Soft-shrink packaging

ExxonMobil Product Solutions performance polymers provide packaging solutions that can be used by brand owners to protect delicate or irregularly shaped items with high-integrity soft-shrink film for wrap, overwrap and bundle-packaging solutions from manufacturer to end use. These solutions can be produced using conventional blown-film processes for cost-effective and efficient solutions.

Applications and benefits

Soft-shrink films made with performance PE polymers exhibit controlled holding force and exceptional toughness that delivers excellent packaging integrity. It’s suitable for wrapping delicate foods and other products e.g. pizza, meat and cheese; bathroom and kitchen tissues; and irregularly shaped products such as office supplies/stationery, air filters and industrial products. It can be manufactured through double bubble process or conventional high stalk PE blown film process.

Double bubble films (POF)

POF made with performance PE polymers offer:

Balanced MD/TD shrink performance

Improved film mechanical strength

Excellent film optical properties (gloss, haze and transparency)

PE soft shrink films

PE soft-shrink films made with performance polymers offer:

Single-bubble solution with balanced shrink performance

Controlled holding force

Exceptional film toughness and puncture resistance

This mono-material, lightweight solution uses less material and has the potential to be recycled where programs and facilities to collect and recycle plastic films exist

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Product solutions

Introducing Exceed™ S performance polyethylene for so much, so simply
When your applications demand the ultimate in stiffness and toughness, and easy processing is essential, the Exceed™ S resin portfolio is a solution that can elevate performance, while simplifying operations.
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Exceed™ XP performance polyethylene for eXtreme Performance
If your applications are highly demanding, the Exceed™ XP portfolio of resins offers the extreme toughness needed to deliver truly differentiated solutions.
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Exceed™ performance polyethylene for sealability and optical performance
For your applications that need a combination of outstanding sealing and best-in-class optical properties, Exceed™ PE resins are the answer.
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Enable™ performance polyethylene for easy processability
When you are looking for more stable operations and better line output, Enable™ PE resins deliver excellent processability and bubble stability with HAO properties in a single resin.
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LDPE
ExxonMobil™ low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resins range from 0.913 to 0.934 g/cm³, making them suitable for a large variety of applications.
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