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Description/Product Features
Consumer electronics, automotive components, medical devices, 5G base stations
Chemically Resistant Polymers for Next Generation Devices
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About Wilflex
PolyOne Wilflex Inks are more than just textile inks.
About PolyOne
PolyOne Corporation, with 2016 revenues of $3.3 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.
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At no other point in our history was this
more evident than in 2012.
We offer more than 35,000 polymer solutions to over 10,000
customers across the globe.
In the medical industry,
plastics help save lives by safely providing a range of transparent and opaque materials that are used
for a vast array of devices including blood and intravenous bags, medical tubing, catheters, lead
replacement for radiation shielding, clamps and connectors to bed frames, curtains and sheeting, and
electronic enclosures.
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HealthCare
Transportation
8%
Textiles
Target
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• Trend toward more
affordable housing
favors our product
1.5
2.0
2.5
Housing Starts
(in million units)
50 year average
Market Dynamics
• Ultimate housing
recovery presents
substantial upside to
already record-
setting results
Source: Historical Data from the US Census Bureau,
2012 estimate is a PolyOne projection.
0.0
0.5
1.0
'87 '89 '91 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12
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Value Proposition
• Premier provider of specialized vinyl and supply chain solutions, leading
the industry in innovation and service
Transformation Highlights
• Management upgrades ensure that each PP&S business
Value Proposition and Transformation Highlights
• Management upgrades ensure that each PP&S business
maximizes performance
• Asset realignment and Lean Six Sigma reduce costs
• Strengthened relationship with winning customers
• Increased differentiation in all business units
> $12B Addressable Market
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Key Differentiators
• Providing application design, material design
and / or process design assistance not available
from competitors
• Capability to improve joint value streams
• We are the best innovator in our space • We are the best innovator in our space
• Expanding customers’ opportunities
by providing innovative materials
and marketing ideas
• We provide world-class customer
service and delivery performance
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13.7% 14.3%
15.5%
9.9%
6.2%
5.4%
WC % of Sales
• Best-in-class working
capital management and
delivery performance
• Improved raw material
Areas of Focus – Operational Excellence
89.1%
92.0%
94.2%
93.4% 93.4% 94.0%
On-Time Delivery
• Improved raw material
positions, sourcing savings
• PolyOne pilot site for many
LSS and manufacturing
excellence programs
*As measured to customer request date
*
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• reFlexTM Bioplasticizers
Applications: Wide variety of flexible vinyl-based products
• GeonTM HC for Healthcare
� Applications: Medical device housings, specialty tubing
� Customer benefits: Withstand aggressive antiseptics
Key Innovations
� Applications: Wide variety of flexible vinyl-based products
� Customer benefits: Lower carbon footprint,
improved productivity
• GeonTM SF Super Flow
� Applications: Large appliance parts, molded siding panels
� Customer benefits: Flame retardancy, detergent resistance
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Critical Imperatives and 2015 Goal
Critical Imperatives
• Accelerate innovation - grow in new applications not
historically served with vinyl
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing and
working capital efficienciesworking capital efficiencies
• Selectively leverage construction recovery
2015 Goal
• 9 - 12% return on sales
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DEVICE
MANUFACTURER
M E D I C A L D E V I C E H O U S I N G
• Improved chemical resistance compared to PC/ABS,
PC/PET & COPE
• Flame retardant (FR) rating of V-1 at 0.75 mm
• Zero BPA & non-halogenated FR material
• Available in standard hospital grade pre-colors
• Provided a cost-effective material with superior
chemical resistance to traditional materials
• Formulated a medical-grade, semi-crystalline
blend to support regulatory testing and
approvals
• Demonstrated superior property retention and
crack resistance after exposure to hospital-
grade disinfectants, including Virex® Tb,
helping to extend the device life
Trilliant™ HC8900 Thermoplastics
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Auto Parts Maker Gets Peak Production with New Approach
Improved operational efficiencies: Optimizing the molding machine parameters and adding OnCap CTR reduced cycle time by more than 24 percent.
That reduced the overall cost of each part by 5 percent, giving the supplier a net savings of more than $65,000.
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This year, we hosted our first Global Innovation Summit, bringing
together more than 120 of our scientists and others in R&D for
collaborating, sharing solutions and approaches and establishing new
programs aimed to accelerate innovation—and in doing so, PolyOne’s
growth.
We offer more than 35,000 polymer solutions to over 10,000 customers across the globe.
The PolyOne Distribution business distributes more than 4,000 grades of engineering and commodity grade resins,
including PolyOne-produced solutions, principally to the North American and Asian markets.