Avient
Manufacturer of specialized and sustainable polymer material solutions.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2000
- Employees
- 9,200
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Ashish K. Khandpur
- Type
- Public
- Listed
- NYSE: AVNT
- Subsidiaries
- Dyneema, Avient Specialty Inks, Avient Protective Materials, Colorant Chromatics, NEU
About
Avient Corporation is a premier global provider of specialized and sustainable polymer materials solutions and services. Headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, the company is dedicated to solving complex material science challenges for customers across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, transportation, packaging, building and construction, and consumer goods. Avient's comprehensive portfolio includes specialty engineered materials, advanced composites, color and additive systems, and polymer distribution services. The organization focuses on innovation to help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world, leveraging its expertise to create products that enhance performance and protect the environment. The company was formed in 2000 as PolyOne Corporation through the consolidation of The Geon Company and M.A. Hanna Company, rebranding to Avient in 2020 following the acquisition of Clariant's Masterbatch business. This transformation marked a strategic shift towards becoming a pure-play specialty materials company. Avient operates globally with approximately 9,200 employees and manufacturing sites in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The company is committed to sustainability, with initiatives focused on people, products, the planet, and performance, and is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
Open positions
Project Engineer
Specialty Engineered Materials | Greenville, NC At Avient, our people power our performance. As a Project Engineer , you will provide technical and project management services to support the safe, cost-effective…
Quality Manager
Color & Additives – US & Canada | Berea, OH At Avient, our people power our performance. As a Quality Manager , you will work on-site managing the plant quality system and product testing. This role may include…
Quality Manager
Position is an on-site position to manage the overall plant quality system and product testing. This person may be responsible for the supervision of Quality Technicians. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Oversees…
Project Engineer
The Project Engineer provides technical and project management services to produce high quality Dyneema® fiber including Dyneema® Purity, Dyneema UD® and Dyneema® Tape products in a safe, cost effective manner while…
Quality Manager
Position is an on-site position to manage the overall plant quality system and product testing. This person will be responsible for the supervision of Quality Engineer, Lab Associates/Technicians. • ISO Management…
Senior Process Engineer
Essential Duties & Responsibilities With minimal to no guidance, actively participates in scale up, process testing plan and procedure, data analysis, and/or communication of results. Develops and modifies process…
Manufacturing Engineer
This position supports Plant Manufacturing and Technical Operations while maintaining a strong focus on continual Process Improvement and Optimization. Applies fundamental knowledge of basic principles, theories and…