PolyOne holds onto specialty PVC, boosts compounding.Two recent announcements from PolyOne Corp., Avon Lake, Ohio Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,145 at the 2000 census. Geography Avon Lake is located at (41.501595, -82.006309). , affirmed its renewed commitment to specialty PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. resins and unveiled an expansion for compounding engineering thermoplastics and TPEs. In December, PolyOne decided to keep its specialty vinyls, which had been for sale. It is now a separate group called Geon Specialty Resins, which is North America's largest maker of dispersion resins and also produces blending, powder coating Powder coating is a type of dry coating, which is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension , and specialized suspension PVCs. PolyOne also added a 100,000-sq-ft Engineered Materials compounding plant in Avon Lake Avon Lake (ā`vän), city (1990 pop. 15,066), Lorain co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie; inc. 1917. It is chiefly a residential suburb of the Cleveland–NE Ohio industrial area. , which will start up in the second quarter. It will house six compounding lines with room for six more. Dedicated lines will make FDA-compliant and conductive compounds. |
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