Rathbun returns to lead M&A activity for For the last three years, Mr. I'm extremely pleased to begin the new year with Joel leading our strategic efforts in this regard."    

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Receives BD Supplier of the Year Award CLEVELAND – For the second consecutive year, PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has been recognized by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) for supplier excellence. BD has announced that PolyOne is the 2014 recipient of its 2014 Risk Mitigation Supplier of the Year award.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany – October 13, 2015 – PolyOne is unveiling new bold color and extrusion options within the reSound™ Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites portfolio this week at the 30th annual Fakuma International Trade Fair, a global plastics industry exhibition. While the automotive industry has responded well to reSound NF, which was introduced earlier this year, we have seen significant interest in these strong, lightweight solutions from manufacturers in consumer and other industries,” said Holger Kronimus, VP Europe and general manager, PolyOne Specialty Engineered Materials. Introduced this year in March, reSound NF composites feature an engineered natural fiber reinforcement.

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Helps PolyCase Win “Ammo of the Year” with Polymer-Based Ammunition Citing its innovative design, performance and reliability, Guns & Ammo magazine recently named the PolyCase cartridge “Ammo of the Year.” Now marketed under the Ruger® ARX® line of ammunition, the projectiles feature a patentpending flute design molded from Gravi-Tech™ High Density Composite material.

A lot can change in 15 years. That saved the company $70,000 a year in direct manufacturing costs. That reduced associated freight costs by $36,000 a year.

This 16th edition of the annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry marks its debut within Avient, which was formed this year from legacy businesses PolyOne and Clariant Masterbatch. As in years past, ColorForward 2022 presents stories associated with four societal trends that are expected to influence consumers consciously or unconsciously over the next few years. This year, ColorForward 2022 trend watchers expect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to linger for some time, even if vaccines and treatments allow the world to return to some semblance of ‘normal.’

With a nearly constant layer of water, translucency approaching the transparency of the film returns, and no single droplet emerges, either on the film or on the food.

After two years of virtual workshops, we were excited to return to our traditional approach of workshops held in person with multicultural teams from every region,” said Norzihan Aziz, ColorWorks manager, Asia Pacific. Being on-site at our ColorWorks facility in Singapore this year also allowed us to use our vast color chip library to finalize the 2024 color selections.”   Purples and greens were the main protagonists of ColorForward 2023 showing an interesting duality between the natural world and the artificial one, but there were also stark contrasting colors underlining a year of ambiguity and contrast, said Roberto Romanin, designer at ColorWorks EMEA.

The better than expected earnings were driven primarily by record performance from Advanced Composites.  Our investments in composites and other sustainable solutions helped to distinguish our performance, as Specialty Engineered Materials (SEM) led the way in both the fourth quarter and the full year." Growth in composites and wire and cable applications more than offset lower sales and operating income in

In addition, the more efficient impact modifier saved the company nearly $40,000 a year in processing costs. In addition, reducing the tote wall thickness resulted in a savings of about $470,000 a year, based on reduction in material usage and lower unit costs for fuel to transport products to retailers.