Extrusion Coating & Lamination

EMEA Market and Portfolio Overview

Carolina Gregorio Bernard Fehr

Market Manager Technical Service & Development Lead

The Dow Chemical Company

Global Extrusion Coating
(2.108 kta, 2.7% Growth)

Blow Molding
14%

Injection Molding
10%

Pipe/Conduit Extrusion Coating

9% 3%

Wire & Cable

3%
Film Other Extrusion
52% 4%
Rotomolding
2%
Other Non-Extrusion
4%

Source: TPER & IHS

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EMEA Extrusion Coating Market
(880 kta, 2.6% growth – Regional : WE – 2.2%, EE – 2.7%, MET – 3.7%, Africa – 4.3%)

By Region By Polymer

Source: TPER 2014, IHS 2016

Note: Numbers may not sum up due to rounding

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EMEA Extrusion Coating Market
(880 kta, Growth rates: WE – 2.2%, EE – 2.7%, MET – 3.7%, Africa – 4.3%)

Segment Applications
(Growth Rate
2015-25)
Flexible Food:
Packaging Bags and wrappers for cereals, confectionary, ice cream,
(2.2%) retail. Pouches for meat, powdered foods, soups, sugar.
Non-food: Bags and sachets for pet food, pharma, medical,
fertilizers.

Liquid Packaging Gable top and aseptic liquid cartons for beverages &
(3.0%) semi-solid foods (purées, sauces, soups…)

Photographic Color and monochrome prints, graphic arts

(1.0%)

Commercial Highly fragmented segment:

(3.2%) 1. 23% - Packaging boards: folding cartons for food
(frozen foods, detergents), tableware & ovenable
2. 39% - Packaging paper: mil wrappers, ream wrapping,
industrial sacks, industrial wrappers (steel), envelopes
3. 38% - Technical: medical/hygiene, release liners
(labels), Insulation facings, building membranes, cable
wrap, wall coverings

Source: AWA 2015

Note: Numbers may not sum up due to rounding 4
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Key Markets Trends
Total Sweet & Savory Snack Market Growth (WE & EE)
3.1-3.6% Growth YOY
3.500,00
Flexible Packaging
3.000,00

2.500,00 Key Trends:

2.000,00 •Stand-up Pouch Growth
• Convenience
1.500,00
•Light weighting
1.000,00 •Extended shelf life
500,00 •Opportunistic eaters
0,00
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

European Beverage Market

(‘13-’18) by Pack Type
Eastern Europe Western Europe Beverage Packaging
Pack type
2013-18 CAGR % 2013-18 CAGR %
Key Trends:
Total Beverage Packaging 1.90 0.90
Metal 4.70 1.50 •Milk consumption
Rigid Plastic 1.50 1.40 •Energy drinks, beer consumption
Glass 1.60 -0.40 •Semi-liquid foods
Liquid Cartons 0.80 1.20
Paper-based Containers 1.40 3.10 •Pouch fruit juices
Flexible Packaging 1.20 1.40

Source: Euromonitor
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Market Trends Drive Our Industry Leading Portfolio
Trend Impact Solution

Cost pressures on high Fully used equipment LDPEs and New! AGILITY deliver
volume applications capability fast coating and thinner gauges

Convenience drives demand
for takeaway foods, growing
demand for pouches and
small cartons
Improve packaging ELITE™ & AFFINITY™ for high
integrity - LLDPE in EC performance sealing, improved
growing at 4% annually hot tack

Pouches for food and AMPLIFY™ TY & PRIMACOR™

E/C offers ease and speed
beverages grow >8% for long term adhesion in barrier
of conversion for long runs
annually laminates

DO
Specialty papers & some W
New! DOWLEX 2006G offers higher
liquid cartons require higher HDPE in EC growing at 4.0% CON
barrier and WVTR resistance and
WVTR resistance/smooth annually FID
good surface flatness ENT
surfaces
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 Resin Trends
High Melt Strength LDPEs makes up 77% of the PE use in E/C
- LDPE usage in extrusion coating growing at 2.5% annually
- Old autoclave plants -“newest” built in early 1960s- and no additional capacity planned
- Critical requirement for high melt strength resins which deliver low neck-in

High performance mLLDPEs usage is growing

- LLDPE usage in extrusion coating growing at 4.0% annually
- Improved seal performance driven by food safety and packaging machine efficiency
- Demand driven by both paper packaging and extrusion lamination

HDPEs growing use in blends

- Supports efficient use and costs optimization in conversion
- Offers higher temperature resistance and smooth surfaces
- Adhesion and seal initiation performance trade-off?

