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PRODUCT BULLETIN
Stan-Tone™ Colorants
Water Dispersion (WDN)
Stan-Tone™ WDN water dispersions are high-solids
organic and inorganic single pigment dispersions
designed to help meet industry standards, including
pH level.
They are produced to provide consistent
color value and tint strength.
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
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Plus, with an opaque natural color, reSound BIO
materials offer excellent colorability, making them
ideal for applications such as cosmetics packaging,
personal care products, household appliances, and
consumer electronics.
Customization options may include bio-
renewable content percentages, hardness, and color.
Avient makes no warranties or
guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
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Color can be
added to the additive in a combination masterbatch
allowing for both color and stain resistance efficacy
to be integrated into the yarn during the spin-dyeing
(dope-dyeing) process.
KEY BENEFITS
Avient’s stain-resistant concentrates provide
the following benefits:
• Efficient, long-lasting stain release properties
with no impact on yarn spinnability
• Innovative non-fluorine formulation
• Suitable for POY (DTY; ATY) and BCF with
processing temperatures up to 300°C
• Can be combined with color into a single product
for convenience
• Compatible with bath-dyeing and piece-dyeing
• Developed for spin-dyeing—a waterless one-in-
one process to dye and enhance the performance
of synthetic fibers
• Product guidance and technical assistance
from our experts
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guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.
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Schuering
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Appliance
5%
Building &
Construction
3% Wire & Cable
Electrical &
Electronics
Consumer
21%
Industrial
24%
HealthCare
21%
Transportation
17%
2011 Revenue: $1.0 Billion2011 Revenue: $1.0 Billion Key SuppliersKey Suppliers
At a Glance
Packaging
2.6% 3.0%
3.5%
4.0% 4.6%
5.6%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2015
Operating Income % of Sales
ROICROIC Expanding ProfitsExpanding Profits
15.3%
18.4%
22.4%
30.0%
39.2%
48.6%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Target
6 – 7.5%
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Value Proposition and Transformation Highlights
Value Proposition
• North America-based distributor with expanding global reach providing
key plastic processors and market segments with best-in-class suppliers
products, service and delivery with a commitment to develop value-added
solutions to enhance customer profitability
Transformation Highlights
• Significant market share gains with key suppliers
,
> $5B Addressable Market
• Significant market share gains with key suppliers
� Proprietary PolyOne technology
� Dow Corning
• Improved sales mix and profitability by shifting to
non-cyclical businesses like healthcare
• Established presence in Brazil and Asia in 2011
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Key Differentiators
• Product offering
� Breadth and depth; industry leading suppliers
• Sales and marketing capability
• Customer service / logistics operations
� Customer survey results – consistent best-in-class performance
� Leading on-time delivery
• Management team experience and stability
• Lean Six Sigma
� Solving our customers’ unmet needs
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$102.8
$207.2
Healthcare Revenue
• Strong market segmentation
provides focused resourcing
to accelerate growth
• Expanding global reach meets
Areas of Focus
$66.0
$182.4
National Accounts Revenue
• Expanding global reach meets
customers’ needs and creates
competitive differentiation
• Selling skills & product
application knowledge to
target executives & engineers
($ millions)
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Critical Imperatives
• Invest in commercial resources to accelerate growth
• Expand healthcare and key account revenues
• Broaden geographic reach and develop new markets and
channel partnerships
Critical Imperatives and 2015 Goal
channel partnerships
• Continue to improve working capital efficiency
and superior cash flow generation
2015 Goal
• 6 - 7.5% return on sales
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Kahler
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• Shifted sales compensation
practices to drive value and
margin expansion
• Significantly upgraded and
added sales, marketing, and
From Volume to Value
$2,622
$3,060
Sales
($ millions) 2006 2011PFadded sales, marketing, and
technical resources
• Expanded global cross-selling
• Invested in training and tools
3.3%
6.8%
Adjusted OI%
($ millions) 2006 2011PF
2006 2011PF
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• Value pricing practices enabled
