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SPRING, Texas, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

SPRING, Texas, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ExxonMobil introduced

today its new Exceed(TM) S performance polyethylene (PE) resins, which deliver

industry-leading combinations of stiffness and toughness while being easy to

process.  Utilizing the company's latest innovations in polymer science, the

new PE platform provides opportunities to reduce the complexity of film

formulations and designs while improving film performance, conversion

efficiency, and packaging durability versus current market references.  

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Modern film design is a story of increasing complexity and compromise between

performance and processability that is accepted to ensure durable packaging and

high customer satisfaction.  Multi-component resin blends in coextruded and

laminated films with high layer counts are common-place.  Every step of

producing and converting printed film into durable packaging is prone to

complexity-induced inefficiency, scrap and human mistakes.  What if your resin

could help simplify all of this?

"Exceed(TM) S performance PE resins deliver simplicity without compromise,"

said Tom Miller, Exceed(TM) S marketing manager at ExxonMobil.  "With Exceed S,

converters can obtain high levels of performance with easy processing,

stiffness and toughness with less blending, and resin solutions that can

simplify operations and improve package durability. In short, it is a platform

of performance polyethylene grades designed to do so much, so simply."

Innovative converters can rethink film design with Exceed(TM) S performance PE

by…

    --  Creating stiff, tough functional layers to maximize performance

    --  Leveraging increased performance to help facilitate solutions with

        sustainability benefits

    --  Reducing the need to add HDPE for stiffness or LDPE for processing

    --  Creating flatter, less extensible films to increase print and package

        line efficiency

    --  Delivering more durable flexible packaging, contributing to consumer

        satisfaction and helping to reduce food waste

The first three commercially available grades of Exceed(TM) S resins are

designed to ensure low melt pressure and high output on blown film lines.  The

combined benefits allow the creation of a broad range of packaging and film

applications:

    --  Large-format heavy duty sacks used in industry and agriculture along

        with silo bags for farming can benefit from increased puncture, impact

        and tear resistance. Exceed(TM) S resin's combination of low melt

        pressure and high extrusion output can also help increase converter's

        production capacity.

    --  In primary packaging, non-laminated coextruded films used in pouches and

        bags containing liquid, food, or other goods can benefit from improved

        toughness and are less likely to break when transported or dropped. For

        example, multi-wall bladders used in hot-filled bag-in-box packaging

        exhibit exceptional resistance to heat-induced blocking and flex

        cracking.

    --  PE//PE laminates with improved stiffness, toughness and bag drop

        survival can help facilitate larger pouch sizes and accommodate bulkier,

        heavier contents, helping to expand market usage of mechanically

        recyclable packaging.*

In these types of applications, the outstanding mechanical properties of

Exceed(TM) S resins can be used to increase film performance, maintain

comparable performance at a thinner gauge, produce more durable mono-material

products, or incorporate high percentages of recycled content.  Providing such

solutions are part of ExxonMobil's four-pronged approach of using performance

polymers to help facilitate solutions with sustainability benefits.  

"ExxonMobil has been at the forefront of polyethylene innovation for nearly

thirty years," said David Hergenrether, vice president for polyethylene at

ExxonMobil. "The new Exceed(TM) S platform embodies our most advanced product

and process development informed by deep, long-standing partnerships with our

customers."

"The innovation opportunities that Exceed(TM) S performance polyethylene offers

have already resulted in successful collaborations with more than 75 customers

globally working on more than 100 different applications.  We look forward to

collaborating with our customers on new opportunities to advance their

products."

Learn more about ExxonMobil's Exceed(TM) S solutions, visit:

https://www.exxonmobilchemical.com/pe

SOURCE: Exxon Mobil Corporation

CONTACT: Martin Smith, martin@kenziecommunications.com