Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Acquires Specialty Assets From Accella Performance Materials CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced the acquisition of specialty assets from Accella Performance Materials, a leading North American manufacturer of liquid polymer formulations. PolyOne Corporation, with 2013 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.

Home // Can Polyketone (PK) Materials Provide an Alternative to Polyoxymethylene (POM)? PK materials also offer sustainability advantages over POM by emitting lower carbon emissions during polymer production.

Office Furniture Task Chair LEADING OFFICE FURNITURE OEM T A S K C H A I R • Stiff yet extremely tough all-composite solution • Reduce part count by replacing mechanical tilt controls • Cost-effective material • Exceptional fatigue endurance to withstand million cycle deflection test • Enabled novel design by combining long glass fiber and unidirectional tape to meet performance and mass market cost targets • Formulated custom nylon material with minimal conditioned performance loss and smooth, fiber-free surface finish • Provided technical support during two-year product development cycle Complēt™ Long Glass Fiber PA66 Composite and Overmolded Unidirectional Tape Inserts KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

TIER 1 SUPPLIER S T E E R I N G C O L U M N B R A C K E T & L E V E R • Automotive OEM lightweighting initiative • Trial alternative materials to replace aluminum support bracket and overmolded steel adjustment lever • Up to 5,200 Newton load requirements with minimal deflection allowance • High stiffness & strength to function similar to metal • Achieved 50% weight reduction with metal to composite conversion • Provided structural design & fiber orientation consultations along with CAE analysis to predict performance met requirements • Shortened manufacturing lead time by supplying injection molded material solution Complēt Long Carbon Fiber Nylon Composite KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne to Showcase Material, Colorant and Additive Innovations at CHINAPLAS 2018 InVisiO™ Color Inspiration 2019+ collection of four influential and emerging color palettes examines a world in flux, one where we honor our heritage, seek nature in materials, embrace techno-uncertainty, and cherish true craft. PolyOne Corporation, with 2017 revenues of $3.2 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.

Advanced Composites Explained Explore the functionality and versatility of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites Material used, injection molding of plaques, physical properties, adhesion, rheology and results

Our formulation expertise supports material science decisions, while our processing expertise guides customers to use the materials properly. WHAT WE DO: MATERIAL SCIENCE 5 CUSTOM FORMULATION We sell solutions not commodities. Simply put… We solve customers’ most pressing material science challenges.

What if you had more design freedom when tackling your next big idea for water sports by using advanced composite materials, thus passing on a lighter, higher performing product to the consumer? Give them an experience to remember with products built on top-quality materials from Avient. Soft-touch thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) overmolded onto a lightweight paddleshaft made of Avient’s advanced composite materials can help add to the experience and avoid annoyances such as blisters.