PolyOne Accelerates Specialty Growth with Agreement to Acquire ColorMatrix Group SOURCE: PolyOne CLEVELAND – October 3, 2011 – 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. “I am extremely pleased to announce we’ve [...]

SOURCE: MineralsTech.com NEW YORK–08/15/2011–Minerals Technologies Inc., (NYSE: MTX) a worldwide manufacturer of minerals products, has launched a new product line of engineered mineral additives for reinforcement in bioplastic applications. The products being introduced by Specialty Minerals Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Technologies, are designed for bioplastic-based consumer disposables such as packaging, food and beverage [...]

SOURCE: Plastics News AVON LAKE, OHIO — 08/04/2011 — PolyOne Corp. has reported lower second-quarter earnings than a year earlier, when results got a boost from various special items. The polymer producer and distributor said its net income in the quarter fell 42 percent, to $28.5 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, from $48.1 [...]