Dow introduces PE based alternative to BOPP and BOPET

Designed-for-recyclability, PE-based films enable downgauging and alternative to BOPP and BOPET while delivering toughness, stiffness, thermal resistance, and optical packaging performance. Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics announced the commercial availability of a wide range of tenter frame, biaxially-oriented polyethylene (TF-BOPE) for linear low, medium, and high-density packaging films. This offering has been developed through a joint value chain effort, combining Dow’s INNATE TF80 technology with the production know-how and experience of Plastchim-T and Ticinoplast, leading producers in PE and BOPP, and the processing knowledge of machine manufacturer Brückner Maschinenbau. According to the company, these solutions enable customers to use printable, tough, stiff, and visually appealing BOPE films to produce resource-efficient, mono-material packaging designed for recyclability. Dow’s TF-BOPE-based solutions for oriented films are already commercially available in Asia-Pacific and appreciated for their remarkable appearance and puncture and impact resistance. Applications range from downgauged frozen food films to triplex laminates without BOPA and duplex PE-based laminates used for home and personal care pre-made pouches. “Building on our global experience with BOPE to design packaging for recyclability, the positive reaction of converters…

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