Equistar extrudable Plexar® tie-layer resins for multi-layer structures are anhydride-modified polyolefins that bond dissimilar polymers together, primarily in multi-layer, co-extruded structures. Based on Equistar's leading position in polyolefins, Plexar resins provide superior performance in coextrusion applications like blown and cast-film, extrusion coating, blow molding, sheet extrusion, wire and cable technology and in other industrial bonding applications.
Benefits and Applications
Plexar resins offer a broad array of products based on many polyolefin polymers and provide excellent adhesion to EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol), polyamide (nylon) and many other polyolefins. Applications include high-barrier flexible packaging, rigid containers, industrial applications and bonding to metals and metal alloys.
Manufacturing Facilities
Providing the most advanced technical service and support, our Cincinnati Technology Center (CTC) is home to a variety of state-of-the-art, lab-scale and commercial-size coextrusion equipment. This research and development center has the most advanced analytical, physical testing equipment, and polymer development technology in North America, and CTC is staffed with professionals skilled in multi-layer and tie-layer development.