John started his career in the adhesives industry where he worked for about 22 years in various jobs. After 12 years at Verbunt Chemie John accepted a job at Hercules Inc. as Hot melt Adhesive Chemist and was promoted over a 7-year period to Senior-Chemist, Hot Melt Department Team Leader, and Applications Manager.

Each Avient associate’s responsibility is to give the highest priority to safety and health, both on and off the job.

TECHNICAL BULLETIN SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS EVOLVING NEEDS Determining the appropriate polymer for the job can prevent product failures, thereby reducing service calls, product returns and warranty claims for manufacturers.

It is the responsibility of each person at Avient to give the highest priority to safety and health both on and off the job.

CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAM Methods Machines Materials Manpower energy saving during SBM Maintenance instructions Operating instructions Operator Job spec NIR Lamps SBM Type/Design vPET reheat content vPET formulation rPET blend/quality Temperature recording Temperature measurement probe External temperature Inappropriate Manual Training New Alignment Same Throughput Too many tasks Time conflict Age/intensity variable Set up conditions Configuration - When starting to process a new resin, first run through new preforms for 15 minutes at ‘standard’ conditions to establish steady state conditions prior to any process optimization - Slowly start to reduce preform blowing temperatures until failures are present (visible pearl internal wall or pearl feet) - Increase blowing temperatures until defects are eliminated - QC check bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Change the power consumption profile in the ovens for early heat and longer sink times but ensure overall temperatures do not exceed cold crystallization temperature - Repeat temperature reduction stage and then defect elimination stage to test if further optimization is possible - Recheck QC bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Log all process parameters and create new specific ‘recipe’ for future use

By 2040, a circular economy has the potential to reduce the annual volume of plastics entering our oceans by 80%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, generate savings of $200 U.S. dollars per year and create 700,000 net additional jobs.. In addition, one of the largest comparative studies on the impact of implementing a circular economy demonstrated a positive effect on employment, in part due to new jobs in recycling and remanufacturing.

Maintaining your production equipment is a full- time job; keeping plastisol mixing equipment up to industry standards can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year.

TECHNICAL BULLETIN SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS EVOLVING NEEDS Determining the appropriate polymer for the job can prevent product failures, thereby reducing service calls, product returns and warranty claims for manufacturers.

Each Avient associate’s responsibility is to give the highest priority to safety and health, both on and off the job.

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