New Opportunities for Metallocene Polyethylene in Co-Extruded Blown Films, 2010 PLACE Conference

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A new metallocene polyethylene (mPE) family (named Enable™ mPE) has been developed which exhibits the unique combination of LDPE-like processing and mPE film toughness. This new mPE family allows the converter to eliminate LDPE from many of his film formulations significantly improving film properties while maintaining efficient film production. This new mPE family also possesses shrink characteristics similar to fractional melt index LDPE. This unique attribute has led to the development of new high performance shrink films, which combine these mPEs with more traditional mPEs to obtain down-gauged shrink films with excellent toughness and high stiffness.