Find out how Avient’s solutions are helping to help meet Germany’s ambitious sustainability targets for a plastics circular economy This high-tech facility is helping us to understand the chemistry of polymers in the mechanical recycling process to see how and where problems occur. It has already started producing useful data and we will use this to continue to develop new and unique masterbatch solutions with proven science behind how they perform during recycling processes, offering customers a portfolio certified by the laboratory.

In the United States, employees at Avient have made use of their right to establish a Political Action Committee (PAC), which is a voluntary, federally registered employee association that collects donations for political purposes and decides how these are used, in accordance with U.S. law. Stepping Up to Meet Local Needs Our teams in Bangkok and Phan Thong, Thailand, organized an event to support the local Lorenzo Child Center. During the activity, the team collected over 200 pounds of rubbish from the creek banks and donated new parking signs to improve this valued community resource.

Its design team determined the need for a soft-touch material with strong chemical resistance and color stability for the mouse grip.  Based on earlier successful projects, the OEM design team turned to Avient for a selection of suitable thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). The Avient team worked with the manufacturer to meet specific property needs and developed a customized solution that added soft-touch, ergonomic, and friction-free features.

Its design team determined the need for a soft-touch material with strong chemical resistance and color stability for the mouse grip.  Based on earlier successful projects, the OEM design team turned to Avient for a selection of suitable thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). The Avient team worked with the manufacturer to meet specific property needs and developed a customized solution that added soft-touch, ergonomic, and friction-free features.

The teams evaluated the existing materials and found that the required blending and drying processes had created inefficiencies.

Our team has a unified purpose and alignment on the important role we play in creating a more sustainable future—which is captured in Avient’s four cornerstones of sustainability (People, Products, Planet, and Performance). As you read through our 2023 Sustainability Report, you will see a large number of contributions and highlights of our impact. I am inspired to be leading Avient’s talented team of 9,300 employees, upholding high standards of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and ethical governance.

Teams from both companies worked together on the needed conversion, eventually developing new Geon™ vinyl compounds using stabilizers without lead that delivered equivalent processing and performance parameters. In addition to developing the right materials, the teams worked closely to transition all aspects of manufacturing using the new materials.

Home // How to Use Color and Texture to Boost Vehicle Interior Appeal Sports fans can order seats and seat belts in their favorite team’s colors to show their support everywhere they drive; or, a company could outfit its sellers’ fleet with the colors of the company logo.

When a leading global automaker redesigned a compact model for the Chinese market, the design team created classic lines and muscular contours. So the designers met with the Avient automotive team in China to see what more could be done with the additives. The final product delighted the car’s design team, and provided a number of critical advantages for the manufacturer:

Package clarity is crucial when consumers want to see the freshness of the product both on the shelf and in their refrigerator. Learn how to build a FlexCart™ G How can you make the most of color, from design through processing?