Explore Ballistic Panels for Enhanced Security Solutions from Avient at GSX 2024

September 16, 2024

Avient will highlight its portfolio of ballistic-resistant panels at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) Show in Orlando from September 23 to 25, 2024

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ORLANDO – September 16, 2024 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, will showcase its ThermoBallistic™ and GlasArmor™ ballistic and blast-resistant composite panels at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2024 show September 23–25. These panels offer ballistic protection for applications such as modular military structures, government buildings, schools, critical assets such as electrical substations, and any location requiring lightweight, modular protection. 

ThermoBallistic thermoplastic panels are thermally formed with e-glass and thermoplastic resin systems, offering a cost-competitive alternative to ballistic-resistant materials made with other fibers or thermoset resins. These panels provide structural bullet-resistant reinforcement to meet UL 752 Level 3 ballistic rating for interior architectural surfaces and components at a lighter weight than traditional panel materials.

GlasArmor thermoset panels are constructed from layers of woven e-glass fiber reinforcements with a proprietary resin system. They are available for protection up to UL 752 levels 1, 2, & 3 test standards for ballistic resistance. Customized solutions are also available to achieve additional levels of protection. 

Avient is committed to helping customers meet sustainability goals in various ways through its composites portfolio. Composites are inherently lightweight alternatives to metal and other traditional materials, enabling sustainability initiatives such as material reduction and fuel economy improvements in many end products. Thermoplastic recycled-content composites can further support a circular economy and help customers lessen their environmental impact. For example, incorporating post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin into composite materials such as unidirectional tape can help reduce the carbon footprint of those composites.

Avient is exhibiting at GSX 2024 September 23-25, in the First Timer Pavilion, Booth 2387, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. 

Explore Avient’s website for ballistic-resistant composite panels to learn more.

About Avient 

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable materials solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.
Examples include:  

• Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports  
• Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy    
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint  
• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility  

Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.   

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Nicole DeChant
Avient Corporation
nicole.dechant@avient.com