Press Releases

CLEVELAND - PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has increased the share repurchase authorization amount by 5.25 million shares. View more and related images

McHENRY, Ill. – PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, a global leader in high-performance, custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomer solutions (TPEs), today announced that a specialty GLS™ TPE material was recently selected to mold the Happy Lapper, a unique product for dogs from Pup Peeves. View more and related images

LYON, France, October 10, 2011:At the forthcoming Food Ingredients Europe (Fi E) 2011 exhibition in Paris, Rhodia Aroma Performance (Hall 4 Booth K48) will showcase its complete industry-leading range of vanillin and ethyl-vanillin food-safe ingredients and reveal the new revamped branding and repositioning of the company’s flagship products Rhovanil®, Rhovanil®Naturaland Rhodiarome®which meet the highest manufacturing safety standards demanded by the food industry. Henceforth these market-leading products will be dedicated to the food industry such as bakery, chocolate, confectionery, beverages and other dairy product applications. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Gregory J. Goff and William A. Wulfsohn as directors of the Company, expanding the Board to 11 members. View more and related images

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 5, 2011 – Here at Plastimagen Mexico 2011, Booth 2216, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business unit today announced an industry first: new one-piece, reusable concrete forms made from the company’s high-performance LNP* Verton* long glass fiber-reinforced composite. The new corrosion-resistant composite forms were developed by SABIC and Meccano de Mexico, a top Mexican construction supply company, to replace heavy traditional multi-piece steel forms, reducing weight by up to 40 percent, cutting cycle times from three hours to only a few minutes and helping to reduce overall construction costs for more-affordable housing. Today’s announcement is a building & construction industry milestone for both Meccano and SABIC that showcases SABIC’s commitment to working side-by-side with customers to help them achieve business success. View more and related images

KENNESAW, Georgia – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced an innovative addition to its line of non-phthalate Wilflex™ Epic™ Series Screen Printing Inks. The new offering, Wilflex™ Epic™ Warrior LB White, is a general purpose, non-phthalate white that can be used as an underbase flash white or as a highlight white on a variety of substrates. This high-performance white, configured to work on both 100% cotton and the full range of poly/cotton blend combinations, eliminates the need to stock multiple, general-purpose whites for specific textile blends. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced an agreement to acquire ColorMatrix Group, Inc., the leading global innovator in liquid colorants, additives and fluoropolymers. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass — Sept. 28, 2011 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics strategic business unit today announced that ResMed – a global leader in medical products for treating and managing respiratory disorders – has selected Cycoloy* and Lexan* resins to enhance the performance, aesthetics and sustainability of the new ResMed S9™ series of sleep apnea devices. SABIC’s Cycoloy polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) resin, featuring non-halogenated flame retardance and high flow, is used to mold the complex, thin-wall S9™ chassis. Lexan resin, a tough, biocompatible material with exceptional surface finish, is used for the S9™ top case and H5i™ humidifier flip lid. Both materials helped ResMed create a sleek design and outstanding aesthetics for consumer appeal. The next-generation ResMed S9™ device series demonstrates how SABIC’s broad and growing portfolio of high-performance materials and value-added services help healthcare customers create new, innovative technologies. View more and related images

CLEVELAND – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, recently worked together with Mersen, a global electrical energy management OEM, to introduce a new line of combined fuse and circuit breakers that addresses trends and challenges in this industry. View more and related images

Battice, Belgium– September 27, 2011– 3B-the fibreglass company is enhancing its broad range of reinforcements for thermoplastics with the introduction of a new 13µm diameter chopped strand aimed at general purpose polyamide applications. The company made the announcement here at Composites Europe where they are exhibiting in Hall 4 (Booth D17). View more and related images