THE SOLUTION Reducing weight while maintaining structural integrity is at the top of the engineering challenge list for any product, but it’s an especially difficult hurdle for vehicles. Each cradle brace is a two-foot long, rectangular bar with a “U” shape machined into our engineering team developed and analyzed three options: a unidirectional, hybrid carbon and glass fiber profile; a unidirectional carbon fiber profile; and finally, a profile made with both a unidirectional carbon fiber and a transverse engineered fabric, which had the advantage of minimizing any potential cracks from propagating.

Kennesaw is the third plant in our Specialty Coatings business to achieve ISO 9001-2008 certification, joining our Mountain Top, PA and Long Beach, CA facilities,” Bindner said. To access PolyOne’s news library online, please go to www.avient.com/news

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New Renol™ Black Colorants Deep Black provide intense black shades with excellent light fastness to polyester textiles. Deep black is perceived by customers as more attractive, conveying an impression of high quality in contrast to less intense black shades, which can look washed out. To access Avient’s news library online, please visit www.avient.com/news.    

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Applications for ElectriPlast include: Shielding Wire, Power Electronics, Connectors, and Cables; Shielding, Conduction, Batteries, Heated Elements, Sensors, Antennas, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics and Acoustics, Fuses, Capacitors, Bi-Polar Plates,  Resistors,  Bus bars, ESD, Static Dissipation and Terminals. To access PolyOne’s news library online, please go to www.avient.com/news

Thermoset offerings include:  •    Carbon and glass fiber continuous forming processes including pultrusion, filament winding and pull winding for rods, tubes and profiles •    Continuous Resin Transfer Molded (CRTM™) sandwich panels •    Bar stock, laminates and hybrid composite springs EDITORS: For a high-resolution image, please click here: Matt Borowiec To access PolyOne’s news library online, please go to www.avient.com/news

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