Give your outdoor gear that extra grit so that it will stay the course: • Provide high-impact strength and weatherability with materials like continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite tapes and laminates • Keep your exterior finishes gleaming with material performance enhancements like scratch and mar resistance and UV stable additives • Make your products safer with performance additives that provide flame resistance and antimicrobial properties BECAUSE LOOKS MATTER AESTHETIC APPEAL STANDING UP TO FIELD ABUSE DURABILITY For more idea inspiration, contact +1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com When your customers are exhausted from a long day on the trail, the last things they want to worry about are body aches or physical discomfort. Soft-touch thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) overmolded onto a lightweight paddleshaft made of Avient’s advanced composite materials can help add to the experience and avoid annoyances such as blisters. Make your products look and feel amazing, and add shelf appeal while you’re at it: • Offer a more comfortable grip to a typically hard surface with TPEs from Avient • Provide an easy process for customization with TPEs • Use materials that provide documented vibration damping and lessen the negative effects of bone- rattling vibration on the human body Your customers may get their thrills from extreme sports like backwoods snowboarding or a simple family camping trip.

TPE-1A is translucent and TPE-1B is opaque. TPE-2 TPE-2 materials are opaque and their base chemistries are different from TPE-1. The results confirm that TPE-1A, B and TPE-2B are truly the “universal overmolding TPEs.”

Toughness and Durability Add durability, abrasion resistance and other desired physical properties Plastisols that provide the durability and flexibility you need without phthalates

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Reimagines Packaging from Soft-Touch to Sustainability with TPEs TPEs are also compatible with most municipal recycling streams. Photo Caption: GLS™ TPEs allow designers to create packaging enhancements that maximize shelf appeal. 

For styrenic-based TPEs, the gate depth (D) should be 25-35% of the TPE component’s wall thickness at the gate entrance; 35-50% for urethane-based TPEs. For styrenic-based TPEs, the gate depth (D) should be 25-35% of the TPE component’s wall thickness at the gate entrance; 35-50% for urethane-based TPEs. Improper TPE shut-off design.

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Expands in India with New TPE Line and Technology Center The highly automated and dedicated TPE line is the first of its kind in India, and is designed to manufacture GLS™ TPEs exclusively to maintain the highest levels of material quality. PHOTO CAPTION: PolyOne Expands in India with New TPE Line and Technology Centre

TPE Quick Facts • How are TPEs made? Diving Deeper into TPEs • Are TPEs eco-friendly? TPEs: The Basics What are TPEs?

Homepage // News Center // Avient Features TPEs for Food Contact and Sustainability at Cekexpo 2020 We also have a range of TPEs under our reSound brand that contain up to 50 percent bio-based content.”     reSound™ Bio-based TPEs contain significant (40 to 50 percent) bio-based content within a wide hardness range; performance characteristics are comparable to standard TPEs

Home // Understanding TPE Material and Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies Download this white paper below to learn which TPEs were chosen, the methodology used, and the test results.  White Paper: Understanding TPE Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies

Home // Understanding TPE Material and Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies Download this white paper below to learn which TPEs were chosen, the methodology used, and the test results.  White Paper: Understanding TPE Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies