DuPont Packaging: Ethylene resins

New line of Elvaloy® AC resins from DuPont (Wilmington, DE) includes ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA), ethylene ethyl acrylate (EEA), and ethylene butyl acrylate (EBA) copolymers.

DuPont Packaging
Jul 31st, 2001

Compatible with LDPE and easily bonds various polar and nonpolar substrates. Resins offer high melt strength and new levels of thermal stability, in easy-processing olefin-based materials. Applications include blown and cast films, extrusions, extrusion coatings, laminations, and film modification.

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