| POL Description: PolyOne Corporation provides specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions with operations in specialty polymer formulations, color and additive systems, plastic sheet and packaging solutions, and polymer distribution. It’s Color, Additives and Inks segment provides specialized color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid for thermoplastics; and dispersions for thermosets, as well as specialty inks, plastisols, and vinyl slush molding solutions. The company’s Specialty Engineered Materials segment offers specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It’s Designed Structures and Solutions segment provides various solutions in engineered polymer structures, rigid barrier packaging, and specialty cast acrylics to produce portfolio of sheets, custom rollstock and specialty films, laminates, and acrylic solutions. This segment also offers stock and custom packaging solutions for various industry processes that are used in the food, medical, and consumer markets. The company’s Performance Products and Solutions segment provides vinyl molding and extrusion processors to various manufacturers of plastic parts and consumer-oriented products. This segment also offers materials testing and component analysis, custom formulation development, colorant and additive, part design assistance, structural analysis, process simulations, mold design and flow analysis, and extruder screw design services, as well as contract manufacturing services and outsourced polymer manufacturing services to resin producers and polymer marketers. The company’s PolyOne Distribution segment distributes approximately 3,500 grades of engineering and commodity grade resins to custom injection molders and extruders. PolyOne Corporation sells its products worldwide through direct sales personnel, sales agents, and distributors. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio. |
