– At Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West 2017 this week, PolyOne is demonstrating commercial medical products designed PolyOne Specialty Coatings and Inks Kennesaw, GA Plant Achieves ISO 9001-2008 Certification CLEVELAND – PolyOne today announced that its Specialty Coating and Inks plant in Kennesaw, GA recently achieved ISO 9001-2008 certification.

Avient PlastiComp Complēt™ & OnForce™ long fiber composite pellets are manufactured using a pultrusion process.  Strands then pass through a puller unit which keeps the manufacturing process continuously operating and provides its pultrusion (pulled extrusion) name. 

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The company expanded manufacturing capability to include specialty engineered materials last year. PolyOne will conduct an educational event for customers today, followed by the grand inauguration of the new TPE line and Technology Centre at the PolyOne plant in Pune. EDITORS: For a high-resolution image, please click here: PolyOne India Pune Plant

CLEVELAND – Consumer, healthcare, transportation and building products manufacturers now have a high-performance material that offers excellent performance and sustainability in one, cost-effective, vinyl-based material package. Customers benefit as this plant-based, truly non-phthalate flexible vinyl performs at levels equal to or better than materials containing traditional petroleum-based plasticizers.” Compared to other flexible vinyls, Geon BIO materials feature a wider processing window and enhanced thermal stability, which may improve manufacturing efficiency to deliver reduced production costs.

Formulated in glass fiber-filled and unfilled options, Nymax BIO materials include between 16 and 47 percent natural filler from renewable plant sources, including corn, straw, and wheat. Renewable, plant-based raw materials, have been shown to offer significantly lower product carbon footprint values than typical petroleum-based feedstock. Nymax BIO formulations are currently manufactured in Asia and are available globally.

Avient Joins Better Plants Program Department of Energy’s Better Plants Program, another step in our commitment to enhancing our operational energy efficiency. By aligning with Better Plants, we have pledged to reduce our energy intensity by 25% over the course of 10 years, demonstrating our dedication to sustainable practices and bolstering our competitiveness in the industry.

Making Rania Greener Avient associates from our site in Rania, India, put their passion for sustainability to work, by restoring natural resources, planting more than 100 trees and herbal shrubs during our Tree Plantation Drive. For every submission received, we pledged to donate to One Tree Planted. In an inspiring display of collective action, over 350 trees were planted in honor of Earth Day, contributing to the restoration of forests and wildlife habitats.

OnColor™ Infrared Sortable Black for Recyclable Packaging contain no carbon black pigment, permitting the automatic optical sorting sensors used in many waste management plants to detect black polymers and sort waste into the correct recycling streams. PHOTO CAPTION: OnColor™ Infrared Sortable Blacks Enable Detection and Recycling of Black Polymer Packaging in Waste Plants

OnColor™ Naturals is a range of colorants made with natural pigments derived from plants, flowers, roots and minerals. Colorants made with natural pigments derived from plants, flowers, roots, and minerals.