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Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Announces First Quarter 2015 Results Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises Pledge(SM), PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles. To access PolyOne's news library online, please visit www.avient.com/news.

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Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Celebrates Opening of New Asia Innovation Center Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises PledgeSM, PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles. To access PolyOne’s news library online, please go to www.avient.com/news.