Avient Launches Liquid Non-PFAS Process Aid with Antioxidants in Latin America

December 11, 2025

Avient’s Hiformer™ Non-PFAS Processing Aid with Antioxidants are now available for film packaging in the Latin America market

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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – December 11, 2025 – Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions, today announced the launch of its Hiformer™ Non-PFAS Process Aid with Antioxidants (AO) in Latin America. This liquid process aid gives regional film packaging producers access to a non-fluorinated option without intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), while extending Avient’s established non-PFAS process aid technology and adding antioxidant functionality for polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) processing.

The Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid AO series is a liquid additive product for PP and PE applications created to help reduce friction between the polymer and metal. This can result in easier extrusion to reduce melt fracture as well as die build-up, and lower torque to support higher throughput. The liquid format allows typical loading dosage rates of 0.1-0.5%.

This additive is available for both non-food and food contact applications, with relevant FDA compliance for food film applications. By incorporating antioxidants into the process aid package, the AO series offers film manufacturers an additional option for addressing processing and performance needs within a single additive solution.

The introduction of this Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid with Antioxidants responds to growing customer demand for non-PFAS solutions amid ongoing changes in government regulations surrounding certain PFAS substances. Avient's solution can meet applicable regulatory requirements while maintaining performance characteristics comparable to those of traditional fluoropolymer-based solutions. The AO series extends Avient's non-PFAS process aid portfolio, which already includes Hiformer Non-PFAS PPA offerings in Asia and parts of Europe and Cesa™ solid process aids in the U.S, reflecting the company’s ability to translate and adapt technology across regions while remaining committed to providing sustainable materials solutions.

Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid AO Series is now available in the Latin America market. For more information on this product and other Avient solutions for the packaging industry, please visit the company’s website here. 

About Avient 

Our purpose at Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility. We harness the collective strength of more than 9,000 employees worldwide to collaborate and build on each other’s ideas. In doing so, we innovate solutions that help our customers overcome their challenges or capitalize on opportunities provided by the fast-changing world and secular trends. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, we help create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable. Visit www.avient.com to learn more.  

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Nicole DeChant
Avient Corporation
nicole.dechant@avient.com