OnFlex™ Thermoplastic Elastomers met soft-touch design requirements and met FDA compliance

More TPE Grips for Indoor Applications See how adding a soft-touch grip to common household products can improve the sensory experience. More Three Ways That Soft Touch Enhances Consumer Products Learn how to enhance the aesthetics and ergonomics of your consumer product with TPEs. More Mouse Goes Premium with Soft Touch Enhanced user experience drives increased market share and over $400,000 in new sales revenue.

Colorful, soft touch TPEs for improved grips, aesthetics and haptics.

A global consumer electronics brand used a Versaflex™ CE TPE to replace leather for soft touch, durable grip

TPE Knowledge Center , TPE FAQs , TPE Processing , Thermoplastic Elastomers | Appliance , Consumer Products , Industrial , Lightweighting , Outdoor , Packaging , Soft Touch , Transportation Anything you touch that feels like a soft plastic or has a rubbery surface can be made from TPEs—everything from a gearshift knob in your car and the handles on your power tools to medical tubing and syringe stoppers. what kind of properties you need (e.g., stretchy, hard or soft, color)

OUTDOOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SHOOTING SPORTS PRODUCT SELECTION GUIDE ENGINEERED POLYMER FORMULATIONS THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS COLORANTS ADDITIVES ADVANCED COMPOSITES FIREARMS Stocks, Frames, Receivers, & Barrels • Structurally reinforced polymers • Long fiber reinforced polymers • Metal replacement engineered formulations • Specialty color, pre-colored materials • Specialty formulations for dye sublimation • Soft touch • Wood grain • Camouflage • IR masking • Pre-colored materials • Glow in the dark/phosphorescent • Warp reduction • Weight reduction • Process optimization • Laser marking • Anti-counterfeiting additive • Ceramic/carbon fiber composites Handguards, Forearms, Picatinny Rails, Holsters, & Magazine • Structurally reinforced polymers • Long fiber reinforced polymers • Metal replacement engineered formulations • Specialty color, pre-colored material • Specialty formulations for dye sublimation • Vibration damping • Soft touch • Wood grain • Camouflage • IR masking • Pre-colored materials • Glow in the dark/phosphorescent • Warp reduction • Weight reduction • Process optimization • Laser marking • Anti-counterfeiting additive Recoil Pads • Vibration damping • Ultra soft • Camouflage • IR masking • Pre-colored materials • Glow in the dark/phosphorescent • Process optimization • Laser marking Grips • Structurally reinforced polymers • Specialty color, pre-colored materials • Overmolding-compatible polymers • Specialty formulations for dye sublimation • Vibration damping • Soft touch • Camouflage • IR masking • Pre-colored materials • Glow in the dark/phosphorescent • Process optimization • Laser marking ARCHERY Limbs & Risers • Structurally reinforced polymers • Long fiber reinforced polymers • Metal replacement engineered formulations • Specialty color, pre-colored materials • Specialty formulations for dye sublimation • Soft touch • Camouflage • IR masking • Pre-colored materials • Laser marking • Carbon/glass composite billets, bars, & laminates Stabilizers & Accessories • Structurally reinforced polymers • Metal replacement engineered formulations • Specialty formulations for dye sublimation • Vibration damping • Ultra soft • Carbon/glass composite bars, rods, & tubes PROJECTILES Bullets • Lead replacement engineered formulations • Structurally reinforced polymers • Density-modified formulations • Thermoplastic urethanes • Ballistic tip fluorescent Shotgun Shells, Wads, & Buffers • Polyethylene • Biodegradable custom colors • Performance improving additives Arrows • Structurally reinforced polymers • Soft touch • Pre-colored materials • Glow in the dark/phosphorescent • Carbon/glass composite rods & tubes SAFETY Ballistic Panels • Composite ballistic resistant panels SHOOTING SPORTS Your customers want a product that will help them hit the mark every time. BENEFITS • Structural reinforcement • Weight reduction • Metal replacement • Vibration damping • Soft touch • Customization & performance improvement • Thermal management • Lead replacement • Biodegradable custom colors • Carbon/glass composites • Ballistic resistance 1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com Copyright © 2024, Avient Corporation.

artery tourniquet E E G W E ARABL E M ANUFACT URE R P A R T S O F E E G H E A D S E T • Compliance with medical regulation USP Class VI • Increase production efficiency with a simple injection process • High transparency with soft touch KEY REQUIREMENTS COMPLIANCE + SOFT TOUCH LEARN MORE Copyright © 2024, Avient Corporation. Satisfied USP Class VI regulatory requirements for skin contact • Delivered a series of soft-touch TPEs capable of meeting the desired feel • Eased production of buckle design with injection moldable solutions Versaflex CL TPEs WHY AVIENT?

THE CHALLENGE A global business equipment manufacturer decided to develop a premium line of computer mouse products that offered improved ergonomics and soft-touch qualities. Key to the product development effort was a soft-touch mouse grip that would give users a smooth feel, easy handling, and greater physical comfort. Its design team determined the need for a soft-touch material with strong chemical resistance and color stability for the mouse grip.

SURGICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER H A N D L E H O U S I N G F O R L A P A R O S C O P I C S E A L E R • Excellent adhesion onto PC/ABS • Good aesthetics with soft touch • RoHS, REACH and FDA compliant • Enhanced ergonomics and functionality with improved soft grip • Met performance requirements for wear resistance and colorability • Customized a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) solution and had with a faster sample response speed than competitor Versaflex™ Overmolding Formulation KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT? AVIENT SOLUTION GOOD BONDING + SOFT TOUCH LEARN MORE Copyright © 2022, Avient Corporation.

There’s a way to achieve both form and function by adding a soft-touch, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grip. SOFT-TOUCH GRIPS FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE Infuse quality, comfort & high-end aesthetics into your designs with GLSTM Thermoplastic Elastomers by Avient. Avient can help improve your product with a soft-touch TPE grip as well as offer best practice approaches to overmolding with a large variety of substrates.