Dow Addresses Demand for Sustainable Products, Showcases Advances in Packaging and Specialty Plastics at Chinaplas 2018

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SHANGHAI, China, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Dow Chemical Company's Packaging and Specialty Plastics  

(https://in.dow.com/en-us/markets-and-solutions/packaging) business (P&SP) will

showcase sustainable solutions from the packaging, adhesives, transportation,

infrastructure and consumer market segments at Chinaplas 2018

(https://www.chinaplasonline.com/CPS18/Home/lang-eng/Information.aspx).

Innovations will be on display from April 24 to 27 in The National Exhibition

and Convention Center, Hall 7.2, Booth D69 in Shanghai.

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"China's middle class is growing in numbers, in affluence, and in its

commitment to sustainability," said Bambang Candra, Asia Pacific commercial

vice president of Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. "For Dow and our

partners across the value chain, our responsibility is not only to meet the

demand in terms of volume and efficiency, but to do so with innovations that

increase performance and productivity while reducing resource consumption and

waste."

Performance is a key enabler of Dow technologies for the production of lighter

weight, recyclable and re-usable plastics. Aligned with the theme, "Together,

We Deliver More," products at Chinaplas will address sustainability trends in

food and specialty packaging, industrial packaging, health and hygiene

products, transportation, infrastructure and more. Highlights include:

- Tenter Frame Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene (TF-BOPE) Film. (

https://www.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dow-launches-innovative-tf-bope-to-meet-commercial-mass-production-requirements)

Recognized by the industry with a 2018 Ringier Technology Innovation Award,

TF-BOPE film is a revolutionary alternative to traditional polyethylene (PE)

film that takes the complexity out of recycling multi-layer packaging. TF-BOPE

not only offers twice the impact resistance of traditional PE, and almost three

times more puncture resistant, but also provides converters and brand-owners

with an economical and functional alternative to expensive substrates, like

BOPA.

- AGILITY(TM) EC Performance LDPE Resins.

(https://www.dow.com/en-us/packaging/products/agility) Specifically designed to

allow for high coating speed at low gauges, AGILITY(TM) Resins offer remarkable

adhesion, sealing and optical properties. They can be used in either single or

co-extruded structures such as décor, lamination and sealant layers in a

variety of flexible food, home and personal care packaging applications.

- Enhanced Expanded Polyethylene (EPE) Foam. (

https://www.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dow%E2%80%99s-enhanced-expanded-polyethylene-(epe%29-foam-solution-wins-innovation-technology-award

) Ideal for down gauging, Dow EPE Foam helps ecommerce providers save on space

and transportation costs while lowering energy consumption and reducing the

amount of packaging diverted to landfills. In 2017, Dow EPE Foam was named an

Innovation Technology Award winner at the inaugural China E-Commerce Packaging

Pioneer Awards.

- INNATE(TM) Precision Packaging Resins.

(https://www.dow.com/en-us/packaging/products/innate) Offering excellent

stiffness, toughness and processability, films made of INNATE(TM) Precision

Packaging Resins reduce food and product waste from drop failures, leakage and

general wear-and-tear in stand-up pouches, liquid container liners and

heavy-duty laminates.

- ProtectionPlus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffg4lzzJz30): A collaboration

with Newton Lab, this partnership is aimed at improving transportation safety

in Asia through optimizing packaging on pallets and assisting value chain

partners in making sure pallet packaging is safe, secure and more sustainable.

- Health & Hygiene: Fiber-grade resins improve comfort and fit for baby

diapers, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products through

ultra-softness and cloth-like feel.

- Adhesives: Solventless and water-based adhesives for flexible packaging help

converters and manufacturers address safety and sustainability, and comply with

increasingly stringent laws and regulations regarding VOC emissions.

- Transportation: Thermoplastic olefin (TPO) and ethylene propylene diene

terpolymer (EPDM) technologies help automotive manufacturers meet industry

demand for light weighting, durability, safety and improved aesthetics.

- Footwear: Innovative ethylene copolymers and olefin block copolymers for

footwear midsoles to enhance performance, automation, sustainability and

fashion.

- Infrastructure: A broad product line of high performance ethylene copolymers

and advanced elastomers deliver unique functionality across diverse

infrastructure markets to deliver safer, stronger, more durable and efficient

solutions.

- Photovoltaics (PV): Advanced Polyolefin Elastomers (POE) improve power output

and performance of PV modules through POE-based encapsulant films that reduce

cost and help safeguard energy generation over the lifetime of a PV system.

- Wire & Cable: Setting industry standards for efficiency across power and

telecommunications, polymeric compounds help construct reliable, long-lasting

wires, cables and cable accessories.

To learn more about Dow's solutions and end applications, visit

http://dpsp-solutions.com/

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of DowDuPont's Materials

Science division, combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad

product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies

for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure,

consumer goods and transportation. Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics is one

of the world's largest producers of polyethylene resins, specialty resins and

adhesives, and is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain

on sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle design

for plastics.

About Dow

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) combines science and technology knowledge to

develop premier materials science solutions that are essential to human

progress. Dow has one of the strongest and broadest toolkits in the industry,

with robust technology, asset integration, scale and competitive capabilities

that enable it to address complex global issues. Dow's market-driven,

industry-leading portfolio of advanced materials, industrial intermediates, and

plastics businesses deliver a broad range of differentiated technology-based

products and solutions for customers in high-growth markets such as packaging,

infrastructure, and consumer care. Dow is a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE:

DWDP), a holding company comprised of Dow and DuPont with the intent to form

three strong, independent, publicly traded companies in agriculture, materials

science and specialty sectors. More information can be found at www.dow.com

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Dow

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