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Summary of Polyolefin Products & Primary Uses

The following table shows Titan Chemicals primary Polyolefin products and the primary uses for such products.

Product

Characteristics

Primary Use

Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)

  • Improved strength
  • Chemical resistance
  • Higher melting point
  • Suitable for high film strength applications such as shrink and stretch wrap

 

  • Garbage and lawn-leaf bags
  • Industrial can liners
  • Housewares - lids for coffee cans and margarine tubs, dishpans, home plastic storage containers, kitchen trash containers
  • Large (rotomolded) toys like outdoor gym sets
  • Drip irrigation tubing
  • Protective coating for telephone wires and film
  • Shrink wrap for multi-packaging canned food
  • Pallet stretch wrap

Metallocene-based Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (mLLDPE)

  • Superior strength
  • Molecular architecture can be tailored to high-performance applications

 

  • Blown film, cast film, stretch film, multiplayer stretch film
  • Shipping sacks
  • Food packaging
  • Heavy-duty bags, consumer bags
  • Overwraps
  • Laminations

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

  • Greater toughness
  • Superior mechanical strength
  • Higher service temperature limits
  • Mostly converted by blow molding, injection molding and variations of the extrusion process

 

  • Grocery, merchandise and trash bags
  • Food containers for frozen desserts and margarine
  • Plastic caps, drink cups and closures
  • Liners for boxes of cereal and crackers
  • Toys
  • Dairy crates, bread trays, pails
  • Safety equipment - hard hats
  • House wrap for insulation
  • Bottles for household and industrial chemicals and motor oil
  • Large (rotomolded) tanks for storing liquids (agricultural and lawn care chemicals)
  • Large waste disposal bin

Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

  • Easy to process
  • Good strength and clarity
  • Usually converted to plastic products by blown film or cast film extrusion

 

  • Food packaging films
  • Plastic bottles for packaging food and personal care items
  • Bags - dry cleaning bags, ice bags, pallet shrink wrap, heavy-duty bags for mulch and potting soil, boil-in-bag bags, , bag-in-box bags
  • Coatings on flexible packaging products, paper board such as milk cartons
  • Foamed sheets
  • Vacuum cleaner hoses
  • Medical tubing Clear sheet protectors
  • Flexible binders

Polypropylene

  • Versatile
  • Lightweight 
  • High optical clarity 
  • Low moisture vapor transmission 
  • Ability to be drawn and oriented into fibers
  • Fibers for carpets
  • Rugs and upholstery
  • Housewares
  • Automotive battery cases
  • Automotive fascia
  • Running boards and bumpers
  • Grid-type flooring for sports facilities
  • Fishing tackle boxes
  • Bottle caps and closures

 






   

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