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Mevopur™ Healthcare Colorants and Formulations: a range of medical grade concentrates and pre-colored formulations for a wide range of polymers used in applications such as remote patient monitoring, circulating blood contact, and invasive devices, with pre-tested biocompatibility according to ISO 10993, change control in place, production certified to ISO 13485-2016 and DMF/MAF files available
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Control static charge; implementation and applications
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Create Custom Views
You can create custom views depending on what information you want to see relating to
orders, invoices, catalogs, or ASNs.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/Terms%26Conditions - Brazil English %26 Portuguese.pdf
If
Seller determines that Buyer’s financial
responsibility has become impaired or
otherwise unsatisfactory to Seller, Seller
may, require advance cash payments, COD,
shorter terms, and/or the posting of
satisfactory security by Buyer, and may
withhold shipments until Buyer complies.
Buyer assumes
all risks and liabilities arising out of
unloading, discharge, storage, handling and
use of the Product, or arising out of
compliance or non-‐compliance with
federal, state, municipal or local laws and
regulations governing or controlling such
activity, except to the extent, if any,
attributable to Seller’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
Seller shall not be
subject to any liability or damages for delay
in performance or non-performance as a
result of fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe,
pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage,
labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act
of governmental authority, act of God, war,
act of terrorism (including cyberterrorism
and ransomware attacks), or other
contingencies and/or circumstances beyond
its reasonable control interfering with the
production, supply, transportation, or
consumption of the Products or with the
supply of any raw materials used in
connection therewith, or the inability of
Seller to purchase raw materials at a
commercially reasonable price, or if
performance would be contrary to, or
constitute a violation of, any regulation,
law, or requirement of a recognized
government authority, and quantities so
affected may be eliminated by Seller from
11.
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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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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/GeorgeInglis.pdf
GEORGE INGLIS
Vice President, Corporate Controller
George Inglis is Vice President, Corporate Controller of Avient Corporation, a premier
provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services.
These include positions in Assistant Corporate Corporate Controller; an
ex-pat assignment in the UK supporting Avient’s Color business; Director of Finance for the
Color, Additives & Inks segment; and, most recently, as Vice President of Internal Audit.
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Explore what's accelerating the adventure sports market and affecting product development, design and performance.
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At Borealis, this is what we mean by re-inventing essentials for sustainable living.”
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-design-and-georgia-tech-students-team-innovate-polystrand-composites
Working with Avient Design on this project gave me a good sense of what working in the industry is like.
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Explore what’s possible with pre-colored high-gloss polymers for paint replacement