PolyOne Announces Leadership Appointments

PolyOne Announces Leadership Appointments...

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Our application development, engineering and industrial design teams can help you to: • Increase stiffness • Improve impact resistance • Reduce weight through thin-walling and material reduction or replacement • Add strength in high stress areas Avient’s thermoplastic composite innovation cell in Englewood, CO features injection and compression molding equipment as well as design and testing services, all under one roof. CAPABILITIES • Prototype part sampling • Tooling validation • Process optimization • Material configuration • Application development support • Laminate analysis • Mechanical system analysis • Resin flow with laminate inserts • Finite Element Analysis EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS Injection Molding • Milacron-Fanuc Roboshot α-S15OiA with 4-axis robot • Maximum shot capability at 171 grams with a clamping for 198 tons • Trial molds include a 4"x6" flat plaque and a 3"x10" hat stiffening member Compression Molding • 450 ton down acting press • 39" x 39" platen size • Features automatic shuttle table with IR preheat oven Material Testing • Instron Model 5982 Universal Testing System with 100 kN load capacity • AVE2 non-contacting video extensometer with digital image correlation capability • Environmental chamber that enables testing from -150° to 350° C PRODUCT BULLETIN PROCESSABILITY MEETS PERFORMANCE Polystrand™ advanced thermoplastic composites combine high strength, unidirectional, continuous fibers with engineered thermoplastic resins to create continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) materials that feature exceptional strength-to-weight ratio and high impact resistance.

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CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has won the 2014 Best Emerging Maintenance Reliability Program Award from Uptime® Magazine. Congratulations to PolyOne, whose commitment to their customers through its robust and world-class maintenance program has generated performance worthy of this year’s honor,” said Terrence O'Hanlon, CEO and Publisher, Reliabilityweb.com / Uptime Magazine. The PolyOne Reliability Program operates in conjunction with the company’s award-winning Lean Six Sigma culture and processes.

We manage training and development through global programs and technology, to provide a consistent and high-quality experience for associates. Our key development opportunities include nomination-based leadership programs (such as NextGen, Emerging Leaders and Elevate), foundational leadership training for all current or aspiring people managers, called Core Leadership, and Lean Six Sigma training at a variety of levels, where individuals can be certified for job-specific Lean Six Sigma programs, up through Master Black Belt certification. This is completed through regular performance feedback, individual development plans, mentoring programs and nomination-based leadership development programs for key top talent.

Our strategy is enabled by our focus on four Strategic Drivers: portfolio prioritization, amplify innovation, digital for operational excellence and growth, and leadership, talent and culture for the Avient of the future.

From blood drives to food drives, and from elementary classrooms to high school mentorship programs, Avient associates pitch in to help make where we live a better place. Training and Development Advancing Development of Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control