electric vehicles
• Efficiency focus
• Reduced
size/weight
• Mass transit
• Alternative
materials
• Electric vehicles
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48.7%
$40.5
26.3%
Research & Development
Spending
Specialty Platform
Vitality Index Progression*
Innovation Drives Earnings Growth
Specialty Platform
Gross Margin %
* Percentage of Specialty platform revenue from products introduced in last five years
19.5%
$20.3
14.3%
($ millions)
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StrategyStrategy
PolyOne Innovation Framework
Unmet Needs
Identification
Idea Generation
and Shaping
Offering Offering Offering Offering
Phased Offering
Launch
Offering Offering
LaunchLaunch
Offering Offering
DevelopmentDevelopment
Market
Penetration
and Value
Maximization
Intellectual Property ● Resources ● CultureIntellectual Property ● Resources ● Culture
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• Accelerate growth in targeted industries and expand
geographic presence through market-driven innovations
• Leverage new talent, tools, and training to drive customer
satisfaction and margin expansion
Critical Imperatives
satisfaction and margin expansion
• Translate best practices
to / from ColorMatrix
• Drive specialization using a
value-based mindset
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same.
No modification or
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19.
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The use of a polyethylene (PE) carrier may adversely effect adhesion to the substrate for some overmolding applications.
In addition, the material hardness is a factor.
The addition of a slight surface texture to the mold can help to mask possible surface blemishes in the molded article.
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PRODUCT BULLETIN
ColorMatrix™ Optica™
PET Blue Toners & Colors For Enhanced Recyclability
ColorMatrix™ Optica™ patented liquid blue toners
and colors are formulated for improved heat
stability and are designed for addition to PET
preforms or rPET to correct and reduce yellowing
that occurs during the recycling process.
SmartHeat™ RHC AAzure™ Optica™ Ultimate™ UV390R
APPLICATION PET process aid Acetaldehyde
scavenger
Heat stable, enhanced
recyclability toners
and colors
Light barrier
for PET
FORMULATION Liquid dispersion
Stand alone
Triple A™ with
SmartHeat RHC
Heat stable dyes and
carrier system with
SmartHeat RHC
USER Converters and
rPET producers Converters (water) Converters and
rPET producers Converters
COLOR Colorless
Slight blue tint or
can be colored as
required with the
addition of
Optica toners
A range of blue colors
and toners, also
custom color solutions
Green and amber
colors also available
Colorless
RECYCLING
APPLICATIONS APR accredited N/A N/A APR accredited
COLORMATRIX ENHANCED RECYCLABILITY PORTFOLIO
KEY BENEFITS
• Corrects yellowing and balances color variation
in PET preforms, bottles and rPET
• Improves heat stability through the recycling
process
• Improves the quality and performance of rPET
• Achieves improved mechanical strength in the
bottle
• Improves productivity, reduced blowouts,
downtime and scrap rates in bottle blowing
and filling
• Reduces energy consumption
• Supports the circular economy
TARGET MARKET & APPLICATIONS
PET preforms and rPET resin
REGULATORY
• EU - ✓
• FDA - ✓
• Mercosur - approved for use in Brazil with
applicable use limitations
Detailed information regarding food contact
clearances available on request.
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