Dow Enhanced Polyethylene Foam Technology Wins 2017 Ringier Technology Innovation Award

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) Dow's proprietary products and specialty plastics packaging (P & SP) business unit - Enhanced polyethylene foam (EPE, EPE) solutions in 2017 Ringier Technology recently announced the The Innovation Award was awarded the "Plastic Industry Technology Innovation Award." This award recognizes the outstanding performance of the solution for consumers in terms of technological innovation and support for environmentally sustainable development.

As a leading global packaging solutions provider, Dow is committed to serving the booming e-commerce industry, especially the vibrant China e-commerce market. After extensive analysis and research, Dow has developed a series of high-performance, high-quality packaging solutions to meet the needs of this high-speed development market. As a global leader with a deep understanding of the market and customers, this award-winning innovative EPE technology is an outstanding example of Dow's offering of customized solutions to the market.

"Dow enhanced EPE technology is an innovative solution for market demand . It combines precise processing of LDPE (high pressure) /LLDPE (octa carbon linear polyethylene) combination with Dow resin's excellent processability. The weight loss and thinning mentioned a new height.This new solution has excellent performance and wide application features, improves the safety and protection of pearl cotton packaging, and provides great convenience for e-commerce logistics. "The Ringier Innovation Award Organizing Committee stated that "the use of this technology to produce enhanced poly- EPE materials and achieve savings of 10-15% of raw materials for unit packaging is of practical significance."

The enhanced EPE solution developed by Dow for e-commerce has greatly improved product performance. The original product that needed to package 5-6 layers of pearl wadding was now only required for 3-4 layers of packaging, and the packaging materials were greatly reduced. The reduction in the amount of packaging materials used at the same time reduced the transportation costs and contributed to environmental protection in reducing energy consumption. At the same time, the compressive strength of packaging materials produced using this enhanced EPE solution is increased by about 20% , tear strength is more than double that of traditional pearl cotton materials, and the protective properties of pearl cotton are greatly improved. Expanded product range of pearl cotton packaging applications. With Dow's enhanced EPE solution, many products that cannot be used in pearl-wool packages, such as durians, children's climbing mats, etc., can be packaged with these thorny or soft and delicate products.

Dow Enhanced EPE Solutions is one of the major development projects of Dow Packaging Studio in Asia Pacific. The company strives to help its customers achieve innovation faster and more efficiently, and promote the sustainable development of e-commerce packaging commercialization through its top professional strength in the field of packaging materials and innovative modes of cooperation with all parties in the industry chain.

"Dow's relentless pursuit of innovation is closely linked to the growing pace of China's packaging industry and the continuous emergence of demand, and it also makes a firm commitment to the entire industry chain," said Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics Business Unit. Mr. Mark Saurin , Vice President of Business, Asia Pacific , pointed out: “We work closely with our partners to continuously develop more innovative solutions for highly-demanding markets like e-commerce, and to launch more competitive solutions. , Products with better performance also benefit the entire industry.We work hard to continuously promote smarter, higher performance and more environmentally friendly packaging solutions, focusing on reducing waste, sustainable development, achieving cost-effectiveness, and providing customers with excellence. Values ​​and other claims to achieve."

Dow's award-winning e-commerce logistics packaging solution will be exhibited during Chinaplas 2017 . The Asia's largest rubber show event will be held in China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou in May 2017 16-19 days.