In the bottle manufacturing industry, a three-party collaboration strategy between additive suppliers, converters, and brands can be crucial for achieving optimal efficiency and reaching sustainability goals.

In the bottle manufacturing industry, a three-party collaboration strategy between additive suppliers, converters, and brands can be crucial for achieving optimal efficiency and reaching sustainability goals.

Avient Distribution features a comprehensive portfolio of polymers from the world’s top suppliers.

CLEVELAND – PolyOne today announced that Ryonet, a leading supplier of screen-printing equipment and supplies, will now be distributing Wilflex™ EPIC™ inks.      

Supplier Collaboration & Evaluation

Supplier Collaboration & Evaluation

Kedrowski Page 38 Operational Excellence • Operational Excellence is a never-ending quest for improvement in response to the voice of our customers and shareholders • It is all about strengthening our capabilities to deliver value flawlessly to our customers deliver value flawlessly to our customers • It challenges us to enhance our productivity, profitability, and efficiency in all phases of our business, from safety to quality to waste elimination to environmental stewardship Page 39 Lean Six Sigma Initiative • In 2009, Lean Six Sigma was launched to improve execution skills across all businesses, functions, and global regions • A company-wide diagnostic was conducted, resulting in identification of six conducted, resulting in identification of six strategic improvement platforms • Financial targets were estimated, resources identified and trained results delivered , Page 40 PolyOne OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate 4 5 6 5.1 Safety Performance *Rubber And Plastics Manufacturing Industry (2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics). 0 1 2 3 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Industry Average 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.85 0.65 0.57 Page 41 • Exemplary on-time delivery • Best-in-class working capital % of sales 81% 87% 88% 95% 93% 92% 94% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 On-Time Delivery* Lean Six Sigma Delivering Results • Approximately $200M in cash driven by working capital improvements 16.2% 14.4% 18.9% 11.7% 9.6% 9.6% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 WC % of Sales 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 *As measured to customer request date Page 42 40.0% Percent of Associates Trained in LSS World’s Best Start-up Program in 2009* World’s Best Business Process Excellence Program in 2012* Award-Winning Lean Six Sigma Program *Both awards received from International Quality and Productivity Center 16.5% 40.0% 2009 2011 Page 43 • Globally leverage strategic supplier management best practices • Implement world class demand management processes Critical Imperatives • Improve operational reliability and efficiencies • Optimize global freight management Drive 50 – 100 basis points of gross margin expansion per year Page 44 Page 45

Avient was able to identify a local supplier of dependable laser-marking equipment, and ran tests on the machinery so the customer could calculate its output rates and also judge the level of marking contrast.

Cesa Stat Antistatic Additives for automotive can support customers with electrostatic decay time testing according to Standard DIN EN 61340-2-1 to speed up the development.

They pass EN 50618 and IEC 60332-1 standards on the assembled cable (if the cable jacketing and insulation are both produced with ECCOH XL 8148 solutions).