https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-02/AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Press Release.pdf
About Avient
Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) provides specialized and sustainable materials 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®.
They are based on
management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the
forward-looking statements.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%2520IR%2520Presentation%2520-%2520RW%2520Baird%2520Global%2520Industrial%2520Conference%2520-%252011%253A8%253A2016.pdf
They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
Our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities;
The timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of
service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts;
Separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates;
Amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from
original estimates;
Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions;
The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships
with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our
earnings;
Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and
cost of credit in the future;
The financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate
liquidity) to maintain their credit availability;
The speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market;
Our ability to achieve new business gains;
The effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks;
Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business;
Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online;
Fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled
or unscheduled maintenance programs;
Unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters;
An inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital
reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals;
An inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;
An inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees;
Our ability to continue to pay cash dividends;
The amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and
Other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and
changes in the rate of inflation.
The above list of factors is not exhaustive.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Segment Highlights
At a Glance: Color, Additives & Inks
At a Glance: Specialty Engineered Materials
At a Glance: Designed Structures & Solutions
At a Glance: Performance Products & Solutions
At a Glance: Distribution
Application Examples
Luxury Packaging�with Gravitech Density Modified Polymers
Medical Device Housings�with Chemically Resistant Engineered Polymers
Printed Circuit Boards�with Thermally Conductive Polymers
Color & Design Services
Outdoor Applications
Fiber Colorants�Solutions for clothing, apparel, footwear, automotive & sporting goods
Slide Number 34
Metal Replacement Solutions
High-Barrier Packaging Containers
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?ind[]=6596
Sources: https://www.carbon-minds.com/lca-database-for-chemicals-and-plastics/
A 2012 article in Plastics Technology¹ notes silicone rubber molds need tighter tolerances to prevent flash.
On the other hand, TPEs are most commonly processed using in-line, single-screw injection equipment that has been routinely used in the plastics industry for decades.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?ind[]=6598
Sources: https://www.carbon-minds.com/lca-database-for-chemicals-and-plastics/
A 2012 article in Plastics Technology¹ notes silicone rubber molds need tighter tolerances to prevent flash.
On the other hand, TPEs are most commonly processed using in-line, single-screw injection equipment that has been routinely used in the plastics industry for decades.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?ind[]=6601
Sources: https://www.carbon-minds.com/lca-database-for-chemicals-and-plastics/
A 2012 article in Plastics Technology¹ notes silicone rubber molds need tighter tolerances to prevent flash.
On the other hand, TPEs are most commonly processed using in-line, single-screw injection equipment that has been routinely used in the plastics industry for decades.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?rtype[]=1164
Sources: https://www.carbon-minds.com/lca-database-for-chemicals-and-plastics/
A 2012 article in Plastics Technology¹ notes silicone rubber molds need tighter tolerances to prevent flash.
On the other hand, TPEs are most commonly processed using in-line, single-screw injection equipment that has been routinely used in the plastics industry for decades.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-08/colormatrix-flexcart-overview-2020.pdf
LIQUID
METERING
SYSTEMS
Specifically
designed for
thermoplastic
processes
PlanetPak
connected
to a
Transfer
pump
feeding
the
Plastic
reservoir
feeding a
Metering
pump
controlled
by a
CMG
controller
LIQUID METERING
SYSTEMS
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
FlexCart™ metering units & PlanetPak™ containers form the main
equipment components of Avient’s proprietary liquid metering
systems designed to optimise delivery of Avient liquid colors and
additives in the thermoplastic processing industry.
FlexCart Reservoir Cassette
• Key component of the FlexCart range providing the ability to change colors
in minutes
• A ten-liter container housed in a removable cassette, with built in tube
storage facility
Peristaltic Pump
• Ideal for use on shorter production runs & frequent color changes
• Re-usable with replaceable tubing
• Typically used for injection molding
Progressing Cavity Pump
• Suited to longer production runs & continuous operation
• Accurate, interchangeable & available in five sizes
• Typically used in extrusion
CMG Controllers
• CMG3000 - A robust, straightforward analogue control of metering
• CMG5000 - Expanded functions, touch screen, networking & data export
• CMG6000 - As for CMG5000 plus control of HP melt injection pumps & melt
pressure transducers
• FlexG - CMG3000 + load cell system for loss in weight functionality
Gyroscopic Mixing & Recirculating
• Gyroscopic mixing designed for the patented PlanetPak design
• FlexCart Re-Circ Dual paddle mixer designed for larger FlexCart units to
rejuvenate materials
• Systems designed to maintain liquid colors and additives in prime condition
FlexCart FlexCart Mini FlexCart Micro FlexCart Nano FlexCart M.I.
Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/thermoplastic-elastomer-tpe-faqs
When even harder plastics are measured, instruments with sharper indenters and stronger forces such as Rockwell hardness testers are used.
When heated (for example, for molding), the individual chains slip, causing plastic flow.
These cross bonds prevent the individual chains from slipping, thus preventing plastic flow when heat is added.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/thermoplastic-elastomer-tpe-faqs?rtype[]=1164
When even harder plastics are measured, instruments with sharper indenters and stronger forces such as Rockwell hardness testers are used.
When heated (for example, for molding), the individual chains slip, causing plastic flow.
These cross bonds prevent the individual chains from slipping, thus preventing plastic flow when heat is added.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/fl.datasheet-strengthmembers.pdf
Plastic, wood, or metal reels are also available.
High Strength Synthetic Fibers Outperform Steel
Our Products add
• Strength
On an equivalent weight basis, fibers like Aramid, LCP, and PBO are
5-10 times stronger than steel.
• Chemical Resistance
High performance fibers resist soiling and the absorption of water,
solvents, and other chemicals.
• Abrasion Resistance
HMPE as a jacketing material, is a great example of the excellent
abrasion resistance of high performance fibers.
• Fatigue Resistance
Aramid Fibers have exceptional bending and tensile fatigue
resistance.
• Safer Handling
Because synthetic fibers are flexible and weigh less than steel, they
are easier to work with, lead to fewer weight-related injuries and
completely eliminates fish hooks.
• Dampening
Synthetic fiber cables have excellent shock absorption and load
dampening properties.