Rigid Containers and Material Handling
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High-Quality Rigid Packaging Materials
Offering durable solutions for a wide range of rigid packaging applications
Explore Dow’s polyethylene resins designed to help you create strong, durable, and sustainable options for a variety of applications. From caps and closures to bottles, drums, and industrial containers, our materials support advanced technologies like injection, blow-molding, and rotomolding. These options must address stringent safety and performance standards while minimizing environmental impact. Discover how our resins can be tailored to address your specific application needs across the rigid packaging segment.
Bottles, Containers & Tubes
Designed for strength and clarity, our resins offer exceptional performance for bottles, containers, and tubes. They offer flexibility in design, making them suitable for diverse packaging applications, while promoting sustainability.

Caps & Closures
Our resins ensure secure, reliable seals for caps and closures, providing excellent chemical resistance and durability. Ideal for a variety of applications, they maintain performance while supporting sustainability initiatives.
Industrial Containers & Material Handling
Durable, high-performance options for industrial containers and material handling applications. Our polyethylene resins offer strength, reliability, and environmental efficiency to meet the rigorous demands of industrial use.
Rigid Packaging Materials
View our entire rigid packaging materials product catalog to find the best choices for your needs.
Bekum 6-Layer Extrusion Blown Molder
Discover how Dow’s polyethylene resins are used in 6-layer extrusion blow molding to create durable, multi-layer rigid containers for various applications.
Injection Molding with Robot Arm for In-mold Labeling
Learn how Dow’s polyethylene resins support injection molding with in-mold labeling and robotic arms to enhance the performance of rigid containers.
Rigid container materials are utilized in various industries, including food and beverage for snacks and meals, pharmaceuticals for medicines, and personal care for cosmetics. They also serve household products, industrial applications, agriculture for fertilizers, electronics for protective packaging, and construction for adhesives. These industries depend on the strength and versatility of rigid containers to meet their packaging needs.
Many of our rigid packaging solutions are designed for recyclability, helping to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainability. We encourage consumers to check local recycling guidelines to ensure proper disposal and recycling of rigid packaging products.
Rigid containers offer key advantages over flexible packaging, including enhanced durability, efficient stackability, and ease of handling. They can be molded into various shapes for creative branding and offer better barrier properties to extend shelf life. Many are reusable, promoting sustainability and enhancing consumer trust through a perception of quality and safety.
Our rigid materials support sustainability by being designed for recyclability, minimizing environmental impact through energy-efficient manufacturing processes, and incorporating renewable resources or recycled content. Committed to innovation, we develop options that address performance standards while helping customers reduce their carbon footprint and promote a circular economy.
Our rigid container materials are engineered to withstand extreme temperatures, making them suitable for various applications. They maintain performance and structural integrity in both high and low-temperature environments, ensuring the safe storage and transport of products across a wide range of conditions.
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