Source: TPER
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 Basics to Breakthroughs
SARAN™ PVDC

AMPLIFY™ IO ADCOTE™
Adhesives & Coatings
MOR-FREE™
PRIMACOR™ Solventless Adh
ROBOND™
INFUSE™ OBC
Waterborne Adh
AMPLIFY™ TY
AFFINITY™ SEALUTION™
Product Family

Peel Polymers
ENGAGE™
Propositions

VERSIFY ™
COSEAL™
ATTANE™ Cold-Seal Adh

ELITE™ AT
AMPLIFY™ EA
ELITE™
DOWLEX™
AGILITY™
HDPE
DOW™ LDPE
Extrusion Coating Focus
Butene CEFORTM

Performance / Functionality Specialization

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LDPE and HDPEs for Sealing, WVTR & Stiffness

Product Melt Index Density Applications

LDPE PG 7004 4.1 0.921 General paperboard coating

LDPE PT 7007 7.5 0.918 General purpose extrusion lamination

LDPE PG 7008 7.5 0.918 Versatile Extrusion lamination

LDPE 7010E 8.5 0.919 High-speed extrusion lamination and liquid paperboard packaging

DOW LDPE 770G 2.3 0.918 Blend partner for higher alpha-olefin copolymers

DOWLEX™ 2006G 8.0 0.962 HDPE for Stiffness, WVTR

laminate (aseptic)

25g/m² coatings at 100mpm on Kraft paper - Tset 320°C

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High Performance Sealants & ESCR
Product Melt Index Density Notes
ELITE™ 5811 8.0 0.919 Ready to use – general purpose abuse and sealant

ELITE™ 5800G 12 0.911 Ready to use – high speed sealant

ELITE™ 5860 22 0.908 Blendable – high speed sealant

AFFINITY™ PT1451G1 7.5 0.902 Ready to use – high performance sealing

Heat Seal Strength [N/15mm] Hot-Tack Strength [N/15mm]

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High Performance Sealants & ESCR

Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR Bell Test )

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PRIMACOR™ – EAA for Substrate Adhesion
Product Melt Index Density % Comonomer
PRIMACOR™ 3002 9.8 0.936 8.0% AA
PRIMACOR™ 3003 7.5 0.935 6.5% AA
PRIMACOR™ 3004 8.5 0.938 9.7% AA
PRIMACOR™ 3330 5.5 0.932 6.5% AA
PRIMACOR™ 3440 10.0 0.938 9.7% AA
PRIMACOR™ 3460 20.0 0.938 9.7% AA
PRIMACOR™ 4608 7.7 0.932 6.5% AA

(> 10N/25mm) (4-10N/25mm) (<0.5 N/25mm)

ALUMINUM LDPE PP
STEEL EVA PET
GLASS PA PVdC
IONOMERS PAPER EVOH
mLLDPE PC
HDPE PS

9.7% EAA - 180°

T-PEEL TEST OF COMPOSITE SAMPLES

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AMPLIFY™ TY – Tie Layers
Product MAH Melt Density Adhesion Notes
Graft Index
Level
AMPLIFY™ TY 1355 Low 6.0 0.920 PA, EVOH, PE, Ready to use for ext. coating
Paper
AMPLIFY™ TY 1052H High 1.3 0.870 PE, PP, PA, Concentrate, most-versatile
EVOH PA: 10-15% EVOH: 20-25%

AMPLIFY™ TY 1053H High 2.0 0.965 PE, PA, EVOH Concentrate, most-versatile
PA: 6-15% EVOH: 12-20%
XZ 89893.00* Low 7.5 0.920 PE, PP, PET, PA, Formulated , universal co-extrusion
EVOH and extrusion lamination adhesive

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The Case for Change
LDPE World capacity
30.000
2007 2012 P2017
49% A/C 42% A/C 35% A/C
25.000
-0,15% GR/A
-2% GR/A

20.000

15.000
Autoclave

10.000
+2,24% GR/A Tubular
+2,78% GR/A
5.000

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Units : -000-MT

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 The Case for Change

Autoclave LDPE has been a stable Key Markets are Growing

technology
• Lightweight, sustainable beverage
packaging driving liquid paperboard growth
• Little to no innovation in the last 20-30 yrs
• Global consumption of snacks/shelf-stable
• Existing capacity is aged, no new capacity foods growing in emerging markets
planned

