HOUSTON, June 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Univation Technologies, LLC
announces the launch of its latest licensed technology platform – a
tubular high pressure PE process enabling production of both
low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA)
copolymer resins which is offered under the brand name UNIGILITY™
Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology.
Univation looks forward to connecting with
customers on our new licensed UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure
Polyethylene Process.
Based on Dow's well-proven tubular high pressure PE
manufacturing platform, Univation's licensed UNIGILITY™
Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology offers a broad product
mix with first quartile operating performance. Safe and reliable
operations are achieved through automated plant start-ups and
shutdowns, and low operating costs are enabled through a low energy
consumption and efficient utility usage plant design.
UNIGILITY™ High Pressure PE Process Technology also
delivers high-performance product capability to satisfy a broad
array 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 sacks, as well as extrusion coating and lamination
applications.
Additionally, Univation's UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE
Process Technology allows licensees to participate in key
ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) end-use applications in industrial and
food packaging market segments including greenhouse films, footwear
components, flexible hosing, photovoltaics, cheese and fresh meat
barrier packaging, and cereal liners. Univation's licensed EVA
product offering delivers key performance attributes providing low
sealing temperatures, increased flexibility and puncture/impact
resistance, improved optics as well as excellent adhesion to a wide
array of substrates.
Univation Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The
Dow Chemical Company, is a leading global polyethylene (PE)
technology licensor with over 55 years of continuous PE licensing
experience focused on the linear low-density PE (LLDPE) and
high-density PE (HDPE) market segments. Univation offers its
world-renowned UNIPOL™ PE Process platform and Univation's
portfolio of polyethylene polymerization catalysts allowing its
UNIPOL™ PE Process Licensees to access a broad range of high-volume
and specialty 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 covering more
than 80 years of innovation. Dow holds the position as the
#1 LDPE producer globally with over 2.6 million metric tons
per annum of LDPE capacity.
Nathan J. Wiker, president of
Univation Technologies, commented, "Building upon Dow's and
Univation's collective 125+ years' experience in both polyethylene
technology development and technology transfer excellence,
Univation is pleased to offer licensees a proven, state-of-the-art
tubular high pressure PE manufacturing platform and associated
portfolio of well-recognized LDPE and EVA resin products." Nathan
continued, "Through our UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE Process
Technology platform, Univation provides a robust licensed
technology offering which includes process design, operational
know-how, a full portfolio of proven LDPE and EVA resin products,
and complete licensing services and technical support before,
during and after the plant start-up. We look forward to engaging
with potential customers on the full range of benefits of our
licensed UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology and
associated LDPE and EVA product offerings."
Please visit www.univation.com to find out more about how
Univation's UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology
delivers 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
delivering process, product and catalyst technologies as well as
related technical services to the global polyethylene industry for
more than 55 years. More than one-third of all HDPE and LLDPE
resins produced globally is 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 the UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure
PE Process Technology to produce advantaged 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 an affiliated
company of Dow, licensed for use to Univation Technologies.
Contacts
Univation Technologies, LLC
Duane Thompson
+1-713-892-3668
Email: dthompson@univation.com
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