https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/Bergamid Polymer Formulations - Military Helmet - Case Study Snapshot.pdf
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURER
M I L I T A R Y H E L M E T P A R T S
• High impact resistance
• RAL 6031 – military green color
• High molecular weight
• Met impact resistance requirements for
military helmets
• Delivered strong collaboration with Avient
Design team and service
• Provided specific RAL color matching for
military application
Bergamid™ Polymer Formulations
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
IMPACT RESISTANCE & COLOR MATCHING
LEARN MORE
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/OnFlex S KE Power Tool - case study snapshot.pdf
GLOBAL
APPLIANCE BRAND
P O W E R T O O L H A N D L E
• Bonding to ABS
• Scratch resistance
• Colorable compound
• Easy to grip/soft touch
• Worked in synergy across business to
produce a scratch resistant material
suitable for ABS bonding in 19 different
color options
• Made new ergonomic design possible
through better material properties,
especially grip and soft touch
• Enabled customer to market next
generation of power tool, with updated
look and feel
OnFlex™ S KE Series
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
SCRATCH RESISTANCE + COLORABILITY
LEARN MORE
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/Small Order Service Personal Care Application Snapshot.pdf
PERSONAL CARE
PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURER
B O T T L E S A N D C L O S U R E S
• Achieve a lower cost on low volume orders
• Accommodate a large number of custom designs with
rapid color development and matching
• Gain quick turnaround for colorant orders
• Offered flat pricing with a minimum order
quantity (MOQ) of 10 pounds
• Eliminated low-volume surcharges, driving
leaner inventory management
• Implemented shorter development lead
times to enable faster market access
• Provided 3-day order lead times
ColorMatrix™ Small Order Service
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/idea/getting-more-efficient-polymer-colorants
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-05/say-eng-lee.pdf
Say-Eng Lee
Vice President & General Manager, Color, Additives & Inks Asia
Say-Eng Lee is vice president and general manager for the Color, Additives & Inks
business for the Asia region for Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and
sustainable material solutions and services.
Lee joined Avient in 2000 as the general manager for the Color, Additives & Inks
business for Asia.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-12/Say-Eng Lee Bio.pdf
SAY-ENG LEE
Vice President & General Manager of Color, Additives & Inks Asia
Say-Eng Lee is Vice President and General Manager for the Color, Additives & Inks
business for the Asia region for Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that
help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world.
Lee joined Avient in 2000 as the General Manager for the Color, Additives & Inks
business for Asia.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-02/laser-marking-and-percept-case-study.pdf
FOILING
COUNTERFEITERS
WITH SPECIALIZED
COLOR & ADDITIVE
MASTERBATCHES
CASE STUDY: COLOR, ADDITIVES & INKS
Challe
nge Accepted.
THE SOLUTION
The Avient team proposed multiple solutions—including
a laser-marking additive, an authentication additive, and
colorant—bundled into a single Smartbatch™ concentrate.
The concentrate
also included the required color for the manufacturer’s
branding and an additive for UV protection.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/Cesa Fiber Additives Hydrophobic for PP Nonwovens Product Bulletin.pdf
Specially formulated for both
spunbond and meltblown manufacturing processes,
they have no visible influence on color and can be
customized to combine water repellency and color
into one product for added convenience.
APPLICATIONS
• Construction: roofing underlay, cable wrapping,
geotextiles
• Medical: surgical gowns, surgical drapes, sterile
tray wraps, hospital bed sheets, and curtains
• Filtration: various filters that require water
repellency
BENEFITS
• Fast and long-lasting water repellency
• IPA repellency grade 6
• No visible influence on the final color of the
nonwoven fabric
• Can be combined with color into a single
product for convenience
• Regulatory compliance to key standards and
support for specific standards
PRODUCT BULLETIN
Copyright © 2023, Avient Corporation.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/Avient Q2 2024 Earnings Call Presentation.pdf
FX +4.6%
FX -1.5%
Total Avient +3.1%
Note: Regional Sales Percentages exclude impact of foreign exchange
Q2 2024 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE
(COLOR, ADDITIVES & INKS)
$525
$542
$94
$108
19.9%
(in millions) (in millions)
7
17.9%
+200 bps
* Adjusted EBITDA Margin %
• Organic sales growth in all
regions led by Americas
• Raw material deflation combined
with cost reduction actions drove
EBITDA margin expansion
+ 3%
(+5% excluding FX)
+ 15%
(+17% excluding FX)
Q2 2024 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE
(SPECIALTY ENGINEERED MATERIALS)
$301
$308
$60
$64
20.6%
(in millions) (in millions)
8
19.8%
+80 bps
* Adjusted EBITDA Margin %
• Sales growth in consumer,
healthcare and building &
construction end markets offset
by weaker demand in
telecommunications
• EBITDA margin expansion
driven by positive end market
mix as well as raw material
deflation
+ 2%
(+4% excluding FX)
+ 7%
(+8% excluding FX)
2024 G U IDA N CE
FY 2024 GUIDANCE
Previous (May 7) Current
Adjusted EBITDA $510 to $535 million $515 to $540 million
Adjusted EPS $2.50 to $2.65 $2.55 to $2.70
Interest Expense $105 million $105 million
Adjusted Effective Tax Rate 23% to 25% 23% to 25%
Capital Expenditures ~$140 million ~$140 million
10
Q3 2024: Adjusted EPS of $0.62
11
Highlights
