The awards competition identified winners of innovative plastics materials in eight categories. The winning parts are on display this week at POLYTALK 2014, a plastics industry summit organized by trade association Plastics Europe in Brussels. PolyOne Corporation, with 2013 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany – October 9, 2023 – At next week’s 28th Fakuma International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing, Avient Corporation will exhibit its latest innovations, providing sustainable and specialized material solutions for the plastics industry. Fakuma, the world’s leading trade fair for plastic processing, takes place in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from October 17-21, 2023. Material experts from Avient will be at booth 5316 in Hall B5 to meet with customers and discuss their material challenges.  

Avient Joint Study with Borealis Reveals Wide Range of Color Options for Recycled Plastics   DÜSSELDORF, Germany – October 18, 2022 – At this month’s K 2022, Avient will exhibit its latest innovations and initiatives for the plastics industry as part of its drive toward creating sustainable and specialized material solutions. The K show is the world’s largest plastics industry event.

Stop thinking one-for-one: Rather than looking for materials that can replace a metal part using the identical geometry, designers are now capitalizing on the additional freedom to form plastics into net shapes. Don’t wait too long to select materials: Engage with a polymer supplier early on in the design process to specify the exact material attributes you need. Take advantage of hybrid plastic/metal designs

Through our design expertise and materials science, we help our customers reduce material usage, enable recyclability or recycle content, and improve physical performance. Through our design expertise and material science, we help our customers reduce material usage, enable recyclability or recycle content, and improve physical performance. While we continue to make progress on this goal, we recognize that only 9% of the world’s plastic is recycled by end-users.* Through our alliances and partnerships, we remain committed to ending plastic waste in the environment though global investments and projects.

Our investments in R&D, resulting sustainable solutions portfolio, and support for solutions to the plastic waste problem are outward signs of that commitment.” Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic PolyOne employs approximately 6,900 associates, is certified ACC Responsible Care® and Great Place to Work®, and is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. 

CLEVELAND – November 10, 2020 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today introduced its newest sustainable material family: Artisan™ thermoplastics. Parts molded from Artisan pre-colored thermoplastics offer excellent scratch resistance compared to painted plastic, which minimizes the appearance of scratches. Examples include: •    Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic •    Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation •    Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses Avient employs approximately 9,100 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care® and a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.  

LIMA, Peru – August 21, 2024 – Today, Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, will exhibit at Expo Plast Peru, one of the most important meetings of the plastics industry in Latin America. For over 18 years, Expo Plast has established itself as the gateway to the plastics industry in Latin America and the South Pacific. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

SINGAPORE – October 12, 2023 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today announced its ColorNow™ digital service is offering immediate color matching and an enhanced color design process for plastic manufacturers. Specialized labs then provide fast sample delivery, using expert formulation practices and quality raw materials to accelerate approvals and time to market. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

Avient’s ColorForward™ Color Trend Forecasting Tool for the Plastics Industry Forecasts an Eclectic Color Palette in 2026  MILAN – December 10, 2024 – Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions, today announced the launch of ColorForward™ 2026, its annual color trend forecasting tool for the plastics industry developed to support the design of impactful aesthetics for new consumer products.  Offering an annual color direction tool was an unconventional and daring concept for a plastic solutions provider twenty years ago.