Dow Flexible Packaging Symposium: Exploring Material Innovation And Circular Breakthroughs in The Flexible Packaging Industry

Dow Flexible Packaging Symposium: Exploring Material Innovation and Circular Breakthroughs in the Flexible Packaging Industry

During CHINAPLAS 2025, Dow held a flexible packaging seminar with the theme of "All-Plastic Forward, Create a New Chapter". At the seminar, Dow shared a variety of innovative solutions for packaging materials around the sustainable development of the industry, and discussed with partners the collaborative innovation of the whole industry chain to promote the commercialization of sustainable development in the packaging industry.



"The Asia-Pacific region is a key part of Dow's global strategy and an important pillar of long-term growth in our flexible packaging business. Over the years, we have continued to increase investment in localization and optimize the capacity layout of the regional supply chain to improve production flexibility and service response speed, and better meet the increasingly diversified market demand of the packaging industry. At the same time, we are also actively working with our value chain partners to accelerate the commercialization of design and recycling solutions, and jointly promote industrial upgrading and low-carbon transformation in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the Chinese market. "

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Circular breakthroughs: the road to material innovation in the packaging industry

At the seminar, Dow brought breakthrough material solutions to meet the needs of flexible packaging products in terms of performance, display effect, user experience and sustainability, aiming to help brands and manufacturers meet the challenges and promote the green transformation of the packaging industry.

INNATE™ TF BOPE SERIES SOLUTIONS



Dow has developed INNATE™ TF 80 linear low-density polyethylene resin and INNATE™ TF 220 new high-density polyethylene resin for the production of biaxially oriented polyethylene (BOPE) films. The two have excellent extrusion and biaxially oriented properties, and the high-density BOPE film prepared by each other has higher stiffness and temperature resistance, so as to effectively improve the performance of subsequent printing and bag making, and has excellent toughness and optical properties.

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Industry Alliance: Unleash the synergistic potential of the packaging industry

Due to the complex structure and the simultaneous use of a variety of materials, flexible packaging is difficult to recycle, and has become a problem that the market needs to overcome urgently. To promote a circular economy in the packaging industry, Dow continues to deepen its collaboration with plastic product manufacturers, brand owners and partners across the entire value chain.

As a material manufacturer, Dow also fully considers the recyclability and recyclability of different plastics from the design side, so as to promote the transformation of traditional composite plastic flexible packaging to a single material, so as to achieve high-quality reuse of plastic packaging.

In this seminar, Dow, Liby Group, Guangdong Weifu and Zhoutai Machinery jointly focused on how to improve the development of single-material flexible packaging, and deeply discussed its commercial application in multiple scenarios to build a complete closed loop of plastic recycling. During the conference, Dr. Liping Zhang, Mr. Yanyang Liang and Mr. Xiaolei Liu shared their insights on the prospects and challenges of designing recyclable.

In addition, Liby Group has successfully used 10% Dow REVOLOOP™ PCR material in the packaging of its upcoming "Flower Era" product, which helps to reduce CO2 emissions in the packaging production process.

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Move forward with full "plastic": improve the use experience of consumers


In addition, Dow showcased a variety of innovative material solutions to meet the diverse needs of the packaging market segment, help improve packaging performance and improve the consumer experience.

XUS59999.68 Polyethylene heat sealing resin

In response to today's higher market requirements for packaging productivity, durability, user experience and sustainability, the new XUS59999.68 heat-sealed polyethylene resin with multiple heat sealing and physical properties benefits can help manufacturers simplify formulations and production management systems to achieve packaging designs that are more productive, more attractive and less likely to break. It can be widely used in the packaging of snacks, sauces, seasonings, frozen foods, dry foods, powders, liquids and other products, and effectively enables the design of recyclable packaging with a single material.

Improved performance for more reliable, consistent packaging

Low Crystal Point ELITE™ LC Polyethylene Resin for Cast PE Film: Low Crystal Point Resistance to Discoloration Effectively Improves Film Appearance
ATTANE™ NG 4701G Ultra Low Density Polyethylene Resin: High toughness and excellent optical properties for improved packaging durability and presentation

It is easy to tear and peel, making it more convenient to use

APPEEL™ 53067 & APPEEL™ 20D885: Peel-off solution for lids of APET trays
SURLYN™ 1601-2: Improving tearability and consumer experience; Enabling vacuum skin packaging to provide excellent shelf display

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Hand in hand: Promoting the green transformation of the packaging industry

During this year's CHINAPLAS, Dow signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Zhejiang Hengxi High-tech Material Technology Co., Ltd., aiming to promote business development and growth in the longitudinally stretched polyethylene film (MDOPE) industry through innovation, and the two parties will jointly explore more application areas of flexible packaging and promote the sustainable development of the packaging industry.



Hong Yanshun, general manager of Zhejiang Hengxi High-tech Materials Technology Co., Ltd., said: "Since its establishment, Hengxi has always focused on the production and sales of MDOPE co-extrusion film, and this strong alliance with Dow will provide important support for Hengxi food packaging film related business, and we believe that the cooperation between the two sides will further bring development opportunities for the sustainable transformation of the packaging industry." "

In the face of the multiple challenges of the packaging industry in terms of increasingly stringent regulations, efficient use of resources, and sustainable transformation, Dow has always been injecting impetus into the industry with its deep scientific research accumulation, forward-looking material solutions and collaborative network throughout the industrial value chain. In the future, we will continue to lead the packaging industry to build a more efficient, greener and more resilient ecosystem.