Packaging

Photo: Cosmetic Products in Plastic Bottles

LyondellBasell is one of the world's largest suppliers of polyolefins and advanced polyolefins to producers of film used in packaging applications.

Flexible Packaging

Typical customer film conversion technologies include blown, cast, mono- or bi-oriented. Used in applications ranging from stationery and food packaging to consumer products and agricultural film, our resins are considered benchmarks in the industry due to their superior performance characteristics:

  • Product consistency and processability
  • Transparency and gloss
  • Sealing and hot-tack performance
  • Tear and dart impact properties
  • Wide range of service temperatures

Industrial Packaging

Typical applications include intermediate bulk containers (IBC’s), drums (open top and L-ring), jerry cans, heating oil tanks and bottles for industrial use. Most of these products are made using the extrusion blow molding process.

Based on LyondellBasell’s innovative Advanced Cascade Process, our resins are selected by customers because they deliver the quality, consistency and longevity needed in large blow molding applications. Several grades are used in applications requiring U.N. approval.

Rigid Packaging

Typical customer applications include food packaging such as dairy containers, trays, dry food containers as well as containers for paints, health and beauty products. Customers select our resins for these applications due to the wide range of attributes offered:

  • Low temperature impact resistance
  • Ultra high clarity
  • Fast processing speeds
  • Reduced wall thicknesses
  • Microwave reheating capability
  • Recyclability
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Easy handling throughout supply chain

Our resins can be tailored for use in a variety of conversion processes and end-use applications.