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CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, toda
McHENRY, Ill. – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today
CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announce
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CLEVELAND, July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solut
CLEVELAND, June 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, servi
CLEVELAND, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solut
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GENOMIC DIAGNOSTIC
DEVICE MANUFACTURER
I N - V I T R O D I AG N O S T I C ( I V D ) D E V I C E
MEVOPURTM Laser-Transmitting and Laser-Absorbing
Pre-color Solution
AVIENT SOLUTION
• Customized solutions - Quality-by-Design (QdB) approach
• Optimized pigment / additive selection – good distribution in
final part minimizes welding failure
• Mitigated contamination and extractable risk on incoming raw
material with control based on fingerprinting
• Ensured uninterrupted supply from multiple ISO13485-2016
certified sites
• Minimized risk of change with change control agreements
WHY AVIENT
KEY REQUIREM ENTS
P R O D U C T I V I T Y & Q UA L I T Y
• Good weldability, low rejection rate
• Solutions in wide range of polymers, colors and
transparency
• Pre-tested ingredients to biocompatibility and
extractable metals
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Tuf-Glas™ Impact-Modified Acrylic Sheet – a premier clear, rigid sheet that combines impact strength, clarity and stiffness with outstanding formability
Eastman Tritan is a registered trademark of Eastman Chemical Company
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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OnColor™ FX™ Special Effect Colorants
PRODUCT BULLETIN
Special effects can help boost the visual appeal of
plastic products and parts in many applications.
The OnColor™ FX™ Special Effect Colorants portfolio
includes a myriad of effects including metallics (e.g.,
silver, copper), natural look (e.g., wood grain, granite,
speckles), gloss and brilliance (e.g., pearlescence,
iridescence, frost), high-visibility (e.g., fluorescence,
sparkles) and color-changing (e.g., photochromic,
thermochromic).
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E L E C T R I C H A I R C L I P P E R S
HAIRSTYLING APPLIANCE
MANUFACTURER
• Regulatory – UL rated flame retardancy
• High stiffness and impact resistance
• Excellent surface appearance
• Colorability/color matching – specific black color
• Provided color matching expertise to match
glass fiber reinforced formulation to specific
customer requirement
• Enabled customer to diversify into a new
market with a new design of hair clipper for
consumers
• Developed material quickly - three months
from brief to production
Bergamid™ A700 glass reinforced flame
retardant formulation
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
REGULATORY + COLORABILITY
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Hairstyling appliance manufacturer
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APPLIANCE MAKER
F O O D H A N D L I N G & C O O K I N G
C O M P O N E N T S
• Minimize yellow / amber color tone of PEI and PES that
detracts from the perception of quality for cooking and
food service appliances
• Maintain inherent heat and steam resistance of PEI and
PES
• Food contact compatibility
• Colorants counteracted yellow tones without
sacrificing heat and steam resistance
• Achieved a more intense blue-gray shade
that reinforces appliance quality and
cleanliness and improves perception of the
food
Colorant Chromaticsä Precolor and
Masterbatch Formulations
KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
APPEARANCE + PERFORMANCE
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RC 14001®:2015
RC 14001® es una norma que combina la certificación
ISO 14001 con requisitos adicionales para Chemical
Responsible Care Management System® (RCMS), que
incluye salud y seguridad, transporte, divulgación,
seguridad, respuesta a emergencias, etc.
Los sitios de producción de Avient Toluca, Santa
Clara, Ciudad de Guatemala, Cota, Suzano, Buenos
Aires y Santiago cumplen con los requisitos
establecidos por la RC 14001®:2015 para actividades
de apoyo a la empresa, diseño, fabricación y
distribución de concentrados de color y aditivos,
resinas termoplásticas y granulados, compuestos
especiales y colorantes.
El sitio de fabricación de Avient Toluca cumple
con los requisitos establecidos por la norma
IATF 16949:2016 para el diseño y fabricación de
concentrados de color.
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AVIATION COMPONENTS
MANUFACTURER
S E A T B E L T C O V E R
• Paint-free, metallic look
• Reduced Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Lightweight
• Excellent mechanical performance
• Non-conductive solution
• Provided a non-conductive solution with reduced
VOCs and coexisting color and metallic effects
• Supplied a technology compatible with PPSU,
PES, and PSU
• Lowered density compared to virgin resin
• Reduced the need for secondary processing and
associated VOCs
• Supplied low minimum order quantity of gold,
silver and bronze colors
Colorant Chromatics Metallic Effect Pre-
colored Sulfone Colorants
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
SUSTAINABILITY + AESTHETICS
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Kedrowski
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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
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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
,
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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
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• 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
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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
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• 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
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