• Provides performance updates on 2030
Sustainability Goals
• Reduced company’s Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions
by 48% since 2019
• Highlights ESG performance ratings, certifications,
and awards, including recent upgrades by
Ecovadis to Gold and CDP to A-
• Reflects Great Place to Work® culture focused on
health, safety and employee engagement
2023 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
11
Sustainability for a
Better Tomorrow
2023
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
12
• Investor Day to be held December 4, 2024 in
New York, NY
• The focus will be to do a deep dive on the
Company’s strategy
• Further details to be communicated
2024 AVIENT INVESTOR DAY
AP P EN D IX
15
Performance
Additives
15%
Pigments
TiO2
Dyestuffs
Polyethylene
10%Nylon
Polypropylene
Styrenic Block
Copolymer
Other Raw
Materials
38%
~40% hydrocarbon based
(Grey shaded materials are hydrocarbon based,
includes portion of “Other Raw Materials”)
Non-hydrocarbon
based materials
RAW MATERIAL BASKET
SEGMENT DATA
U.S. & Canada
41%
36%
2023 SEGMENT, END MARKET AND GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY REVENUESEGMENT FINANCIALS
19%
23%Industrial
Building and
7%
END MARKET REVENUE
$2,007M $358M
$1,138M $224M
Sales EBITDA
Specialty Engineered Materials
Color Additives and Inks
$502M$3,143M
(1)
7%
17
(1) Total company sales and adjusted EBITDA of $3,143M and $502M, respectively, include intercompany sales eliminations and corporate costs
2023 REVENUE | $2 .0 B ILL ION
34%
37%
21%
END MARKET REGION
18
34%
21%
15%
Building &
1% Energy
COLOR, ADDITIVES & INKS
2023 REVENUE | $1 .1 B ILL ION
52%
35%
19
6%Industrial
12%
10% Defense
Building &
END MARKET REGION
SPECIALTY ENGINEERED MATERIALS
32%
26%
Building &
6%
2% Defense
1%
(18% of sales)
2023 AVIENT REGIONAL SALES
25%
Building &
(36% of sales)Transportation
22%
Building &
12%
6%
US &
Canada
(41% of sales)
59%
22%
Building &
LATAM
(5% of sales)
20
BY END MARKET
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in millions, except for per share data)
Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders
and diluted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders, excluding special
items, to assess performance and facilitate comparability of results.
A reconciliation of these measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.
2024 2023
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS $ EPS
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders $ 33.6 $ 0.36 $ 22.1 $ 0.24
Special items, after-tax 21.8 0.24 19.6 0.21
Amortization expense, after-tax 14.8 0.16 16.2 0.18
Adjusted net income / EPS $ 70.2 $ 0.76 $ 57.9 $ 0.63
Three Months Ended
Reconciliation to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA: 2024 2023
Net income from continuing operations – GAAP $ 33.8 $ 22.3
Income tax expense 11.2 10.4
Interest expense, net 26.6 29.4
Depreciation & amortization 44.9 47.6
EBITDA from continuing operations $ 116.5 $ 109.7
Special items, before tax 28.1 21.7
Interest expense included in special items (1.0) —
Depreciation & amortization included in special items (0.3) (0.1)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 143.3 $ 131.3
Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of sales 16.9 % 15.9 %
1
2024 2023
Sales:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 542.0 $ 524.5
Specialty Engineered Materials 308.1 300.8
Corporate (0.4) (0.9)
Sales $ 849.7 $ 824.4
Operating income:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 86.1 $ 68.0
Specialty Engineered Materials 42.8 39.7
Corporate (56.4) (45.4)
Operating income $ 72.5 $ 62.3
Depreciation & amortization:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 21.8 $ 25.7
Specialty Engineered Materials 20.8 19.9
Corporate 2.3 2.0
Depreciation & amortization $ 44.9 $ 47.6
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA):
Color, Additives and Inks $ 107.9 $ 93.7
Specialty Engineered Materials 63.6 59.6
Corporate (54.1) (43.4)
Other expense, net (0.9) (0.2)
EBITDA from continuing operations 116.5 109.7
Special items, before tax 28.1 21.7
Interest expense included in special items (1.0) —
Depreciation & amortization included in special items (0.3) (0.1)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 143.3 $ 131.3
Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of sales:
Color, Additives and Inks 19.9 % 17.9 %
Specialty Engineered Materials 20.6 % 19.8 %
2
Year Ended
December 31, 2023
Operating income:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 259.9
Specialty Engineered Materials 142.5
Corporate (205.6)
Operating income $ 196.8
Depreciation & amortization:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 98.3
Specialty Engineered Materials 81.5
Corporate 9.0
Depreciation & amortization $ 188.8
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA):
Color, Additives and Inks $ 358.2
Specialty Engineered Materials 224.0
Corporate (196.6)
Other income, net 5.8
EBITDA from continuing operations 391.4
Special items, before tax 114.6
Interest expense included in special items (2.3)
Depreciation & amortization included in special items (1.9)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 501.8
3
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Terms and Conditions of Sale for the United Arab Emirates.pdf
In the event of Buyer’s breach or failure to
perform, Seller shall be entitled to (but is not required to) recover from
Buyer, in addition to any other damages caused by such action: (i) in the
case of Products produced specifically for Buyer or which reasonably
cannot be resold by Seller to a third party, the price of such Products as
quoted in Seller’s order confirmation; or (ii) in the case of Products which
can be resold by Seller, damages equal to fifty percent (50%) of the price
for the Products as quoted in Seller’s order confirmation, as liquidated
damages.
