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DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins
Versatile Polyethylene Resins for Film Applications
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins are economical, versatile, workhorse resins - designed to strongly perform across an extensive variety of applications.
Developed using Dow's leading polymerization technologies, DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins protect against tearing, punctures, and environmental stress cracking. They exhibit excellent clarity and sealability to benefit tough packaging applications. And for processors, DOWLEX™ can be processed using techniques as diverse as rotational molding and both rotational and cast film extrusion.
Discover how DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins could bring efficiency and performance to your process and product today.
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins
Explore all available DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins in your region.
DOWLEX™ applications
One of the long-term champions of the Dow portfolio, DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins can be used across nearly every flexible packaging application. Explore some of those applications below to learn more.
Food and Beverage Packaging
Do more with less, using DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins. The ability to downgauge, is matched with the functional performance required for food and beverage packaging.
Bags and Waste Liners
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins allow for downgauging while retaining important toughness properties, such as puncture and tear resistance.
Shrink Film
Achieve the holding force required to protect goods wrapped in collation shrink films, while improving sustainability performance through downgauging, incorporation of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics, and more.
Stretch Wrap
Whatever the type of flexible stretch wrap film– from hand to machine, from medium to high-stretch–DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins offer tailored high performance to help differentiate your stretch wrap.
Agricultural Films
Optimal holding force makes DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins an ideal material for agricultural film applications, such as bale silage, silage clamps, silo-bags, greenhouses and tunnels, and mulch films helping farmers lead the way to a more profitable and better future.
Heavy Duty Shipping Sacks (HDSS)
HDSS are designed for high product protection. Improve abuse resistance and weatherability with DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins.
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins offer uncommon durability with excellent puncture and tear resistance, as well as impact and abrasion resistance.
Trusted ultraviolet (UV) and water/moisture resistance, as well as performance across a wide temperature range are key benefits for DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins.
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins helps enable efficient line speeds for conversion and filling, as well as easy blendability.
DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins offer excellent optics, consistent seal performance, and optimal holding force.
Frequently Asked Questions
DOWLEX™ is a versatile line of Dow polyethylene resins for flexible packaging and films, offering toughness, durability, puncture/tear resistance, and good processability across many applications.
DOWLEX™ resins are used in many films, including food & beverage packaging, bags & waste liners, stretch wrap, agricultural films, and shrink films.
Yes — DOWLEX™ resins support downgauging by enabling thinner films while retaining strength and performance.
Yes — many DOWLEX™ grades are engineered for excellent tear and puncture resistance in film applications.
Shrink film uses include DOWLEX™ grades like DOWLEX™ 2045 (and related LLDPEs) suitable for shrink and gauge films, plus other DOWLEX™ resins adaptable in shrink film structures.
Let’s explore together how these resins could work for your demanding applications.