FILMS, POLYETHYLENE, LINEAR LOW-DENSITY.

LLDPE films are being used in almost every major market that previously relied on film made from conventional LDPE. LLDPE films offer higher tensile strength, improved puncture resistance and higher elongation as well as better toughness and improved properties at low temperatures. LLDPE has been used in some markets to replace more expensive copolymers. Several producers of ice bags, for example, use LLDPE to replace fractional melt vinyl acetate copolymers. LLDPE is finding its way into many of the large packaging applications for foods and textiles as well as nonpackaging applications such as industrial sheeting and agricultural film. It is also used to upgrade the properties and improve the processing of conventional LDPE.