(Thomas Net) -- The Dow Chemical Company and Milliken & Company have announced the launch of AGILITY NX clear polypropylene (PP) resins, a next-generation family of PP offering excellent aesthetics, excellent functionality and enhanced operational efficiencies for greater impact on the sustainability profile of PP. The announcement was made at the 2011 International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago.
The new AGILITY NX resins bring together Dow's breakthrough polymer design and production capabilities for random copolymer PP resins with Milliken's innovative Millad NX(TM) 8000 clarifying agent. These new resins are suitable for clear, injection-molded food and consumer storage containers, thin-wall retail food packaging and other demanding consumer goods applications.
AGILITY NX is the first family of products in Dow's new AGILITY portfolio of high-performance polyolefins, engineered to improve functionality, efficiency and aesthetics.