Avient Corp. engages in the business of thermoplastic compounds. The company is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio and currently employs 9,200 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-09-01. Its portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema (its ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene). Its end markets include consumer, packaging, defense, healthcare, industrial, transportation, building and construction, telecommunications and energy. Its segments include Color, Additives and Inks, and Specialty Engineered Materials. Color, Additives and Inks segment provides specialized custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, as well as specialty inks. Color and additive solutions include an array of colors, special effects and performance-enhancing and sustainable solutions. Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer materials, services and solutions for designers, assemblers and processors of thermoplastic materials across a variety of markets and end-use applications.
