We strive to maintain a competitive pay program that serves to attract, retain, motivate and reward our associates. We offer merit-based programs and general increase programs in support of this objective. Leaders at our global facilities are in contact with local community leadership such as police and fire, labor safety organizations, local affiliates of global environmental regulatory agencies, local officials and/or trade unions and works councils.

We strive to maintain a competitive pay program that serves to attract, retain, motivate and reward our associates. We offer merit-based programs and general increase programs in support of this objective. Leaders at our global facilities are in contact with local community leadership such as police and fire, labor safety organizations, local affiliates of global environmental regulatory agencies, local officials and/or trade unions and works councils.

These rates are compiled globally and reported on a monthly basis to all leadership personnel in the company.

Lead by Women, PRIDE at PolyOne and HYPE are each associate-led ERGs that provide programming, education, awareness and development opportunities for our global workforce. Talent and leadership development of our team also remains a priority and part of the commitment we make to our associates worldwide. Our hallmark programs of NextGen and PolyMasters continue to develop tomorrow’s leaders today, and in 2019 we launched a new program called ENGAGE, which connects our front-line manufacturing associates to our culture, customers and co-workers to drive future engagement and performance.

This collaboration showcases our dedication to mentoring emerging design talent while highlighting the company's commitment to the development of sustainable and creative solutions. Specialties of the program include design thinking and making, environmental stewardship, applied material science, advanced manufacturing, human factors, and community engagement. The industrial design program benefits from numerous corporate and community partnerships that give students hands on experience with real world problems and working professionals. 

Kunkle is experienced in merger and acquisition transactions and has provided counsel on executive and director compensation programs, takeover preparedness, corporate governance, corporate compliance issues and more. Kunkle serves on the Board of Trustees for Cleveland State University, Magnificat High School and the Cleveland Leadership Center. She attended the Executive Education Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in the Fall of 2011.

Patterson served in leadership roles at Novelis, Inc., an aluminum rolled products manufacturer, and SPX Corporation, a multi-industry manufacturer and developer, after starting his career at Arthur Andersen LLP. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 17 Board Leadership Structure Mr. The Board believes that its leadership structure supports the risk oversight function of the Board, but that the risk oversight function otherwise has no effect on the Board’s leadership structure.

From blood drives to food drives, and from elementary classrooms to high school mentorship programs, Avient associates pitch in to help make where we live a better place. Training and Development Advancing Development of Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control

Under the leadership of our Producer Services team located in Texas, we look forward to expanding our capabilities in Mexico with improved customer service, quality and delivery.” Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the final amount of charges resulting from the North American asset realignment and our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the asset realignment; our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Spartech Corporation, including any expected synergies; our ability to successfully integrate Spartech and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive at expected levels and within the expected timeframe; 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 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; the inability to achieve expected results from our acquisition activities; 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.

Our application development, engineering and industrial design teams can help you to: • Increase stiffness • Improve impact resistance • Reduce weight through thin-walling and material reduction or replacement • Add strength in high stress areas Avient’s thermoplastic composite innovation cell in Englewood, CO features injection and compression molding equipment as well as design and testing services, all under one roof. CAPABILITIES • Prototype part sampling • Tooling validation • Process optimization • Material configuration • Application development support • Laminate analysis • Mechanical system analysis • Resin flow with laminate inserts • Finite Element Analysis EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS Injection Molding • Milacron-Fanuc Roboshot α-S15OiA with 4-axis robot • Maximum shot capability at 171 grams with a clamping for 198 tons • Trial molds include a 4"x6" flat plaque and a 3"x10" hat stiffening member Compression Molding • 450 ton down acting press • 39" x 39" platen size • Features automatic shuttle table with IR preheat oven Material Testing • Instron Model 5982 Universal Testing System with 100 kN load capacity • AVE2 non-contacting video extensometer with digital image correlation capability • Environmental chamber that enables testing from -150° to 350° C PRODUCT BULLETIN PROCESSABILITY MEETS PERFORMANCE Polystrand™ advanced thermoplastic composites combine high strength, unidirectional, continuous fibers with engineered thermoplastic resins to create continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) materials that feature exceptional strength-to-weight ratio and high impact resistance.