One angle is to offer chemical foaming agents that help reduce plastic material use. The products help reduce material use by up to 20% depending on part geometry and wall thickness. Copyright © 2022, Avient Corporation.

THE SOLUTION The manufacturer approached Avient with its challenge. From there, the Avient team identified material options that offered high flame retardancy and finally, requirements for processing flexibility and colorability were applied. The results showed the Avient material outperformed typical FR PC/ABS and had an added bonus: a UL yellow card V0 flammability rating for all colors and some thicknesses.* Avient also used its custom color matching capabilities to provide pre-colored material that simplified molding, while the material’s wide processing window helped accommodate a variety of molding environments

Avient’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of Avient and each business segment and to allocate resources. Each of such adjustments has not yet occurred, are out of Avient’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Senior management believes the measures described above are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Avient's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure Avient's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude.

Ask for our non-toxic prototype materials for health technology applications, too! Copyright © 2022, Avient Corporation. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Avient has served the healthcare industry for decades with a full portfolio of innovative materials and services. TEST METHOD Fifteen bars of each material were placed into jigs at 1% and 2% strain. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

This material meets the industry standards typical for cable insulation. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Switching materials from a metal to a polymer carries large and potentially costly risks in terms of both performance and production, so Avient Design was consulted to help alleviate these concerns. Equipped with the necessary simulation software and a broad database of Avient’s Specialty Engineered Materials, Avient Design is able to evaluate a part’s performance in a given Avient thermoplastic. Next to lower density, design optimization for the use of thermally conductive materials is key for the weight and cost saving that our Avient Design specialists provide as an additional service to our customers.

At Avient Distribution, we help you solve your toughest application challenges by providing a specialized approach to the latest material, colorant and additive technologies. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. AVIENT DISTRIBUTION HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS

THE SOLUTION Avient engineers guided the Victorinox team early in the development cycle for the new Soldier’s Knife, proposing a combination of materials for the handles that would meet the design aspirations as well as Swiss Army standards for durability. Avient material scientists found the perfect combination with a custom rigid nylon formulation for the handle paired with a soft GLS™ thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) in the grip areas. Avient provided product development assistance and testing, and ultimately delivered customized materials that met strict requirements for durability.

OUR VISION At Avient, we create specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Our formulation expertise supports material science decisions, while our processing expertise guides customers to use the materials properly. We are Avient.