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CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins for high-performance and more sustainable applications
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins are engineered to exceed the performance of conventional high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Designed for demanding applications in pipes, bottles, caps & closures, and pharmaceutical packaging, these advanced polyethylene resins offer a powerful combination of strength, durability, and flexibility.
Whether you're aiming for leak resistance, lightweight design, or designed for recyclability, including the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content where regulations allow, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins provide a versatile, sustainable option. Their exceptional processability and toughness help manufacturers lower production costs, extend product lifecycles, and address evolving environmental and regulatory standards.
Powering pipes to closures
From high-strength piping to lightweight bottles and secure caps and closures, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional durability, leak resistance, and design flexibility. They are designed for recyclability and PCR use where permitted—helping you address performance and sustainability goals.
Reliable, sustainable infrastructure
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins address aging infrastructure challenges with exceptional toughness and crack resistance that exceeds standard HDPE performance. Meeting rigorous ASTM requirements for PE 4710/2708 and CC3 Chlorine Category standards, these NSF/ANSI 14 and 61 compliant pipe solutions ensure safe potable water delivery while supporting sustainability through leak resistance, lightweighting, and a design for recyclability” across municipal, industrial, and energy applications.
Strong fusion capabilities create seamless, durable polyethylene pipelines without corrosion-prone mechanical fittings or gaskets, significantly reducing maintenance costs and water loss in municipal and industrial applications.
Advanced polyethylene composition provides low thermal conductivity, maintaining consistent fluid temperatures throughout pipeline systems while minimizing insulation requirements and improving overall energy efficiency.
Exceptional flexibility and seismic resistance protect critical polyethylene pipeline networks during ground movement events, substantially reducing repair costs and minimizing service disruptions following earthquakes.
Enhanced UV resistance ensures long-term structural integrity and performance in HDPE pipe systems exposed to direct sunlight, extending service life in above ground and outdoor installations.
Materials for pipe applications
Resins for Water Pipe
Offering long-term strength, leak resistance, and durability for potable and non-potable water systems—a good choice for municipal and industrial infrastructure.
Resins for Oil & Gas Gathering Pipe
Withstand demanding field conditions with resins that offer high strength, chemical resistance, and long-term reliability for oil and gas gathering applications.
Resins for Corrugated Pipe
Enhanced for drainage and stormwater systems, these resins support strength, flexibility, and lightweighting to support easier installation and long-term flow performance.
Resins for Conduit Pipe
Protect critical cables and wiring with tough, durable resins that resist impact, environmental stress, and UV degradation across telecom and electrical conduit systems.
Dow and Princeton’s Award-Winning Geo-Exchange Innovation
Dow’s CONTINUUM™ Resins played a key role in Princeton University’s award-winning TIGER Project, offering sustainable, leak-free, and corrosion-resistant options for a major geo-exchange energy system.
The Plainview Hutterite community in Manitoba faced challenges with coal-fired heating systems due to Canada’s energy transition. In collaboration with Manitoba Hydro and Polytubes, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins from Dow are at the forefront of this transformation. By constructing durable, leak-resistant, and corrosion-resistant natural gas pipe systems, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins help offer a clean, reliable, and sustainable energy option, helping enable communities to transition smoothly to greener alternatives.
Raising the bar together
We work closely with customers to address current and evolving issues, ensuring that finished pipelines address specific needs. In addition to helping answer today's demand, we team up with our stakeholders to develop options that help improve pipeline systems.
Our exclusive, regional pipe labs offer pipe extrusion capabilities along with a wide range of testing that includes hydrostatic, PENT, pipe fusion and more.
We're really excited about the advantages CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer pipe applications, and hope you are too. Let's get something in the development pipeline.
Additional resources
Learn how Dow’s innovative pipe solutions helped mitigate the impact of the 2021 Texas Freeze, ensuring reliable water distribution despite extreme temperatures and system stresses.
Discover how CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer durable, leak-resistant, and designed for recyclability offerings for water pipelines, helping communities achieve more sustainable and reliable infrastructure.
Explore the performance benefits of CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins for natural gas pipelines, offering enhanced strength, durability, and resistance to cracking under pressure.
Download the application guide for building durable and secure conduit pipe systems with CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins, designed for lasting performance in telecom and electrical applications.
Smarter bottles with CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins combine the same durability and toughness making it a good choice for municipal water pipes with the precision needed for high-performance bottles. With exceptional stiffness, impact strength, and environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR), these resins not only enhance bottle performance but also offer opportunities to reduce material use, incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, and lower overall costs. This leads to more sustainable, cost-effective, and secure packaging options.
Achieve significant material reduction while maintaining structural integrity, supporting lightweight bottle designs that reduce shipping costs without compromising performance.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins offer exceptional barrier properties, preventing water and moisture permeation and extending product shelf life while maintaining freshness in food and beverage packaging.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins can support faster cycle times and greater process adaptability to address high quality parts in previously challenged processes.
Exceptional chemical resistance makes CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins a good choice for industrial packaging, household chemicals, and aggressive formulations.
Materials for bottle applications
Automotive Fluids
Extreme temperature variations and leakage are no match for CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene, which also offer excellent processability for complex automotive packaging designs.
Agricultural
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer chemical resistance crucial for pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer packaging.
Home & Personal Care
Lightweight, squeezable bottles with excellent drop resistance for shampoos, detergents, and cosmetics are made possible with CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins.
