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Dow Launches New Polyethylene

by Alexander H. Tullo
November 2, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 43

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Dow says its new Innate resins may be used in wine pouches.
Boxed wine is a potential application for Dow’s new Innate resins
Credit: Dow
Dow says its new Innate resins may be used in wine pouches.

Dow Chemical has launched a new family of packaging resins called Innate. The linear low-density polyethylene is made in Dow’s solution process using a proprietary catalyst. David Parrillo, the firm’s R&D director for packaging and specialty plastics, says the polymers offer both stiffness and toughness, properties that are often hard to combine. Dow has retrofitted two polyethylene lines, one in the U.S. and one in Europe, to make the products.

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