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Chevron changes PE brand names. (In Brief).


Chevron Phillips Chevron Phillips is a chemical producer jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and ConocoPhillips. The company was formed July 1st, 2000 by merging the chemicals operations of both Chevron Corporation and Phillips Petroleum Company.  Chemical Co. (CP Chem), Houston, has a new branding system for its polyethylenes. The Marlex brand, previously used for Phillips HDPE HDPE
abbr.
high-density polyethylene
 and Phillips Sumika Polypropylene products, now applies to all CP Chem PE and PP resins for rigid uses like bottles, pipe, sheet, profiles, injection molding injection molding
n.
A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold.
, and rotomolding.

MarlFlex is the new brand for PEs used in flexibles such as films, extrusion coating, and laminating. Included are the former mPact metallocene PEs and Vytek and Dynex enhanced hexene LLDPEs. Finally, the OSP (Online Service Provider) See online service.

OSP - Optical Signal Processor
 brand applies to CP Chem's new oxygen-scavenger polymer.
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Title Annotation:Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., polyethylene brand names
Comment:Chevron changes PE brand names. (In Brief).(Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., polyethylene brand names)
Publication:Plastics Technology
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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