by use of EVE tools
• Shifting the basis of
competition to specialization
1.5%
8.9%
Specialty OI%
Specialization Drives Margin Expansion
2006 2011PF
7.2%
PPS OI%
competition to specialization
differentiates PolyOne as a
value-added solutions provider
• Redirecting our technology and
marketing focus to the most
attractive segments 2.6%
5.6%
2006 2011
POD OI%
5.5%
7.2%
2006 2011
2006 2011
2006 2011
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• Global key account management
team focused on key markets
and strategic OEMs
• Drive growth in target markets
through application development750
1,120
Total Commercial Employees 2007 – 2011
49% Increase
Commercial Excellence – Recent Investments
*Includes ColorMatrix
through application development
• Leverage breadth of solutions
across all PolyOne platforms to
identify innovative solutions for
strategic OEMs and
Tier 1 partners
*
750
2007 2011
Sales Marketing R&D/Tech
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5%
1%
0%
27%
2%
12% 4%
Performance Dashboards Drive Execution
45%
26% 18%
5%
55%
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53%
Drivers of Customer Loyalty
Customer Experience is Key to Customer Loyalty
53%
Building Customer Loyalty
n = 4,960 B2B customers of 24 companies
Source: Corporate Executive Board
Company
and Brand
Impact
Product
and
Service
Delivery
Value-to-
Price Ratio
Customer
Experience
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• Continue to redirect our focus to more attractive
segments and increase customer loyalty
and retention
• Leverage new commercial tools and investments
to enable disciplined execution and accountability
Critical Imperatives
to enable disciplined execution and accountability
• Position PolyOne as the differentiated
value-added specialty solutions provider
Drive improved mix in all segments and
achieve margin and profitability growth
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/GeorgeInglis.pdf
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.
Inglis has taken on numerous special assignments in his tenure, including supporting
Avient’s speciality transformation through M&A activity as well as establishing Avient’s
Global Business Services (GBS).
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DIFAS
T O O T H B R U S H H A N D L E
• Replace current polymer with a more sustainable solution
• Excellent surface finish with multiple color options
• Processed using current molding equipment and
machinery
• Used formulation expertise to develop a custom
formulation that met critical quality parameters
and enabled customer to use existing molding
equipment
• Enabled customer to work towards sustainability
goals and bring a competitive solution to the
market
• Enhanced the marketplace appeal of the end
product with colorability of the material
Maxxam BIO Bio-based Polyolefin
Formulations
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
SUSTAINABILITY + AESTHETIC
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DIFAS
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-05/norbert-merklein.pdf
NORBERT MERKLEIN
Vice President and General Manager EMEA, Color, Additives and Inks
Norbert Merklein serves as vice president and general manager for the Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA) region of Color, Additive and Inks at Avient Corporation, a premier
provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services.
Merklein joined Avient in July of 2020 through the acquisition of the Clariant
Masterbatch business.
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HEALTHCARE DEVICE
MANUFACTURER
W E B K N E E B R A C E
• Good bonding to polypropylene (PP)
• Flexible and soft-touch feel
• Skin contact, general FDA compliance
• Good tensile strength and resilience
• Excellent colorability
• Offered material that passed the required
FDA regulations
• Provided high elasticity memory and ultra
soft tactile finish to meet the comfort and
pleasant surface feeling requirements
• Delivered TPE with easy and stable
processing and colorability
DynaflexTM Thermoplastics Elastomer
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
COMPLIANCE + SOFT TOUCH
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BIC
S O L E I L C L I C K 5 W O M E N ’ S
R A Z O R H A N D L E
• Recycled material
• Good colorability
• Soft, grippy feel for razor handle
• Overmolds on to ABS
• Comparable performance to traditional TPE
• Collaborated with BIC to develop a custom
thermoplastic elastomer grade with 62% recycled
content
• Enabled BIC to work towards its sustainability
commitment to use 50% non-virgin petroleum
plastic by 2030
• Increased overall recycled content in the Soleil
Click 5 Women’s Razor to 40%
Custom reSound™ REC Recycled Content
TPE
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
AVIENT SOLUTION
SUSTAINABILITY + COLORABILITY
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