Avient announces its newest ColorWorks™ Design Center in Mexico City to help foster inspiration for the polymer industry through color and trend consultation.   Avient customers can work directly with ColorWorks teams in the early stages of product development to help shorten their time to market, control costs, and manage color consistently across the globe.   As with all Avient ColorWorks facilities, the new location will offer Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) trend consultation, in-person or virtual color development, rapid prototyping, and more.

Fully customizable, OnColor Naturals includes a range of colorants made with natural pigments derived from plants, flowers, roots and minerals. These bio-derived colors can be used with recycled and bio-derived resins, and can also be formulated for use with fully biodegradable and compostable resins. Mineral and botanical pigments can be mixed together to adjust color tones, with plant-based pigments enabling vivid color and mineral pigments helping achieve calm and earthy tones.

It’s truly a win-win for our customers,” explained Christoph Palm, vice president, general manager, Color and Additives EMEA & India for PolyOne.    The beam changes the molecular structure of the additive, causing a color change and creating a permanent mark. We encourage manufacturers to collaborate with our laser marking experts to ensure that marking and contrast can be optimized for each color and polymer.”

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CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is investing in its GSDI specialty dispersions business to better serve customers, improve operational efficiency, and launch innovative new colorant and additive solutions for silicone and other thermoset applications. Van Hulle, president, Color, Additives and Inks, PolyOne Corporation. PolyOne’s specialty dispersions business operates within its Color, Additive and Inks segment and provides colorant solutions specifically formulated to the exacting specifications for carrier systems such as silicone, rubber, vinyl, epoxy, urethane, and plasticizers.  

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Color adaptations are possible and color changes can be easily carried out during production. COLORANTS & ADDITIVES FOR MOLDED-IN APPEAL AND PERFORMANCE Color Matching Whichever color our customers want for their plastic parts, our color matching experts will strive to develop a corresponding color masterbatch in the relevant polymer grade. COLOR AND EFFECTS Color Harmony If you are aiming for a homogeneous look, we can develop specific colorants so that different components of your appliance are the same color no matter which polymer types and grades they are made from.

Homepage // News Center // Focusing on a Sustainable Future: Avient Joins as bluesign® SYSTEM PARTNER for Dope-Dyeing Fiber Colorants Avient Joins bluesign® SYSTEM for Dope-Dyeing Fiber Colorants. With dope-dyeing, the colorant is in the form of concentrate pellets added to the polymer pellets during the extrusion and melting process.