These TPEs meet industry ingress protection (IP) standards, are overmoldable directly onto common speaker housing substrates, and deliver more design freedom than you’ve ever thought possible. Versaflex™ TPE PORTABLE SPEAKER SOLUTIONS WATER AND DUST PROTECTION, DURABLE LOOK AND FEEL Versaflex™ CE 3120-40 Versaflex™ CE 3620 Versaflex™ CE 3115 Versaflex™ CE 3120-80 Application Gaskets Skins Skins Skins Product Aesthetics Tacky Translucent 42A Silky feel Natural 65A Silky feel Natural 65A Silky feel Natural 80A Special Characteristics Low compression set Low compression set High flow Abrasion resistance High strength Improved scratch/ mar, UV and abrasion Overmolding Polycarbonate ABS Copolyester Polycarbonate ABS Copolyester Polycarbonate ABS Copolyester Polycarbonate ABS Copolyester HOW VERSAFLEX TPEs MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN PORTABLE SPEAKERS APPLICATIONS GASKETS Water and Dust Protection - Tight housing seals with no leakage over time Reduced Manufacturing Costs - Eliminates sourcing and assembly steps required of O-rings by overmolding directly onto the substrate; strong adhesion to PC & ABS - Faster cycle times than silicone or TPU Design Freedom - Injection molding TPEs in gaskets enables complex designs in which simple O-rings would be challenging to assemble SPEAKER SKINS Durable Look and Feel - Silky feel soft touch - Long lasting aesthetics with abrasion and UV resistance Reduced Manufacturing Costs - Eliminates sourcing and assembly steps required of silicone skins by overmolding directly onto the substrate; strong adhesion to PC & ABS - Faster cycle times than silicone or TPU Design Freedom - Overmolding TPE removes the need for mechanical interlocks and primers to get silicone materials to adhere to substrates To learn more about Versaflex TPEs for portable speakers, contact Avient at +1.844.4AVIENT. Today’s portable speaker manufacturers are searching for materials they can count on to protect against water and dust, but they also need durability and expanded design possibilities.

Homepage // News Center // Avient to Present on Lightweighting Design Innovation and Sustainable Additive Solutions at the Plastics in Automotive Engineering Conference The first, titled Lightweight Design Innovation: A Case Study of 20% Weight and CO2 Emission Reduction in Door Panels, offers insights into achievable weight and CO2 reductions using Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents in collaboration with tier-one supplier Antolin.

ColorMatrix™ Fiber Colorant Solutions introduce late-stage color injection for the spin coloring process, and can help to transform the way safety straps, upholstery fabrics, footwear, apparel, industrial fabrics and more are manufactured. The new fiber colorant technology combines ColorMatrix liquid concentrates and proprietary high-pressure metering equipment to enable late-stage color injection during melt extrusion spin coloring. Further, several injection points can be added to run multiple colors or additives at the same time on a single extruder to enhance flexibility.

It’s integral to design as artists respond to shifts – in the economy, in politics, and especially in culture. Color Inspirations 2019+ examines the once and future progression of art and design. Artists and designers experiment with different materials to create “handmade” craft impression.

11.866.POLYONE www.polyone.com MAXXAM™ FILLED & REINFORCED POLYOLEFINS PRODUCT SELECTION GUIDE 2 31.866.POLYONE www.polyone.com MAXXAM™ FILLED & REINFORCED POLYOLEFINS PolyOne manufactures a complete line of filled and reinforced polymer polyolefins for injection molding and blow molding. At PolyOne, we pride ourselves on our material science expertise, processing knowledge and creative design capabilities. Focused on sustainable growth platforms, we support you with: • Twin-screw compounding, drum tumbler mixing, injection molding and compression molding • Full physical, analytical, weathering and burn testing capabilities designed to shorten the time to market for new products and applications • State-of-the-art innovation centers complete with customer meeting space for real time analysis and collaboration Our global experience in developing filled or fiber reinforced formulations provides unmatched value for you!

HVAC doors are typically produced by injection molding two parts that provide structural strength and air sealing performance. However, in this case, designers had reduced the thickness of the part wall significantly to achieve a relative weight saving of 90 percent. Avient engineered a new customized formulation for the part, which provided both the processability required for extremely short cycle injection-compression molding, as well as including an additive to stabilize the material when in contact with copper.

Cesa™ Low Retention Additives: designed for use with polypropylene and polyethylene in a wide range of applications. NEWLY EXPANDED Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs): a family of specialty and customizable TPEs with a broad range of performance characteristics and durometers, including grades formulated without animal derivatives, making them useful for countless injection molding or overmolding applications. Avient will also have experts available to assist customers with application needs, discuss sustainability goals, and share insights into the comprehensive design services and tools that support OEMs and molders throughout product development.  

Can be overmolded to PP, PC, ABS and PC/ABS, injection moldable Explore the design options and challenges of TPEs with sustainable content. Learn about overmolding, material selection to enhance function, and design considerations that can help you address challenges and delight customers

KEY CHARACTERISTICS • Excellent COF performance (both wet and dry) • Outstanding abrasion and UV resistance • Easily colorable • Custom formulations available to achieve specific performance properties • Injection moldable (can be overmolded) and extrudable • Retains properties and performance when immersed in salt water MARKETS & APPLICATIONS This grip-enhancing TPE is colorable and customizable to meet the look and functional requirements of a broad range of consumer applications. The material may be injection molded, overmolded or extruded, offering expanded design freedom for adding a touch of security and reducing slippage where water can otherwise make products slippery

Suitable for PET and rPET preforms and bottles, it can be added to preforms providing the following benefits: • Improved blowing performance • Potential for increased rPET content • Increased mechanical strength • Potential for lightweighting • Improved performance through the recycle process • Reduced energy consumption • No pre-drying requirements SmartHeat RHC can contribute towards improved productivity, reduced manufacturing costs, improved sustainability, and can broaden the scope for bottle design. Its benefits are realized only with transparent preforms in a 2-stage injection stretch blow-molding process. It is metered into the PET stream just above the extruder feed throat of the injection molding machine using an Avient-supplied ColorMatrix dosing system.