Avient customers can visit these facilities to work with designers and create innovative effects for plastic color and design, using industry trends to streamline product development. The Phoenix Colorworks Center, like all other centers, will also offer onsite or virtual color development, a dedicated design lab, rapid prototyping, Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) trend consultation, and more.

Custom formulations may also be developed to meet specific application or sustainability targets. Brand owners continue to seek ways to be more environmentally responsible and these new bio-polymers were developed to help them achieve those goals,” said Matt Mitchell, director, global marketing, Specialty Engineered Materials at Avient.

Looking to differentiate in the market and meet the desires of consumers, Difaş worked with Avient to develop a solution for toothbrush handles, combs, and hairbrush handles that utilizes natural filler while also offering high-end colorability and durability.  Avient material science experts are continuously developing innovative solutions that enable our customers to achieve their sustainability goals and reduce overall impact on the world’s resources,” said Matt Mitchell, director, global marketing at Avient.

The new color and extrusion options have been developed to offer non-automotive customers the flexibility and aesthetics they need while maintaining performance and ease of processing.” These colors were developed in collaboration with PolyOne’s InVisiOSM Color Inspirations 2016 color collections.

Some medical device manufacturers are experiencing a sharp rise in field failures as device housings develop stress cracks from frequent exposure to chemical disinfectants,” said James Stephenson, director, global marketing, PolyOne Geon Performance Materials. We used our expertise in formulating innovative materials for demanding appliance and electronic applications to develop this family of Geon HC materials, which offer superior chemical resistance to many of the strongest medical disinfectants.”

This new relationship is exciting because it allows us to accelerate development of an important material family and bring new solutions to our customers,” said Chris Pederson, president, Specialty Engineered Materials at PolyOne.  As a result of the license agreement, PolyOne will be able to leverage its formulation expertise to develop new products based on Fortrex technology.

The Pact was developed in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as the first in a global network of initiatives working toward the circular economy. NOTE to journalists: PolyOne is also a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a different but complementary initiative that seeks to work across the plastics value chain on infrastructure development, education and engagement, innovation, and clean up efforts to keep plastic waste in the right place.

PolyOne continues to innovate and develop technologies that benefit our global customers and enable healthcare professionals to improve performance,” said Craig Nikrant, president, Global Specialty Engineered Materials, PolyOne Corporation. NEU View was developed, launched and manufactured by NEU Specialty Engineered Materials LLC, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corporation.

There is significant momentum in the textile manufacturing industry toward developing sustainable solutions across the entire supply chain,” explains John Van Hulle, President, Global Color Additives and Inks, PolyOne. This solution offers the environmental benefits and operational efficiencies of spin coloring, but with greater production flexibility and development speed to help brands and fiber producers react faster to market trends.”      

In response, Avient developed GLS TPEs with antimicrobial additives, available as Versaflex™ and OnFlex™ grades. Additional antimicrobial-containing formulations are in development.