Adflex TPOs Transform Residential Roofing with Performance and Value
Underneath most shingled roofs built during the past 50 years in North America is asphalt-coated paper, designed to keep moisture at bay. But it presents many challenges: it’s difficult to install, can retain water and tears easily. The last thing homeowners want is a roof with a short life, and producers and installers need products that perform, both during and after installation.
That’s why roofing manufacturers are turning to synthetic fabrics coated with plastics to produce underlayments. LyondellBasell has developed a new product that’s used to coat the polypropylene nonwoven fabric –Adflex thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) – which has demonstrated that it can outperform the old-fashioned asphalt paper.
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Flexing Performance Muscle In Flexible Packaging
New PE Grade Offers Exceptional Design, Processing and Mechanical Improvements.
There’s a new player on the block that packs a punch. It’s Luflexen hyPE 35P FA, a new polyethylene grade with the potential to offer an entirely new level of performance for flexible packaging.
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