Avient (AVNT) sharpens sustainable, high-performance materials focus; board declares $0.275 quarterly dividend

Avient sharpens focus on sustainable, high-performance materials

CLEVELAND, Feb 16 — Avient is intensifying its push to translate materials science into sustainable product advantage for customers, saying its purpose is to help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. The company emphasizes a blend of local customer engagement and a global footprint to deliver agility and faster responses to shifting market needs, positioning sustainability as a central axis of product development rather than an add-on.

Avient’s expanding portfolio encompasses colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, which the company highlights as a strategic asset in high-performance applications. Avient says its roughly 9,000 employees worldwide collaborate across functions and geographies to build on each other’s ideas, accelerating the conversion of lab and technology investments into customer-ready solutions that address fast-changing secular trends.

The company describes its operating model as intersecting its broad technology base with customer product roadmaps to create differentiated, high-performance products that improve sustainability and meet evolving industry requirements. That approach focuses on reducing material use, enhancing product longevity and enabling recyclability where feasible, aiming to help customers in diverse end markets translate material innovations into measurable sustainability gains.

Board action on shareholder payout

Avient’s board declares a quarterly cash dividend of $0.275 per common share, payable April 3, 2026, to shareholders of record on March 17, 2026. The announcement provides investors with the dividend amount and key payment and record dates.

Release and company details

The notice is distributed via PR Newswire from Cleveland and directs readers to www.avient.com for further information. Avient trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AVNT.