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Avient Corporation

A maker of specialized plastic materials, Avient formulates colorants, additives, inks, and engineered compounds that give everyday plastic products their color, strength, and special properties. Its brands like Wilflex inks and GlasArmor ballistic panels serve industries from textiles to automotive and healthcare. The company was born in 2000 when The Geon Company merged with M.A. Hanna to form PolyOne, renamed Avient in 2020. Its roots trace to 1927, when B.F. Goodrich chemist Waldo Semon accidentally made flexible vinyl by plasticizing PVC—proving his waterproof coating by pouring water over fabric on a vice president's mail.