Dow Elastomers - AFFINITY & AFFINITY GA Polyolefin Plastomers

When it comes to packaging  and molded products, customers demand high performance goods, while you need cost effective and easy to process components. AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers can help you address this need. AFFINITY offers excellent adhesion at high and low temperatures, outstanding processability, and colorless formulations that can be more appealing to customers. These innovative polymers harness the power of INSITE™ Technology to give low crystallinity and low molecular weight to add value while modifying and compounding hot melt adhesives and more. This one-of-a-kind balance allows processors and formulators to achieve:

• Food packaging that costs less
• Low crystallinity and low molecular weight
• Excellent adhesion at high or low temperatures
• Exceptional sealability, with high hot tack and low heat seal temperature
• Unsurpassed processability
• Low taste & odor transmission
• Excellent optics
• Blends that are more flexible and durable
• Masterbatches that are more heavily filled
• And much more

Performance Benefits:

AFFINITY™ GA Polyolefin Plastomers

• Less plugging and clogging
• Virtually no char, discoloration, odor
• More powerful bonds
• Greater sealing mileage per pound
• Broader temperature range performance
• Improved packaging economy
• Less downtime and maintenance expense

For more information, visit the Adhesives site at: http://www.dow.com/elastomers/markets/adhesives/index.htm.

Brochures

Dow Elastomers Product Handling Guide (206 KB PDF)

Cast Film Processing of AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers (44 KB PDF)

Blown Film Processing of AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers (43 KB PDF)

Processing of Fully Formulated AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers (59 KB PDF)

AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers - Product Selection Guide (172 KB PDF)

Hot Melt Adhesives – Getting a Grip with Better Hot Melts (English) English  (14 KB PDF)   Chinese  (5 MB PDF)

AFFINITY™ GA Polyolefin Plastomers – Polyolefin Plastomers for Hot Melt Adhesives (481 KB PDF)

AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers – Realize your flexible packaging potential English  (627 KB PDF)   Chinese  (2 MB PDF)

AFFINITY™ GA Polyolefin Plastomers – Drive your applications to flow faster, flex longer, and stick better English  (891 KB PDF)   Chinese  (3 MB PDF)

How AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Plastomers Can Improve Cast Film Polypropylene Performance (English) English  (48 KB PDF)   Chinese  (3 MB PDF)

AFFINITY™ GA Polyolefin Plastomers – Fact Sheet (41 KB PDF)

Extending the Shelf-life of Fresh-cut Produce English  (673 KB PDF)   Chinese  (922 KB PDF)

White Papers

Metallocene Based Hot Melt Adhesives for Case and Carton Sealing  (578 KB PDF)

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