Univation Technologies Announces the Launch of UNIGILITY™ High-Pressure Tubular PE Processing Technology as a Licensed Platform for the Production of LDPE and EVA Resins

Based on Dow’s proven high-pressure tubular PE manufacturing platform, Univation’s licensed UNIGILITY™ high-pressure tubular PE processing technology offers a broad product portfolio with top-quartile operational performance. Safe and reliable operations are achieved through automated plant start-ups and shutdowns, and low operating costs are possible through low-energy plant design and efficient utility use.

UNIGILITY™ high-pressure PE processing technology also provides high-performance product capability to satisfy a wide range of key LDPE end-use products. Targeted applications include both high-volume and specialty market segments covering general purpose films, agricultural films, shrink films, heavy-duty shipping bags, as well as extrusion coating and lamination applications.

Additionally, Univation’s UNIGILITY™ high-pressure tubular PE processing technology enables licensees to participate in key ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) end-use applications in the industrial and food packaging market segments , including greenhouse films, shoe components, flexible pipes, photovoltaics, cheese and fresh produce. barrier packaging for meat and liners for cereals. Univation’s licensed EVA product offering delivers key performance attributes offering low sealing temperatures, increased flexibility and puncture/impact resistance, enhanced optics as well as excellent adhesion over a wide range of substrates.

Univation Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, is one of the world’s leading licensors of polyethylene (PE) technology, with more than 55 years of continuous experience licensing PE, focusing on linear low density PE (LLDPE) and high density PE. (HDPE). Univation offers its world-renowned UNIPOL™ PE process platform and portfolio of polyethylene polymerization catalysts enabling its UNIPOL™ PE process licensees to access a wide range of specialized, high-volume polyethylene applications covering unimodal HDPE, bimodal HDPE, conventional LLDPE and metallocene. PE market segments.

Dow Inc. is a leader in LDPE resin production and technology development with a heritage in the field spanning more than 80 years of innovation. Dow holds the position of the world’s largest LDPE producer with over 2.6 million metric tons per year of LDPE capacity.

Nathan J. Wiker, President of Univation Technologies, commented: “Building on Dow and Univation’s collective 125+ years of experience in polyethylene technology development and technology transfer excellence, Univation is pleased to offer licensees proven, state-of-the-art high-pressure tubular PE. manufacturing platform and associated portfolio of well-recognized LDPE and EVA resin products. Nathan continued: “Through our UNIGILITY™ high-pressure tubular PE processing technology platform, Univation offers a robust licensed technology offering that includes process design, operational know-how, a full range of proven resin products. LDPE and EVA, as well as comprehensive licensing and technical services. support before, during and after plant start-up. We look forward to engaging with potential customers on the full range of benefits of our licensed UNIGILITY™ high-pressure tubular PE processing technology and associated LDPE and EVA product offerings.

Please visit www.univation.com to learn more about how Univation’s UNIGILITY™ high-pressure PE tubular processing technology offers a complete LDPE/EVA technology solution to meet your company’s LDPE and EVA resin production needs .

About Univation Technologies, LLC

Univation Technologies is the global leader in licensed polyethylene technology. Univation has a proven track record of providing process technologies, products and catalysts and related technical services to the global polyethylene industry for over 55 years. More than a third of all HDPE and LLDPE resins produced worldwide are supplied by the industry-leading UNIPOL™ PE process. Univation is also the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of conventional and advanced polyethylene polymerization catalysts designed specifically for the UNIPOL™ PE process. Univation also offers UNIGILITY™ high-pressure tubular PE processing technology to produce advantageous performance resins covering LDPE and EVA market applications. For more information, visit www.univation.com.

UNIVATION, XCAT, PRODIGY, PREMIER, ACCLAIM, UNIGILITY, stylized “Univation Technologies” and the stylized “U” are trademarks of Univation Technologies. UNIPOL and UCAT are trademarks of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) or a Dow affiliate, the use of which is licensed to Univation Technologies.

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Univation Technologies, LLC
Duane Thompson
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