In addition, they maintain performance at reduced wall thickness and are easily colorable.

In addition, Geon HC materials offer excellent flame resistance, impact resistance and flow properties. They also provide designers with increased flexibility and excellent aesthetics, including a wide range of colors and metallic effects.

Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.

The ISO 13485 certification of our Glendale site is a significant milestone for Avient as it demonstrates our unwavering commitment to providing essential solutions to the healthcare industry," said Mayendran Pillay, marketing director – Color & Additives, North America.

The cellulose grades have good gloss and surface finish, are easy to color and show improved mechanical properties compared to mineral-filled alternatives.   Depending on customer requirements, these formulations can be customized to provide additional performance characteristics such as scratch, UV, and mold/fungi/bacteria resistance.  

Color Design Implement a Color Usage Plan  A brightly colored sports car, for example, may include some interior elements that echo the exterior color or may feature that color in most components.

Helps ensure color stability during processing, available in pre-colored formulations and color concentrates PEEK Colorants: Colorant Chromatics™ PEI Colorants: Colorant Chromatics™

Avient Color Prediction Service Calculate color corrections to meet a target color Define PCR color specification limits and find PCR grades to achieve a target color

Avient Color Prediction Service Calculate color corrections to meet a target color Define PCR color specification limits and find PCR grades to achieve a target color

