Avient and FSJ Tactical Collaborate to Advance Ballistic-Rated Wall Panel Technology

September 22, 2025

Avient will feature its portfolio of advanced composite ballistic resistant panels, including a collaboration with FSJ Tactical Walshield™ panels, at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2025 in New Orleans, September 29 – October 1

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CLEVELAND, September 22, 2025 – Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions, today announced a collaboration with its valued customer, FSJ Tactical, to enable ballistic-resistant wall panel solutions for facility protection applications. The companies will jointly present on this new development at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) event next week in New Orleans.

FSJ Tactical is a Peoria, Ariz.-based company specializing in perimeter safety solutions for public sector entities. Experts in protective systems design, customization, and installation, the team at FSJ Tactical has developed Walshield™, a ballistic-resistant wall panel solution that has recently been implemented in a large Arizona public school district’s educational facility. 

FSJ Tactical incorporates Avient’s ThermoBallistic™ panels into its Walshield systems. Thermally formed with layers of 0˚/90˚ unidirectional E-glass fiber reinforcements and thermoplastic resin, ThermoBallistic panels are a lightweight composite material rated to UL 752 Level 3 protection. Compared to steel and concrete solutions, the reduced weight simplifies the installation process, and the fiberglass-reinforced polymer composition facilitates performance by encapsulating projectiles and preventing harmful deflection and ricochet. 

"At Avient, we’re proud to support FSJ Tactical in their mission to protect lives," said Brad Schmidt, General Manager, Advanced Composites at Avient. "This collaboration exemplifies how advanced composite materials can make a real-world impact, especially in environments where safety is paramount."

The companies will present the ballistic-resistant wall panel solution on the School Security Stage at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) on Monday, September 29, at 4 pm. Avient will also be exhibiting at GSX in booth 3725 at the New Orleans Ernest Morial Convention Center from September 29 to October 1, 2025. 

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 more than 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.  

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