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BOSTON – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is chairing the technical session “Emerging Technology Forum on Advances in Anti-Microbial Technologies for Plastics” during ANTEC 2011. Held annually by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), ANTEC is one of the world’s largest plastics technical conferences, and is considered the preeminent forum in the plastics industry for presenting cutting-edge advances and information. View more and related images

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced that it is changing its policy for recognizing pension expense to a mark-to-market (MTM) method. Under the new MTM method of pension accounting, PolyOne will recognize actuarial gains or losses on pension obligations annually in the fourth quarter, as opposed to the current method which recognizes the amortization of the gains or losses over future periods. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions will conduct their annual shareholder meeting on May 11, 2011. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today unveiled Geon™ FIT (Formulation Improvement Tool) resins, a breakthrough development in formulating vinyl plastisols. This new platform helps to eliminate common formulation and processing issues, improving plastisol performance and enabling higher filler loadings without performance tradeoffs. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced its sponsorship of “Plastics Modification: Additives, Compounding & Coatings,” a conference organized by InnoPlast Solutions to be held May 16-18 in Chicago. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, intends to release its first quarter earnings on May 4, 2011 and host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, a global leader in high-performance, custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomer solutions (TPEs), today announced that Joseph Kutka, global market development manager, presented a paper titled “Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Converting to TPEs for Fluid Delivery Systems” this week at Plastics News’ Plastics in Medical Device Conference in Huron, Ohio. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that it is sponsoring Plastics in Medical Devices 2011, an interactive conference for designers and executives involved in the medical device industry. The second annual North American conference is being held April 11-13, 2011, in Huron, Ohio. PolyOne also sponsored the first such event in North America, held last year in Cleveland, which drew nearly 275 participants from around the world. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that Stephen D. Newlin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Robert M. Patterson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Joseph P. Kelley, vice president, planning and investor relations, will participate in the BB&T Capital Markets Commercial and Industrial Conference. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, will showcase targeted solutions for the automotive industry at the VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering conference in Mannheim, Germany on April 6 – 7, 2011. View more and related images