Food & Beverage
For food-grade packaging, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins offers exceptional barrier properties and organoleptic performance. The clarity, rigidity, and shelf-life extension demanded by modern food and beverage applications are provided by this FDA-compliant formulation, which prevents flavor transfer.
Sealing the deal
For caps and closures, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional impact strength, environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR), and leak-proof performance. These qualities ensure reliable and secure sealing, enhancing product safety while reducing environmental impact.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins help enable thinner, lighter caps for carbonated beverages while maintaining superior pressure retention and seal integrity, reducing material usage without compromising performance.
Convert from two-piece lined PP closures to one-piece PE solutions using CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins that offer inherent softness, creating airtight bore seals that reduce production costs while maintaining package integrity.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins support post-consumer recycled content incorporation in cap applications, offering exceptional stiffness-impact balance while helping brands address sustainability targets with reduced material usage.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins offer hard to find environmental stress crack resistance for closures on aggressive chemical containers, ensuring long-term cap integrity and product safety in demanding applications.
Materials for Caps & Closures applications
Food & Beverage Packaging
Exceptional carbonation retention for beverage packaging is offered by CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins. A good choice for stiffness-impact balance for food applications is supported with the distinct molecular structure, maintaining freshness while enhancing shelf appeal with excellent organoleptic properties that prevent flavor transfer.
Household & Personal Care Packaging
Exceptional chemical resistance for closures exposed to aggressive shampoo, detergent, and cosmetic formulations is offered by CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins. Advanced ESCR properties help enable liner-free designs through effective bore seals, maintaining cap integrity for beauty and household products while reducing production complexity.
Advanced pharmaceutical packaging solutions
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins transform pharmaceutical packaging with exceptional performance properties designed specifically for healthcare applications. These advanced resins offer exceptional, drop impact resistance and stress crack protection essential for medication safety and stability. The distinct molecular architecture supports thinner, lightweight designs without compromising strength or barrier properties, supporting sustainability initiatives while maintaining regulatory compliance. Pharmaceutical manufacturers benefit from improved processing efficiency, extended shelf life, and enhanced patient safety features. CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins address stringent global regulatory standards for healthcare applications while offering the consistency and reliability demanded by pharmaceutical supply chains worldwide.
Exceptional moisture barrier for pharmaceutical packaging are offered by CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins, maintaining drug stability and efficacy throughout extended shelf life even in challenging storage conditions.
Stringent global pharmaceutical standards including FDA DMF, USP Class VI, and EU 10/2011 are met by CONTINUUM™ HEALTH+™ Resins, offering reliable compliance for medication bottles and healthcare containers.
For medication packaging, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins offer exceptional impact strength, protecting valuable pharmaceuticals during transportation and patient handling while reducing breakage and product loss.
Simplified mono-material pharmaceutical packaging designs that maintain premium performance are supported by CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins, supporting sustainability goals through design for recyclability and reduced material usage.
Materials for Pharma applications
Bottles
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer strength, durability, and impact resistance for pharmaceutical bottles. A cost-effective solution, designed to improve bottle integrity and reduce material use.
Caps & Closures
For pharmaceutical caps and closures, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional impact strength, environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR), and leak-proof performance. These qualities ensure reliable and secure sealing, enhancing product safety while reducing environmental impact.
Durable goods with exceptional performance
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional durability, impact strength, and rigidity for injection-molded durable goods. From housewares and toys to storage bins, crates, pallets, and material handling products, these resins enhance performance with exceptional ESCR and low-temperature performance. The result is longer-lasting, reliable products that stand up to the toughest conditions, reducing waste and improving overall efficiency in various industries.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional structural rigidity while helping enable lightweight designs, offering industrial containers and pallets with enhanced load-bearing capacity and reduced material usage.
For commercial bins and containers, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional impact strength and dimensional stability, extending product lifespan while reducing replacement costs in demanding logistics applications.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer hard to find environmental stress crack resistance for durable goods exposed to aggressive chemicals, preventing premature failure in industrial containers and material handling equipment.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional long-term creep resistance and dimensional stability, ensuring storage systems and industrial components maintain structural integrity under sustained loads.
High-performance resins for durable goods
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer exceptional durability, impact strength, and rigidity for a wide range of injection-molded durable goods. A great choice for products like storage bins, pallets, and playground equipment, these resins ensure long-lasting performance and exceptional resistance to wear.
Frequently Asked Questions
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins are used in a wide range of applications including piping systems, bottles, caps and closures, durable goods, and conduit. Their strength, toughness, and resistance to environmental stress cracking make them a great choice for products that demand long-term performance and reliability.
With bimodal technology, CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins offer a balance of stiffness and flexibility. They offer exceptional impact strength, crack resistance, and long-term durability, helping enable products to better withstand mechanical stress, temperature variations, and environmental exposure.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins help enable lightweighting, design for recyclability, and incorporation of post-consumer recycled content where regulations allow. Their long product life and performance help reduce material use and waste, supporting circularity and sustainability goals.
CONTINUUM™ Bimodal PE Resins are engineered for high-performance in both piping and packaging applications. They offer leak resistance, pressure and temperature tolerance for pipes, and impact strength and stress crack resistance for bottles, caps, and closures.
Manufacturers benefit from exceptional processability, downgauging opportunities, and high-performance outputs. CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins improve product strength and durability, reduce costs through material savings, and help enable sustainable manufacturing practices.
Technical data sheets, product selectors, and application guides are available on dow.com. These resources provide specifications, test results, and recommendations to help you choose the right grade for your application.
We’d love to talk about how CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins can help.