Dow to launch, demonstrate new materials with packaging applications at International Plastics Showcase, including Elite polyethylene resins, Enlight polyolefin encapsulant films
Wendy Lisney
MIDLAND, Michigan
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March 19, 2012
(press release)
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The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced its multi-pronged presence, including hands-on demonstrations of new resins, at NPE2012, The International Plastics Showcase taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, April 1-5, 2012. Dow’s participation as one of the show’s premiere sponsors includes:
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins for PE4710 and PE100 pressure pipe applications • Live video feed from the Alpine 7 layer line located in Dow’s Film Application Development Center in Freeport, Texas • Running 4 specialty films for barrier, dry foods, stretch hood • DOW™ LDPE 501i Low Density Polyethylene Resin for bakery film and other packaging applications • DOW™ LDPE 993I Low Density Polyethylene Resin designed • XUS 61530.04 Experimental Polyethylene Resin(1) offers • DOW™ LDPE 501i Low Density Polyethylene Resin for bakery • DOW DMDA-8007 HEALTH+™ High Density Polyethylene • MOR-FREE™ L 75-181N/CR 88-121 Fast Curing Solventless • High Clarity SEALUTION™ Film using DOWLEX™ NG resins and Booth #6269
“Our participation in industry events such as NPE2012 reflects the great value we place in supporting our industry, collaborating with our customers and the value chain, and in our ongoing investment in innovation and new product development,” said Mauro Gregorio, Commercial Vice President, Performance Plastics North America at The Dow Chemical Company. “We’ll be demonstrating our dedication to our customers through a personalized and collaborative effort at NPE this year.”
NEW PRODUCT AND SERVICE DEMONSTRATIONS
Several Dow products being showcased at NPE2012 include:
As part of Dow’s focus on providing show participants with an up-close look at its products, attendees will have the opportunity to see a wide range of Dow’s portfolio, including new resins at nine different locations on the show floor. Customers visiting these exhibits can learn how Dow products may be applied to their current and future product applications and also hear first-hand about efficiency gains and application flexibilities they can gain from using Dow products.
Demonstration details and location information are as follows:
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
Equipment
Manufacturer
Features from Dow
Location
C.W. Brabender
DOW™ LDPE 501i Low Density Polyethylene Resin for bakery
Instruments, Inc.
film and other packaging applications
West Hall Exhibit
Booth #2718
Davis-Standard, LLC
West Hall Exhibit
Booth #5945
Hosokawa Alpine
American
West Hall Exhibit
Booth #6285
hood and high clarity lamination applications
Jenn Chong Plastics
DOW™ LDPE 751A Low Density Polyethylene Resin is a high additive
Machinery Works Co., LTD
film resin for general packaging applications with
West Hall Exhibit
fast blooming for high speed bag conversion
Booth #8284
Lab Tech Engineering Co.,
Ltd.
West Hall Exhibit
Booth #6185
for good gloss and rigidity with excellent flow characteristics
in packaging applications
Lung-Meng Machinery
(USA), Inc.
excellent optics and high processability without sacrificing
West Hall Exhibit
other physical properties
Booth #6473
film and other packaging applications that require optical
clarity
Mold-Masters
West Hall Exhibit
Resin with excellent stiffness, low warpage, good toughness
Booth #4463
and good moldability; suitable for certain injection-molded
medical devices such as IV kit components and respiratory
care as well as caps and closures for pharmaceutical
packaging
Nordmeccanica
West Hall Exhibit
Adhesive for bonding and sealing in uses ranging from basic
Booth #24048
to more complex packaging applications
DOW™ LDPE in the skins for high production rates, ELITE™
Enhanced PE subskins for excellent balance of stiffness and
toughness without impacting optics, and SEALUTION™ 210
peelable sealant for high clarity, easy opening applications
Parkinson Technologies,
ELITE™ Advanced Technology (AT) 6101 Polyethylene (PE)
Inc.
Resins help improve the performance of films in the high
West Hall Exhibit
performance sealant film, high performance stretch wrap
film and stretch hood film applications, helping make high
performance machine wrap films thinner yet tougher
Specialists from Dow will present 14 technical papers covering a wide range of industry-leading topics during ANTEC 2012, including:
Dow is the exclusive corporate sponsor of NPE’s Technology Central, a special NPE exhibit featuring the latest plastics technology innovations in a variety of industries. Components will include the Emerging and Market Technology Pavilions, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association’s Business of Plastics Conference, SPI’s 2nd International Plastics Design Competition and the On-floor Technology Theater.
For more information about Dow’s presence at NPE2012, including a complete list of all 14 technical presentations, please contact your Dow sales and/or technical service and development (TS&D) representative or follow @dowplastics on Twitter and via the #DowatNPE hashtag or visit www.dow.com/NPE2012.
1Experimental product of The Dow Chemical Company.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.
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