The most common additives used in manufacturing polymer sheets are colorants. Customers typically have a strong vision of what they want their product to look like, and the first attribute in generating that look is the color. How do you generate color? The answer is not always simple, because colorant packages behave differently depending on the use conditions. For example, products intended to be used primarily indoors or for which outdoor use and exposure is short have different color stability requirements than products that are intended to be used extensively, or exclusively, outdoors.

How does an end user determine color requirements? Is it simply understanding interior vs. exterior use? This webinar will help you understand how to choose between types of colorants and how to make sure the choices are the ones that will meet your customers’ needs.

About Jeffrey Ross, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Ross, Ph.D. is the technical director for Vycom, an affiliate of the AZEK Company. He is responsible for research and development at Vycom’s Scranton, PA, USA facility, where he oversees new product development, technical feasibility, materials science functions and technical professionals. With a technology focus on predicting, validating, then meeting channel and end-use customer needs by applying state-of-the-art materials science, Ross and his teams are helping convert new and recycled plastics into high-value, industry-leading, sustainable products. He has a doctorate in chemistry from Penn State University.