HMC at Propak Vietnam
HMC Polymers was pleased to recently join with JV associate PTT Global Chemical (GC) at ProPak Vietnam 2019. HMC collaborated with GC in their booth at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) from 19th to 21st of March.
Vietnam is an important growth market for both companies and Propak Vietnam 2019 provided an excellent opportunity to meet with existing and potential customers to explain our product range and new developments in the pipeline.
The GC booth was divided into 4 sections : Superior Performance Products, Sustainability Products, Highlighted Products, and Solutions and Design, and HMC highlighted 3 key end-use product examples in the Superior Performance Products display which are particularly relevant to the dynamic Vietnam market. They were:
Product example: Thin Wall Container
Material: Moplen HP640U Polypropylene Homopolymer
Application: Food containers and drinking cups
Material Description:
- Easy processing that enhances design freedom
- Excellent dimensional stability and high transparency
- Good impact-stiffness balance
- Easy flow and excellent stiffness allows down gauging
Product example: Multi-layer Film for Food Packaging
Material: Clyrell RC221M Polypropylene Copolymer
Application: Sealing layer for CPP and BOPP films
Material Description:
- Excellent haze and gloss
- Excellent seal strength and hot tack performance
- High seal strength
- Low sealing initiation temperature and enable high speed packaging
Product example: Woven Sack with Raffia Coating
Material: Moplen EP229R Heterophasic Polypropylene Copolymer
Application: Extrusion coating and lamination
Material Description:
- Excellent processability
- Low neck-in
- Good melt strength
- High coating speed
ProPak Vietnam is the largest and most international trade event for the rapidly expanding processing and packaging industries in Vietnam and Indochina. This annual event is dedicated to technology suppliers involved in the food, drink and pharmaceutical processing and packaging, plus the printing and labelling industries, bringing together thousands of industry leaders and professionals from all segments of the supply chain under one roof.