Surface Care Surface Protection Focusing on a Sustainable Future: Avient Joins as bluesign® SYSTEM PARTNER for Dope-Dyeing Fiber Colorants

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Traditional TPE types are known as two-phase systems. To get an accurate reading you must have a flat part surface, as well as sufficient part thickness to prevent the support surface from affecting the result. It is this chemical cross-linking that is the principal difference between thermoset and thermoplastic systems.

Traditional TPE types are known as two-phase systems. To get an accurate reading you must have a flat part surface, as well as sufficient part thickness to prevent the support surface from affecting the result. It is this chemical cross-linking that is the principal difference between thermoset and thermoplastic systems.

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Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. They use words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance and/or sales Senior management uses adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS, and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance.

I’m very pleased that we delivered both, while at the same time setting a new direction and strategy for the Avient of the future. Our strategy is enabled by our focus on four Strategic Drivers: portfolio prioritization, amplify innovation, digital for Letter to Our Shareholders20 24 Annual Report | 2024 1 operational excellence and growth, and leadership, talent and culture for the Avient of the future. I offer my thanks to our many valued customers and for the new customers with whom we will collaborate in the future, to our Board of Directors for their ongoing support and guidance, and to our talented employees around the world for the work they do to execute our strategy and help us succeed.

Name of topic CABLE PRODUCER P H O T O V O L T A I C C A B L E • Simplified supply chain and inventory by providing one solution for both insulation and jacket coating • Provided a material that gave cable a good surface finish and improved cable life time value (passed Arrhenius life time prediction as per IEC 60216-1 in internal lab test) • Reduced catalyst dosage resulting in lower material cost • Improved customer processing speeds • Enabled flame retardant performance to EN 50618 and IEC 60332-1 standards on complete cable ECCOH™ XL 8148 + ECCOH XL CAT 005 Formulations KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?