NOVA Chemicals Corporation introduces new resin technology for machine direction oriented (MDO) and biaxially oriented (BO) processes to help its customers and brand owners meet their sustainability goals.

Its innovative technology marks a major advancement in the pursuit of a plastics circular economy, as it enables recyclable all-polyethylene (PE) packaging.

NOVA Chemicals’ highly specialized HDPE resin, SURPASS HPs153-A, is now available to produce 100% high-density MDO films. Due to the broad orientation window, HPs153-A exhibits very good stability during production run or manufacturing on commercial scale inline MDO blown film equipment.

MDO-HDPE films can be used to replace BOPP and BOPET to produce fully recyclable all-PE laminates with high stiffness to maintain registration for printing and converting, very heat resistance to minimize shrinkage during packaging conversion, and high clarity.

NOVA Chemicals expands its HDPE resins for oriented film structures to allow recyclable all-polyethylene packaging.

Oriented film structures allow easy-to-recycle all-PE packaging to replace traditional mixed material packaging which is not recyclable. In addition, orientation of PE films allows for property improvements otherwise not attainable in blown or cast films such as enhanced stiffness, toughness, and optical properties.

In 2021, NOVA Chemicals introduced its transformative BOPE-HD technology that enables the manufacture of all-PE, recyclable multilayer film structures with significantly improved physical performance versus blown film.

SURPASS TX150-A enables an all-PE biaxially oriented print web, which can be laminated to an all-PE sealant web for complete recyclability.

In the last year, several film formulations have been successfully scaled up from pilot scale equipment to commercial lines. The company is working with film producers across multiple regions to establish a global supply of commercial BOPE-HD films.

In addition, NOVA Chemicals’ Advanced SCLAIRTECH (AST) is suitable for processes such as mono and biaxial orientation. The company is approximately 90% complete with its second AST technology manufacturing site and the third phase of the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project. It is estimated that both projects will commence full start-up activities in late 2022.

NOVA Chemicals Corporation introduces new resin technology for machine direction oriented (MDO) and biaxially oriented (BO) processes to help its customers and brand owners meet their sustainability goals.

Its innovative technology marks a major advancement in the pursuit of a plastics circular economy, as it enables recyclable all-polyethylene (PE) packaging.

NOVA Chemicals’ highly specialized HDPE resin, SURPASS HPs153-A, is now available to produce 100% high-density MDO films. Due to the broad orientation window, HPs153-A exhibits very good stability during production run or manufacturing on commercial scale inline MDO blown film equipment.

MDO-HDPE films can be used to replace BOPP and BOPET to produce fully recyclable all-PE laminates with high stiffness to maintain registration for printing and converting, very heat resistance to minimize shrinkage during packaging conversion, and high clarity.

NOVA Chemicals expands its HDPE resins for oriented film structures to allow recyclable all-polyethylene packaging.

Oriented film structures allow easy-to-recycle all-PE packaging to replace traditional mixed material packaging which is not recyclable. In addition, orientation of PE films allows for property improvements otherwise not attainable in blown or cast films such as enhanced stiffness, toughness, and optical properties.

In 2021, NOVA Chemicals introduced its transformative BOPE-HD technology that enables the manufacture of all-PE, recyclable multilayer film structures with significantly improved physical performance versus blown film.

SURPASS TX150-A enables an all-PE biaxially oriented print web, which can be laminated to an all-PE sealant web for complete recyclability.

In the last year, several film formulations have been successfully scaled up from pilot scale equipment to commercial lines. The company is working with film producers across multiple regions to establish a global supply of commercial BOPE-HD films.

In addition, NOVA Chemicals’ Advanced SCLAIRTECH (AST) is suitable for processes such as mono and biaxial orientation. The company is approximately 90% complete with its second AST technology manufacturing site and the third phase of the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project. It is estimated that both projects will commence full start-up activities in late 2022.