SPECIAL EFFECTS | PIGMENTS
combines a greenish off-white colour base with irregular red speckles together with a thin red pearlescent effect. Similarly, another colour aesthetic in the same trend story uses a deep, rich colour with a marble effect and laser etchings to create an unexpected look that resonates with the uncanniness of the Bio-funk narrative.” Romanin added: “A growing trend expected to influence the aesthetics of consumer products in the coming year is the layering of effects to create a more sophisticated look.” Avient’s ColorWorks centres work with the company’s colour matching labs, technology and product safety experts, and sustainability group to transfer the ColorForward aesthetics into concen- trates adapted to customers’ requirements. New from Avient are the Colorant Chromatics Metallic Effect Pre-Colored Sulfone Formulations, which allow moulders to produce parts with a brilliant metallic effect in gold, silver, and bronze without any secondary processing. Avient collabo- rated with BASF to offer the metallic effect in BASF’s Ultrason polyarylethersulfones (PAES). The high-performance polymers are targeted for aerospace, healthcare and reusable household
applications, particularly those that need to withstand multiple sterilisation cycles. “There is an ongoing market demand for light-
weight, high-performance, aesthetically pleasing, and cost-effective solutions with greater sustainabil- ity,” said Deborah Sondag, Colorant Chromatics Global Marketing Manager at Avient. “Our newest metallic effect pre-coloured sulfone formulations, developed to emulate finishes that use metal without the weight, can help design engineers address these trends by achieving heat and chemi- cal resistance, increasing design freedom, and eliminating the need for secondary processing.”
Sky and earth Ampacet’s new Artemis Collection is a series of translucent colour and effects masterbatches for injection moulded parts that the company says evoke the beauty of celestial phenomena. The effects use advanced pigment technologies to create three-dimensional, crater-like surfaces. “Lunar Gold and Darkside [are] two softly shimmer- ing pearlescents that echo the pockmarked surface of lunar landscapes or bask in the red-violet intensity of Amethyst Supernova. Midnight Star-
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