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Avient — PolyOne — Investor Day (May 2012)

14 slides from Avient's investor day presentation, May 2012

  1. Slide 1: Specialization

    Specialization Julie A. McAlindon (24) Page 24

  2. Slide 2: Award-Winning Marketing Campaign

    Award-Winning Marketing Campaign Page 25

  3. Slide 3: 2012 Range Rover Evoque Interior

    2012 Range Rover Evoque Interior • Color harmonization across 15 unique color-and-polymer combinations • Eliminated need for multiple pre- colored materials • Reduced Land Rover’s working capital Page 26

  4. Slide 4: KOR Delta Hydration Vessel

    KOR Delta Hydration Vessel • Specialty TPE formulation overcame performance issues • Eliminated secondary assembly process for increased operational efficiency Interior seal Flip-top seal Bottom ring Page 27

  5. Slide 5: Friedrich Kühl Decorative Air Conditioner Housing

    Friedrich Kühl® Decorative Air Conditioner Housing • Replaced painted ABS housing with Geon™ solution • Reduced operating noise • Simplified manufacturing footprint to drive significant cost savings Page 28

  6. Slide 6: Focused Efforts in Attractive Industry Segments

    Focused Efforts in Attractive Industry Segments Healthcare • Focused on markets with high $260 growth and profit potential • Leveraging our in-depth $113 knowledge of formulation 2006 2011 and processing to develop 2006 2011 market driven solutions Sustainable Solutions • Aligning resources across t

  7. Slide 7: Pulmonary Device

    Pulmonary Device • Design service collaboration • Doubled productivity and improved yield rates • Substantial reduction in overall manufacturing costs Page 30

  8. Slide 8: Plastics: Key to Future Sustainable Development

    Plastics: Key to Future Sustainable Development Innovating for the future… Rejuvenate a mature industry with new products and processes Products designed for “next life” instead of “end life” New designs for energy and carbon efficiency New applications for used and recycled plastics …Making a diffe

  9. Slide 9: Therma-Tech LED Lighting

    Therma-Tech™ LED Lighting • Replaces metal in LED lighting • Extends LED durability and life span eliminating hot spots • Greater design flexibility with fewer parts • Weight reduction • Simplifies manufacturing and lowers total production cost Page 32

  10. Slide 10: Alignment with Megatrends

    Alignment with Megatrends Improving Decreasing Protecting the Globalizing and Health and Dependence on Environment Localizing Wellness Fossil Fuels • Aging • Environmental • Global • Efficiency focus population consciousness leader/local • Reduced • Longer life • Alternative expert with size/weight

  11. Slide 11: Innovation Drives Earnings Growth

    Innovation Drives Earnings Growth Research & Development Specialty Platform Specialty Platform Spending Vitality Index Progression* Gross Margin % 48.7% $40.5 26.3% $20.3 14.3% 19.5% ($ millions) 2006 2011PF 2006 2011PF 2006 2011PF * Percentage of Specialty platform revenue from products introduced

  12. Slide 12: PolyOne Innovation Framework

    PolyOne Innovation Framework Strategy Unmet Needs Identification Idea Generation and Shaping Offering Offering Development Launch Market Phased Offering Penetration Launch and Value Maximization Intellectual Property ● Resources ● Culture Page 35

  13. Slide 13: Critical Imperatives

    Critical Imperatives • Accelerate growth in targeted industries and expand geographic presence through market-driven innovations • Leverage new talent, tools, and training to drive customer satisfaction and margin expansion • Translate best practices to / from ColorMatrix • Drive specialization usin

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