Avient Unveils ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L: New Shelf Life Extender Oxygen Scavenging Additive for PET Packaging

February 14, 2025

Avient Unveils ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L: New Shelf Life Extender Oxygen Scavenging Additive for PET Packaging

To download a high-resolution image, please click here: FOR MEDIA USE ONLY

CLEVELAND – February 14, 2025 – Today, Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions, announces the launch of ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L, an advanced shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive produced specifically for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle packaging. This new additive offers brand owners and converters a cost-effective solution to enhance the shelf life and recyclability of their PET bottles.

ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L is developed to provide long-lasting shelf life performance, attractive bottle aesthetics, and outstanding recyclability. This non-nylon-based additive is compatible with recycled PET (rPET), making it an excellent option for brands looking to incorporate higher levels of recycled material (up to 100%) in their packaging.

"We are thrilled to introduce ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L to the market," said Dr. Antonello Decortes, Global Product Manager at Avient Corporation. "This new additive technology represents a significant advancement in our commitment to offer extended protection against food spoilage in PET bottle applications. By also providing exceptional bottle clarity and recyclability, we are helping our customers meet market expectations and achieve their sustainability goals while reducing environmental impact."

This new oxygen scavenging additive is created for long-shelf life packaging applications such as condiments, sauces, juices, and beverages, including certain alcoholic drinks. It can be used at a wide range of dosage levels, providing flexibility to achieve the desired shelf life requirements.

Avient Corporation is dedicated to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for product safety. ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L meets direct food contact regulatory requirements in major markets.

To learn more about ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L and Avient's innovative polymer solutions, please visit the 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 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.  

# # #

Media Contact
Nicole DeChant
Avient Corporation
nicole.dechant@avient.com