Available in both natural and standard medical pre-colored products, the Trilliant HC family of materials are formulated without BPA ingredients. Conductive pipette tip manufacturer uses Trilliant™ HC specialty formulations to increase savings, processing ease, toughness and performance Delivered durable and aesthetically pleasing specialty polymer with the added benefit of processing flexibility without retooling

No matter your particular passion or area of focus, I hope that you can still appreciate the breadth of Avient’s comprehensive efforts in sustainability. We will build strong relationships with providers of leading-edge sustainable technologies. 25 35 45 55 65 75 R&D Spend U .S . Annually, each facility is expected to complete an energy saving activity, and facilities can use an Energy Saving Projects & Idea Tool to capture information on savings and impact realized.

Conductive pipette tip manufacturer uses Trilliant™ HC specialty formulations to increase savings, processing ease, toughness and performance Enhance content protection without compromising design flexibility, production efficiency or recyclability

Application Snapshot Smartbatch Frost SFX Final COSMETICS BRAND P E R S O N A L C A R E P E T & R P E T P A C K A G I N G • Solutions suitable for 100% rPET carrier colorants • Compatible with all ISBM molding machines • Should work with a wide variety of rPET grades • Worked with customer to provide a special effect solution that achieved a matte or frost- like effect in PET resin • Created a formulation that diffuses light and enhances bottle appearance, similar to edge- glass • Allowed the customer greater design freedom with a wide range of color options • Enabled customer to reduce VOC by eliminating bottle spraying SmartBatch™ Frost Collection KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

said, "I'm thankful for the Board's confidence and for Rick's recent leadership as Chairman as I began with the company.  I look forward to continuing to work with our talented Board and our engaged leadership team to drive our new strategy and deliver ongoing organic growth on the topline with margin expansion on the bottom line."

He has global experience and a proven ability to deliver results, and I look forward to him continuing his track record of performance and growth as he leads our distribution business.” At the same time, I am equally pleased that Kurt will now focus on serving PolyOne’s largest and global customers as the leader of our key account team.

Patterson, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation, added, “Bill’s deep knowledge of the healthcare market will be very helpful as we target and pursue growth in that key segment, and I look forward to his insights and input as part of our Board.” The company has a proven track record of transformation and growth, and I look forward to contributing to its future success in my new role as a director.”

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Enhancing polymer materials with colorants can: • Differentiate products • Reinforce branding • Evoke emotions • Add value to a commodity item • Promote safety Creative and effective use of polymer colorants, which come in liquid and solid forms, can have an impact all along the value chain. COMPLEMENTARY SOLUTIONS SMART COLORANTS: MAKING THE MOST OF COLOR SOLID COLORANTS LIQUID COLORANTS Available based on many different carrier resins Clean, easy handling + feeding Designed + engineered for compatible polymer matrix More effective for low letdown ratios Highly accurate dispensing Can be processed at lower temperatures COLOR STRATEGY BEST PRACTICES EXPANDING COLORANT OPTIONS Avoid limiting yourself to either solid or liquid forms, and focus on the requirements of the end application instead • Widen your materials and applications possibilities • Achieve the desired effect for each part • Optimize productivity and system costs by matching the right colorant type to the project ADDING SPECIAL EFFECTS Further differentiate and add value to your products • Examples include: metallic, pearlescent, chrome look, edge glow, sparkle/glitter, neon/fluorescent look, woodgrain/stone/camouflage SELECTING + SIZING COLORANT EQUIPMENT Both liquid and solid colorants can be used in the same production facility • Use the right colorant to significantly impact production and offer improvements in terms of efficiency and quality $37.5B projected global colorants market size by 2025** 84.7% of consumers cite colors as the primary reason they buy a particular product* U S D © 2020 Avient, All Rights Reserved To learn more about polymer colorants and how you can improve your current color strategy, visit avientdistribution.com or call +1.844.4AVIENT https://www.avientdistribution.com/