Published: August 8, 2024 |

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ExxonMobil has launched its Enable™ 1617 performance polyethylene (PE) grade. Ideal for thin-gauge hand wrap applications, the new resin is designed to help provide high tenacity and consistent extrusion, as well as help enable the incorporation of high loading levels of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.

“ExxonMobil is committed to collaborating with our customers to understand their needs and to help them create compelling potential solutions for the industry. Our new resin not only can enhance performance but also can support the incorporation of recycled content,” said Justin Schmader, market development manager, ExxonMobil.

“We believe this product will help our customers achieve their operational objectives more efficiently such as helping support their goals of reducing raw material use,” added Schmader.

An Enable™ performance polyethylene resin-based solution can help to deliver high tenacity, contribute to high holding force and great load stability. The new Enable 1617 performance PE resin can combine seemingly opposite features: high flow and high tenacity. This unique combination can result in great cast film processing, exhibited by fast line speed, low pressure and low motor load.

With its flow properties, Enable 1617 resins can be run in coextruded structures as discrete layers, contrary to some of the lower melt index high tenacity resins that require blending in order to be processed. The balanced properties can provide opportunities for stiff, thinner gauge film, while offering consistent extrusion and high throughput rates, up to 650 m/min for 8 μm film thickness.

To help support value chain participants’ goals of reducing their use of raw materials, ExxonMobil has developed a solution for downgauged, tough hand wrap films that can include the incorporation of PCR content. In high-tenacity hand wrap applications, Enable 1617 resin can make the incorporation of 30+ percent PCR content possible, while maintaining high processability and good film quality.

The incorporation of PCR content can make predicting gel content and quality consistency difficult. Enable™ 1617 performance polyethylene resin is especially well-suited as a blend partner for the incorporation of PCR content.

The high melt strength of Enable™ 1617 can contribute to process stability, while the high flow attributes can help enable the processing of thin gauge film at high extrusion rates. Film properties can be affected by the quality of the incorporated PCR content, however, Enable 1617 resins can be instrumental in helping to maintain acceptable film properties for the application without need to up-gauge.

More information about ExxonMobil’s Enable 1617 performance polyethylene and associated applications can be found in the case study, HERE.

ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy and petrochemical companies, creates solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. The corporation’s primary businesses — upstream, product solutions, and low carbon solutions — provide products that enable modern life, including energy, chemicals, lubricants, and lower emissions technologies. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading portfolio of resources, and is one of the largest integrated fuels, lubricants, and chemical companies in the world. In 2021, ExxonMobil announced scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission-reduction plans for 2030 for operated assets, compared to 2016 levels. The plans are to achieve a 20-30 percent reduction in corporate-wide greenhouse gas intensity; a 40-50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas intensity of upstream operations; a 70-80 percent reduction in corporate-wide methane intensity; and a 60-70 percent reduction in corporate-wide flaring intensity. With advancements in technology and the support of clear and consistent government policies, ExxonMobil aims to achieve net-zero scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from its operated assets by 2050.

ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading inventory of resources, is one of the largest refiners and marketers of petroleum products, and its chemical company is one of the largest in the world.

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