PDICaseStudy.indd 8 . 5 i n 11 .6 8 7 5 in 8 . 7 5 i n 11 .9 3 7 5 in 8 . 2 5 i n 11 in PDI Solution Boosts Long-Term Medical Device Performance Spinal disc replacement manufacturer relies on quality analysis and manufacturing solutions from Polymer Diagnostics to help its breakthrough product reach far beyond durability requirements. Polymer Diagnostics Inc. performed a series of analytical tests with an eye toward enhancing the polymeric core of the product. At PDI, the goals are to help clients: • Solve the toughest technical problems • Grow their business • Commercialize products quickly Above all, PDI functions as a trusted R&D partner to its clients.

AVIENT SOLUTION ADDRESSES CRITICAL MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES AND DELIVERS OVER $100,000 PER YEAR IN SAVINGS Even more important, the Avient solution solved critical manufacturing issues that were affecting productivity, quality and cost.

Nikrant Page 67 United States 36% Europe 36% Canada 2% Asia 20% Latin America 2011 Revenue: $0.6 Billion2011 Revenue: $0.6 Billion SolutionsSolutions At a Glance Global Specialty Engineered Materials Appliance 6% Building & Construction 3% Wire & Cable 14% Electrical & Electronics 14%Consumer 21% Packaging 5% Industrial 8% Misc. 3% HealthCare 5% Transportation 21% America 6% 2011 Revenue by Industry Segment2011 Revenue by Industry Segment 1.1% 1.3% 3.4% 5.1% 9.6% 8.0% 12-16% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2015 Operating Income % of Sales Target Expanding ProfitsExpanding Profits Page 68 Value Proposition • GSEM is a global leader providing complete specialty solutions encompassing innovative technologies and services to enable customer success Transformation Highlights • Dramatic turnaround of the Engineered Materials business through mix improvement and specialty focus Value Proposition and Transformation Highlights Global Specialty Engineered Materials improvement and specialty focus • GLS acquisition successfully integrated, having more than doubled earnings in 3 years • PolyOne culture and strategy now engrained worldwide • Expansion into healthcare with dedicated resources > $15B Addressable Market Page 69 • Polymer design, formulation and service expertise • Broad, global technology base and regional centers of excellence • Ten innovation centers around the world Key Differentiators Global Specialty Engineered Materials • Ten innovation centers around the world • Specialty brand leadership with PolyOne, GLS, NEU and ECCOH • Ability to leverage global key account team Page 70 From Volume Commodity-driven product portfolio To Value Specialty technology and solutions EM North America Transformation Volume Sales Gross Margin $ Mix Transformation – Executing the Strategy Global Specialty Engineered Materials 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 Page 71 $12 $29 Operating Income ($ in millions) • Provided access to new customers in specialized, high-growth markets such as healthcare and consumer • Strategic partner to many of the world’s best-known companies GLS Integration Success 16.9% 8.2% 2007 2011 2007 2011 Working Capital % of Sales • Complementary global footprint provided additional cross-selling opportunities • Opportunity to expand margins and drive working capital improvement while remaining customer-focused Page 72 $1.3 $27.6 2006 2011 Healthcare Revenue • Investment in dedicated healthcare team to drive penetration and growth • Leverage product portfolio globally & win specialty business Areas of Focus Global Specialty Engineered Materials $10.5 $117.9 2006 2011 Consumer Revenue 2006 2011globally & win specialty business in targeted markets • Aggressively commercialize specialty innovation platforms • Utilize our innovation centers to influence OEM design (Revenue in $ millions) Page 73 • Carbon Nanotube Formulations � Applications: Semiconductor equipment, hard drives � Customer benefits: Scrap cost reduction and clean conductivity • Thermally Conductive Solutions Applications: Sockets and bulb holders for LED lighting Key Innovations Global Specialty Engineered Materials � Applications: Sockets and bulb holders for LED lighting � Customer benefits: Cost reduction, energy saving, and design flexibility • FDA-Regulated TPEs � Applications: Food packaging seals, intravenous delivery systems, medical stoppers, prefilled syringes � Customer benefits: Clean and safe elastomers for highly regulated applications Page 74 Critical Imperatives and 2015 Goal Global Specialty Engineered Materials Critical Imperatives • Commercialize critical new technology platforms • Manage the mix as we continue to drive the transformation • Global translation of commercial successes 2015 Goal • 12 - 16% return on sales Page 75 Page 76

http://www.avient.com/investors https://sustainabilityday2023.avient.com/ http://www.avient.com/investors https://register.vevent.com/register/BI0b9400e410674b9d9dc80471579b64b9 https://www.avient.com/investors/events-presentations About Avient Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include: • Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports • Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy • Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint • Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

This fourth-generation, family owned and operated company is a global leader in designing and manufacturing innovative prosthetic products that help amputees lead more comfortable, active lives. THE SOLUTION Leveraging decades of experience creating customized composite materials for archery bow limbs and other high-performance applications, the engineers at Avient worked closely with WillowWood’s special products team to identify a solution.

Quartz, or crystalline silica, is suitable for many purposes, while production via chemical processing is required to make a purer or otherwise more suitable product (e.g. more reactive or with lower particle size).

Avient Corporation 3 Simplified Drop Test • 65g steel ball • Dropped from 305mm • Onto 3.175mm thickness flat samples Materials Tested • Standard TPE 30 Shore A • TPU alloy 60 Shore A • Damping TPE 32 Shore A VDT reduces bounce Avient Corporation 4 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 Image courtesy of Airobag TV https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Simulation of Impact A weight dropped onto protective element in contact with rigid substrate https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Avient Corporation 5 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 REFINING THE DESIGN D E S I G N A N D M A T E R I A L C O M B I N A T I O N Avient Corporation 6 • A number of different shapes and designs are created and simulated to determine which one works best • Refining to meet EN standard • VDT TPEs can help reach compliance with EN1621-1 level 2 and EN1621-2 level 1 • Optimum protection can be achieved by combining industrial design and engineering Avient Corporation 7 VALIDATION P R O T O T Y P I N G W I T H 3 D P R I N T I N G 3D Printing Validation -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% Density Tensile Strength // Tear resistance // Rebound resilience 2mm 3D Printed VDT vs Injection Molded VDT can be 3D printed for concept evaluation early in the design process SUMMARY Avient Corporation 8 • Enabled a new, compact design with a customized VDT TPE formulation • Improved user comfort and functionality • Fulfilled EN standards • Reduced number of prototyping tools required • Reduced time spent in product development by 40 percent, enabling faster commercialization of product

By 2030, Avient will enable 100% of our products manufactured for packaging applications to be recyclable or reusable to advance the circular economy. Update: • Approximately 90% of Avient’s products met this criteria in 2020

Netherlands branch Company start date 24-07-2018 Activities SBI-code: 46769 - Wholesale of other intermediary products SBI-code: 46696 - Wholesale of packaging SBI-code: 4941 - Freight transport by road (no removal services) Employees 0 Establishment Establishment number 000040405362 Trade name Avient S.à r.l., Netherlands branch Visiting address Uranusweg 3, 8938AJ Leeuwarden Date of incorporation 24-07-2018 Activities SBI-code: 46769 - Wholesale of other intermediary products SBI-code: 46696 - Wholesale of packaging SBI-code: 4941 - Freight transport by road (no removal services) For further information on activities, see Dutch extract.

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