Avient developed a technology suite that uses specialty engineered polyketone (PK) thermoplastics and helps our customers meet their goals to lower the carbon footprint of their products versus traditional materials, like PA66 and PA6.

Contact Avient for information on our full line of standard and custom Gordon Composites materials. Avient’s reinforced composite technologies use carbon, glass and aramid fibers with custom formulated thermoset or thermoplastic resins in continuous forming processes Peak performance is possible with Avient's Gordon Composites springs.

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Avient’s team of industrial designers and engineers uses advanced simulation tools to optimize the utilization of our composites in your part design based on loading requirements and geometric constraints. For more insights into how Avient supports EV design and development, click here.

Beggs is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Beggs joined Avient in August 2020 and has more than 20 years of experience in finance and business leadership roles in both public and private organizations with an emphasis on specialty materials and diverse end markets. Avient Corporation • 33587 Walker Road • Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 • 440.930.1000 • www.avient.com

JOHN MIDEA Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Process Improvement John Midea is Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Process Improvement at Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Midea joined Avient in February 2015 and leads the company’s award-winning global operational excellence initiatives, including manufacturing process improvement, environmental health and safety, global sourcing and logistics, Lean Six Sigma training and deployment, and acquisition integration. Avient Corporation • 33587 Walker Road • Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 • 440.930.1000 • www.avient.com

Avient PlastiComp Complēt™ & OnForce™ long fiber composite pellets are manufactured using a pultrusion process. 

To better evaluate how to protect plastic parts from microbial attack, Avient conducted a study to screen a variety of plastic substrates for susceptibility using American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) G21 (fungi susceptibility), Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) Z2801, and modified ASTM E1428-15a (bacterial susceptibility) test standards.

To better evaluate how to protect plastic parts from microbial attack, Avient conducted a study to screen a variety of plastic substrates for susceptibility using American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) G21 (fungi susceptibility), Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) Z2801, and modified ASTM E1428-15a (bacterial susceptibility) test standards.