Emerging Markets Forecast

INDIA: 6.4%
MET: 3.6%
ASIA: 3.5%
AFRICA: 3.0%

Source: TPER & IHS

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Introducing Our Latest
Breakthrough….
 AGILITY™ EC Introducing the Performance LDPE’s
for Fast & Light Coatings
• Dow has developed a new extrusion coating LDPE based on Dow’s patented
AGILITY™ technology
• AGILITY™ EC is designed to meet the industry’s needs for higher line speeds and
thinner coat weights

• AGILITY™ EC 7000 – Fast & Light Coatings

• New AGILITY™ EC 7220 – High Performance Blending partner in
ELITE blends for Fast & Light Coatings with Improved Seal
Performance
• New AGILITY™ EC 7080 – Very Fast and Light Coatings

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Dow’s AGILITY™ EC 7000 Benefits

 Fast coatings for improved productivity

 Thin coatings for improved efficiency
 Meets highest industry standards
 Broad ramp up and steady state
process window
 Robust neck in and draw dawn behavior

 Long term supply security for improved

flexibility

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Processing Performance

AGILITY™ EC 7000

Specific Rate LDPELDPE

DOW 7008 PG
(7.77008
MI, 0.918)
/ PT 7007
[g/RPM]
DOW
LDPELDPE 7010E
7010E (8.5 MI, 0.919)
125
DOW
LDPELDPE
7004 PG
(4.17004
MI, 0.922)
100

75
Paper adhesion - Adapter Pressure
Mullen [%] [bar]
50

25

mono @ 320° set temperature /

Draw Down
Neck-In [mm] 25 [g/m²] and 100 or 300 [m/min]
25[g/m²] @ line speed on 60 [g/m²] Kraft Paper
[m/min]
100[m/min]

Neck-In [mm]
25[g/m²] @
300[m/min]

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Packaging Performance
1 AGILITY™ EC 7000
Seal Initiation
DOW LDPE PG7008 / PT 7007
[°C]
2 1

Haze Seal Strength

[%] [N/15mm]

2 1

Flexural COF
Modulus [MPa] (Ctg to Ctg)

Coating co-ex @ 290° set

2 2
Coating temperature /
Tensile
Elemendorf 25 [g/m²] and 100
Strength [m/min] line speed
Tear [cN]
at Break [MPa] 1 coated paper
2 film from web
Coating2 curtain
Elongation
at Break [%]

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Similar Neck-in Performance

25 [g/m²]
100 [m/min]

AGILITY™ EC 7000
25 [g/m²]
300 [m/min] DOW LDPE PG 7008 / PT 7007
DOW LDPE 7010E

10 [g/m²]
650 [m/min]

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

«Neck-In» of coating web in [mm]

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AGILITY™ EC = High Speed

Our customers experience:

• Speed of 650 m/min OK

• Gauge of 7μm OK
• Speed improvements of
20-30% achievable
• All possible within a safe
processing window

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AGILITY™ EC 7220 – Benefits of ELITE™ blending
~ Performance advantages combination:
~ ELITE™ high seal performance for improved packaging hermeticity
~ AGILITY™ improved conversion output for conversion efficiency
~ AGILITY™ EC 7220 is key to run a stable high speed conversion in
ELITETM rich blends for improved sealant performance and optimal
material use
~ Benefits for converter
~ Blends result in 40% material usage reduction in sealant layer
vs a 100% LD pure layer!! – Up to 5% in total final package
~ Up to 5% cost saving due to material reduction
~ Up to 30% conversion efficiency improvement derived of
increased productivity (more sqm produced)
~ Conversion energy savings per sqm
~ Benefits for packer
~ Improved sustainability profile packaging
~ More packs produced with same roll weight 25
Source: DOW PackStudios Lab

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AGILITY™ EC 7220 – Blend Partner for Fast & Light
Coatings with Improved Seal Performance

Blended with 70% ELITETM 5860 in all cases

Neck-In Draw Down

Low Neck-In in ELITETM EPE rich blends with improved draw down vs autoclave
standard alternatives for Fast and Light Coatings with Improved Packaging
Hermeticity
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Source: DOW PackStudios Lab

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Looking ahead!
What’s next?

• New! Improve process efficiency and seal integrity with High Performance
Sealant (cleaner, improved processability, improved seal performance)

• New! Versatile interlayer adhesive with new AMPLIFYTM TY (retort Al-PP)

• Proven high aluminum adhesion with PRIMACORTM

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Building on the Unique In-House
Engineering Capabilities
• Single station HO RG EN
• Feed-block1 co-extrusion
• Line speed: max. 1000 m/min
• Web width: max. 800 mm
• Fully process controlled
• Dow data acquisition system
1Dow proprietary technology for market relevant structures

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