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# Avient expands its Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid portfolio
- URL: https://www.plasticsiq.com/avient-expands-hiformer-non-pfas-process-aid-portfolio/
- Published: 2026-03-06T11:30:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T18:55:41.000Z
- Description: Customers can now access formulations that include siloxane-based and a non-siloxane-based non-PFAS liquid process aid.
- Author: Rhiannon Temporal
- Tags: Materials, Packaging

[**Avient Corporation**](https://www.avient.com/?ref=plasticsiq.com) **expands its Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid portfolio to the Asian market with two new liquid grades for polyolefin** [**film**](https://www.plasticsiq.com/topics/film/) **applications. Now, customers have access to formulations that include siloxane-based and a non-siloxane-based non-PFAS liquid process aid.**

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## Avient expands its Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid portfolio

“The demand for non-PFAS solutions is accelerating rapidly in the flexible [packaging industry](https://www.plasticsiq.com/topics/packaging/),” said Derrick Chan, General Manager of Colour and Additives, Southeast Asia, at Avient. “Our new Hiformer Non-PFAS Process Aid grades represent a significant advancement to address the changing needs of film producers in Asia, helping them remain competitive and meet changing regulations.”

#### Key benefits of the new grades:

- Low dosage requirements for cost efficiency.
- Rapid melt fracture clearing.
- Competitive market pricing.
- Enhanced retention of film transparency and balloon stability.
- Low risk of black speck and gel formation.
- Meets FDA requirements.
- Aligns with European Union (EU) food contact standards.
- Ideal for blown film applications, including food packaging, agricultural and industrial films, and extrusion blow moulding applications for bottles.

At ultra-low dosage levels of 0.1% to 0.4%, Avient’s internal testing showed that the new Hiformer liquid grades outperformed four leading solid non-PFAS competitor formulations across multiple performance metrics. In a three-layer high-density polyethene (HDPE) paper lamination film, the liquid formulations can be used at target let-down ratios of 0.12% to 0.15% while clearing sharkskin defects in less than 20 minutes.

Additionally, liquid solutions enable low operating temperatures, reducing energy use and advancing the company’s [sustainability](https://www.plasticsiq.com/topics/sustainability/) goals. The formulations can be used with standard downstream processes, like corona treatment, flame treatment, printing, and lamination operations.