Platform operating income mix percentage 2005Y* 2008Y* 2010Y* 2012Y* 2012PF** H1 2013*** Global Specialty Engineered Materials $ 0.4 $ 17.6 $ 49.7 $ 47.0 $ 47.7 $ 32.5 Global Color, Additives and Inks 4.3 28.1 37.7 66.8 81.6 54.7 Designed Structures & Solutions - - - - 20.9 10.5 Specialty Platform $ 4.7 $ 45.7 $ 87.4 $ 113.8 $ 150.2 $ 97.7 Performance Products and Solutions 75.7 31.3 54.0 74.9 37.4 27.5 Distribution 19.5 28.1 42.0 66.0 66.0 33.1 SunBelt Joint Venture 91.9 28.6 18.9 - - - Corporate (51.5) (425.1) (27.7) (87.6) (87.9) (37.1) Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 140.3 $ (291.4) $ 174.6 $ 167.1 $ 165.7 $ 121.2 Less: Corporate operating expense (income) 51.5 425.1 27.7 87.6 87.9 37.1 Operating income excluding Corporate $ 191.8 $ 133.7 $ 202.3 $ 254.7 $ 253.6 $ 158.3 Specialty platform operating mix percentage 2% 34% 43% 45% 60% 62% * Historical results include the Resin and Specialty Coatings businesses within the Performance Products and Solutions segment. ** Pro Forma results include Spartech and Glasforms acquisitions, Specialty Coatings reclass and exclude the Resin business assets. *** Restated results to exclude the Resin business and to remove Specialty Coatings from the Performance Products and Solutions segment into Global Color, Additives and Inks segment. Platform sales and operating income (OI) 2006Y* 2008Y* 2010Y* 2012Y* 2012PF** Global Specialty Engineered Materials Sales $ 345.3 $ 514.0 $ 517.4 $ 543.6 $ 773.0 Global Color, Additives and Inks Sales 531.8 554.3 527.4 703.5 828.5 Designed Structures and Solutions - - - - 850.6 Specialty Platform Sales $ 877.1 $ 1,068.3 $ 1,044.8 $ 1,247.1 $ 2,452.1 Performance Products and Solutions Sales 1,166.2 1,001.4 776.3 837.0 696.1 PolyOne Distribution Sales 732.8 796.7 911.9 1,030.3 1,030.3 Corporate and Eliminations (153.7) (127.7) (111.1) (121.8) (121.6) Total Sales $ 2,622.4 $ 2,738.7 $ 2,621.9 $ 2,992.6 $ 4,056.9 Global Specialty Engineered Materials OI $ 3.9 $ 17.6 $ 49.7 $ 47.0 $ 47.7 Global Color, Additives and Inks OI 8.9 28.1 37.7 66.8 81.6 Designed Structures & Solutions OI - - - - 20.9 Specialty Platform OI $ 12.8 $ 45.7 $ 87.4 $ 113.8 $ 150.2 Performance Products and Solutions OI 64.2 31.3 54.0 74.9 37.4 PolyOne Distribution OI 19.2 28.1 42.0 66.0 66.0 Sunbelt Joint Venture OI 102.9 28.6 18.9 - - Corporate and eliminations (4.6) (28.9) (32.5) (33.7) (40.0) Special items in OI 39.1 (396.2) 4.8 (53.9) (53.9) Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 233.6 $ (291.4) $ 174.6 $ 167.1 $ 159.7 Sunbelt equity income (107.0) (32.5) (23.1) - - Special items in OI (39.1) 396.2 (4.8) 53.9 53.9 Operating income adjusted $ 87.5 $ 72.3 $ 146.7 $ 221.0 $ 213.6 Global Specialty Engineered Materials - OI % of sales 1.1% 3.4% 9.6% 8.6% 6.1% Global Color, Additives and Inks - OI % of sales 1.7% 5.1% 7.1% 9.5% 9.8% Designed Structures & Solutions – OI % of sales - - - - 2.5% Specialty platform OI - % of sales 1.5% 4.3% 8.4% 9.1% 6.1% PP&S operating OI - % of sales 5.5% 3.1% 7.0% 9.0% 5.4% Distribution OI - % of sales 2.6% 3.5% 4.6% 6.4% 6.4% PolyOne OI adjusted - % of sales 3.3% 2.6% 5.6% 7.4% 5.3% * Historical results include the Resin and Specialty Coatings businesses within the Performance Products and Solutions segment. ** Pro Forma results include Spartech and Glasforms acquisitions, Specialty Coatings reclass and exclude the Resin business assets. *** Restated results to exclude the Resin business and to remove Specialty Coatings from the Performance Products and Solutions segment into Global Color, Additives and Inks segment. Average Debt Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Average PolyOne Debt $ 705.8 $ 705.2 $ 706.9 $ 1,055.5 $ 1,031.2 $ 840.9 Average Equity Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Average PolyOne shareholders’ equity $ 604.3 $ 629.3 $ 629.1 $ 871.8 $ 993.9 $ 745.7 Platform sales and operating income (OI) H1 2012*** H1 2013*** H1 2013**** Global Specialty Engineered Materials Sales $ 280.9 $ 352.0 $ 285.1 Global Color, Additives and Inks Sales 413.9 434.7 409.2 Designed Structures & Solutions Sales - 240.4 - Specialty Platform Sales $ 694.8 $ 1,027.1 $694.3 Performance Products and Solutions Sales 336.0 336.7 317.5 PolyOne Distribution Sales 533.6 543.1 543.1 Corporate and Eliminations (62.3) (68.2) (68.2) Total Sales $ 1,502.1 $ 1,838.7 $ 1,486.7 Global Specialty Engineered Materials OI $ 24.6 $ 32.5 $ 31.2 Global Color, Additives and Inks OI 44.0 54.7 52.0 Designed Structures & Solutions OI - 10.5 - Specialty Platform OI $ 68.6 $ 97.7 $ 83.2 Performance Products and Solutions OI 19.3 27.5 25.7 PolyOne Distribution OI 33.4 33.1 33.1 Corporate and eliminations (20.3) (25.7) (20.3) Special items in OI (20.3) (11.4) (20.3) Operating income - GAAP $ 80.7 $ 121.2 $ 101.4 Special items in OI 20.3 11.4 20.3 Operating income adjusted $ 101.0 $ 132.6 $ 121.7 Global Specialty Engineered Materials - OI % of sales 8.8% 9.2% 10.9% Global Color, Additives and Inks - OI % of sales 10.6% 12.6% 12.7% Designed Structures & Solutions - OI % of sales - 4.4% - Specialty platform - OI % of sales 9.9% 9.5% 12.0% PP&S operating - OI % of sales 5.7% 8.2% 8.1% Distribution OI - % of sales 6.3% 6.1% 6.1% PolyOne OI adjusted - % of sales 6.7% 7.2% 8.2% Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets H1 2013 Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt $ 8.7 Long-term debt 1,022.5 Less cash and cash equivalents (392.4) Specialty Platform Gross Margin Percentage 2006Y* Q2 2013**** Global Specialty Engineered Materials Sales $ 345.3 $ 143.5 Global Color, Additives and Inks Sales 531.8 207.5 Specialty Platform Sales $ 877.1 $ 351.0 Global Specialty Engineered Materials Gross Margin $ 41.6 $ 37.3 Global Color, Additives and Inks Gross Margin 83.6 71.8 Specialty Platform Gross Margin $ 125.2 $ 109.1 Specialty Platform Gross Margin Percentage 14.3% 31.1% * Historical results include the Resin and Specialty Coatings businesses within the Performance Products and Solutions segment.