Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Launches New Black Masterbatch Colorants with Sustainable Carbon Black Derived from end-of-life tires, this new color concentrate is a sustainable alternative to those based on virgin carbon black.   It creates a smaller carbon footprint than virgin carbon black because it uses 90 percent less water and 61 percent less electricity while emitting 90 percent less carbon dioxide in its manufacturing process.*   “We continue to look for ways to help our customers meet their sustainability goals by developing products that are environmentally responsible,” says Kevin Jones, general manager, PolyOne Color & Additives, North America.

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We’ll bring ideas that are colorful, innovative, and memorable.  Talk to us to learn more about polymer solutions that support next-generation designs of dependable devices in the colors and soft-touch haptic your consumers want. Deep Black Shades for Polyester Textiles Achieve intense fade-resistant jet-black shades in polyester textiles with deep black colorants for the eco-conscious spin-dyeing process.

New at Pharmapack are color and additive masterbatches based on a PE carrier that is manufactured using non-fossil feedstocks. As drop-in replacements for fossil-based color concentrates, they can be processed the same way and recycled in the same recycling channels as conventional fossil-based polyolefins. MEVOPUR pre-colored formulations based on bio-derived PE are also being introduced today for customers who prefer ready-to-use solutions. 

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SmartHeat RHC improves preform and bottle color, clarity, mechanical strength, and processability.   Wei Zhang at PTI, a package engineering firm, commented that SmartHeat RHC demonstrated “impressive color performance.”    For applications requiring color or toning, SmartHeat RHC is also available as SmartHeat Tint, a range of recycle-friendly colors for preforms and bottles or SmartHeat Tone, toners suitable for use in rPET.

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