Dow introduces INNATE(TM) TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation

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SINGAPORE, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Answering the industry needs of high performance, consumer convenience, and

recyclability, Dow is excited to announce an innovative and revolutionary brand

extension to the family of INNATE(TM) Precision Packaging Resins. INNATE(TM) TF

Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation are bringing

commercial viability to a long-desired packaging goal: tenter frame biaxially

oriented polyethylene (TF-BOPE) films.

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Compared to traditional polyethylene (PE) films, the TF-BOPE film made with

INNATE(TM) TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation has

higher mechanical properties and material rigidity, better optical and printing

performance, and offers considerable sustainability advantages, including the

potential for all-PE structures for recyclability.

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Many valuable benefits

TF-BOPE films made using INNATE(TM) TF resins demonstrate many impressive

properties valued across the value chain:

-excellent optical properties such as transparency and glossiness

  -up to 80% less haze compared to traditional PE

films                                        

-twice the impact strength and tensile

modulus                                                                

-three times the puncture resistance and tensile strength of traditional blown

PE films

-excellent flex crack resistance, even under low

temperature                                                  

-good tearability for convenience-in-use

A more sustainable packaging solution

INNATE(TM) TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation offer

distinctive physical properties which can enable material substitution, film

layer elimination, and/or downgauging, to reduce overall packaging materials.

The TF-BOPE film can be used directly as the printed layer of the packaging,

allowing a combination of PE functional layers to achieve an all-PE structure,

making it more convenient for recycling and increasing the sustainability

quotient.

Applications are already on the shelf

Collaborating with a variety of value chain members, such as Guangdong Decro

Film New Materials Co., Ltd, CaiHua, NanCheng and KAIDA Group, commercial

applications – including all-PE pillow pouches, recyclable SUP packaging, and

liquid product SUPs – are now in the marketplace. Applications include rice

bags, pet food bags, heavy-duty shipping sacks, liquid detergent pouches, and

others. Case studies regarding some of these applications are available for

review at www.dow.com/InnateTF.

More is to come through on-going collaboration. Asia Pacific marketing director

for Food & Specialty Packaging, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, Kodak

Xiao, stated, "As one of the leading materials solutions providers to the

packaging industry, Dow hopes to collaborate with key stakeholders across the

value chain to promote innovative and sustainable packaging solutions, and

promote the healthy and dynamic development of the industry. With its

downgauging and recyclability potential, INNATE(TM) TF resins already offer

answers to the plastic waste issue, and we believe more advantages can be found

together."

These successes come after more than a decade of efforts. According to Wu

Chang, Asia Pacific director for Technical Services and Development (TS&D), Dow

Packaging and Specialty Plastics: "Our Asia-Pacific regional R&D team engaged

in intensive research into the future trends of the packaging market. This

revolutionary product breaks through the limits of traditional PE products and

showcases Dow's futuristic and cutting-edge insights, as well as our strong R&D

capacity."

Since the initial release in 2017, Dow's TF-BOPE resins have earned three

prestigious awards:

an Edison Awards Gold, an R&D 100 Award, and the Ringier Technology Innovation

Award.

Collaborators welcome

Trial volumes are available for interested potential collaborators. Use the

contact information below to learn more. Additional information about

INNATE(TM) TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation and

current success stories are also available at www.dow.com/InnateTF.

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW),

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. P&SP is one of the world's largest producers of polyethylene

resins, functional polymers, and adhesives, and enabled by Pack Studios, is a

leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable

application development and circular economy life-cycle design for plastics.

www.dowpackaging.com

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused

innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The

Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric,

inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow's portfolio of

plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers

a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its

customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and

consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs

approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion

in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries.

For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on

Twitter.

For further information, visit  www.dow.com/InnateTF or contact:  

Jolynn Yeo

Asia Pacific Business Communications Manager for Sustainability and Recycling

for P&SP, Dow

J.Yeo@dow.com

SOURCE: Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

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