performance in this environment has been differentiated as a result of our specialty focus, end market transformation and excellence in execution." Pension settlement/curtailment and mark-to-market adjustment (loss) gain Taxes paid on gain on divestiture

Demand for defense, energy and telecom composite applications are helping to offset weakness in other markets around the world." Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; settlement gains or losses and mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performanceperiod; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results. Rose, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Avient Corporation, +1 440-930-3162, kyle.rose@avient.com

Our Color, Additives & Inks (CAI) segment led the way with record first quarter operating income, driven by both organic gains and recent acquisitions." Our investments in sales, marketing and technology resources continue to drive our performance," added Mr. With our invest-to-grow strategy, we better serve new and existing markets and applications, and in doing so, accelerate sales growth and margin expansion for us and our customers."

We saw an untapped market opportunity for improved seat fastening solutions and recognized that continuing to use bent steel plate would hold us back,” said Hagen Spiess, Senior Design Engineer at HellermannTyton. THE IMPACT By replacing traditional fabricated bent steel plate with injection-molded Bergamid PA 6 resin, HellermannTyton was able to duplicate key performance attributes while gaining new benefits in the areas of cost savings, design freedom and weight reduction.

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We also achieved sales gains in Distribution, Color and Engineered Materials despite weaker foreign currencies." Patterson continued, "Our prior investments in commercial resources are paying off, and we are also seeing gains from our recent acquisitions.  These recent innovations are helping customers accelerate their speed to market and improve operational efficiencies. 

In the prior year quarter, special items, which primarily included a tax benefit and realignment charges, resulted in a net after-tax gain of We continue to seek out specialty acquisitions to supplement our organic investments in innovation and additional commercial resources needed to drive new business gains.  Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant phase-in costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.

Adjusted EPS increased to $0.58 from $0.55 in the prior year, led by gains in Color, Additives and Inks segment Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results. Gain from sale of closed facilities