If (i) Buyer is in default of performance
of its obligations towards Seller and fails to provide adequate assurance of
Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery; or (ii) if Seller
has reasonable doubts with respect to Buyer’s performance of its
obligations and Buyer fails to provide to Seller adequate assurance of
Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery and in any case
within thirty (30) days of Seller’s demand for such assurance; or (iii) if
Buyer becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or goes
into liquidation or any bankruptcy proceeding shall be instituted by or
against Buyer or if a trustee or receiver or administrator is appointed for
all or a substantial part of the assets of Buyer or if Buyer makes any
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (iv) in case of non-compliance
of Buyer with any law, statute ordinance, regulation, code or standard
(“Laws and Standards”), then Seller may by notice in writing to Buyer,
without prejudice to any of its other rights: (a) demand return and take
repossession of any delivered Products which have not been paid for and
all costs relating to the recovery of the Products shall be for the account of
Buyer; and/or (b) suspend its performance or terminate its order
confirmation for pending delivery of Products unless Buyer makes such
payment for Products on a cash in advance basis or provides adequate
assurance of such payment for Products to Seller.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Terms and Conditions of Sale for Slovakia.pdf
In the event of
Buyer’s breach or failure to perform, Seller shall be
entitled to (but is not required to) recover from Buyer, in
addition to any other damages caused by such action: (i) in
the case of Products produced specifically for Buyer or
which reasonably cannot be resold by Seller to a third
party, the price of such Products as quoted in Seller’s order
confirmation; or (ii) in the case of Products which can be
resold by Seller, damages equal to fifty percent (50%) of
the price for the Products as quoted in Seller’s order
confirmation, as liquidated damages.
9.
i) If Buyer is in default of
performance of its obligations towards Seller and fails to
provide adequate assurance of Buyer’s performance before
the date of scheduled delivery; or (ii) if Seller has
reasonable doubts with respect to Buyer’s performance of
its obligations and Buyer fails to provide to Seller adequate
assurance of Buyer’s performance before the date of
scheduled delivery and in any case within thirty (30) days
of Seller’s demand for such assurance; or (iii) if Buyer
becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they
mature, or goes into liquidation or any bankruptcy
proceeding shall be instituted by or against Buyer or if a
trustee or receiver or administrator is appointed for all or a
substantial part of the assets of Buyer or if Buyer makes
any assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (iv) in
podstatnú časť alebo ak kupujúci zrealizuje akékoľvek
postúpenie v prospech svojich veriteľov, alebo (iv) v
prípade nedodržania akéhokoľvek zákona, nariadenia,
predpisu, zákonníka alebo normy (ďalej len „zákony a
normy“) zo strany kupujúceho, potom bez toho, aby tým
boli dotknuté ostatné jeho práva, je predávajúci oprávnený
v písomnej podobe od kupujúceho: (a) požadovať vrátenie
a znovunadobudnutie akýchkoľvek dodaných výrobkov,
ktoré neboli uhradené, pričom všetky náklady súvisiace so
znovunadobudnutím výrobkov bude znášať kupujúci,
a/alebo (b) prerušiť svoje plnenie alebo zrušiť svoje
potvrdenie objednávky v súvislosti s nevykonanou
dodávkou výrobkov, kým kupujúci za výrobky najprv
nezaplatí alebo neposkytne predávajúcemu primerané
ubezpečenie o takejto platbe za výrobky.