Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 11 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

Operating income is the primary measure that is reported to our chief operating decision maker for purposes of allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance. Operating income at the segment level does not include: corporate general and administrative expenses that are not allocated to segments; intersegment sales and profit eliminations; charges related to specific strategic initiatives such as the consolidation of operations; restructuring activities, including employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant closure and phase-in costs; executive separation agreements; share-based compensation costs; asset impairments; environmental remediation costs and other liabilities for facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of joint ventures and equity investments; actuarial gains and losses associated with our pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; and certain other items that are not included in the measure of segment profit or loss that is reported to and reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. These costs are included in Corporate and eliminations.

PolyOne has five reportable segments: (1) Color, Additives and Inks; (2) Specialty Engineered Materials; (3) Designed Structures and Solutions; (4) Performance Products and Solutions; and (5) PolyOne Distribution.

Segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended   March 31, 2016								Three Months Ended   March 31, 2015
(In millions)	Sales to External Customers		Total Sales			Operating Income			Sales to External Customers		Total Sales			Operating Income
Color, Additives and Inks	$	201.2	$	204.9		$	34.9		$	206.0	$	208.5		$	33.8
Specialty Engineered Materials	128.4		141.0			23.4			130.6		141.9			23.1
Designed Structures and Solutions	108.1		108.5			0.4			118.7		119.1			3.2
Performance Products and Solutions	145.2		166.2			19.7			155.7		175.9			11.5
PolyOne Distribution	264.1		268.8			17.5			262.1		265.7			15.7
Corporate and eliminations	—		(42.4		)	(24.6		)	—		(38.0		)	(17.2		)
Total	$	847.0	$	847.0		$	71.3		$	873.1	$	873.1		$	70.1

	Total Assets
(In millions)	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Color, Additives and Inks	$	956.7	$	939.5
Specialty Engineered Materials	445.1		353.4
Designed Structures and Solutions	453.7		449.5
Performance Products and Solutions	251.7		237.4
PolyOne Distribution	229.7		200.0
Corporate and eliminations	287.5		415.3
Total assets	$	2,624.4	$	2,595.1