Dow Reaffirms Commmitment to SARAN™ Resins and Films
December 22 , 2005
MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Company announced its continued commitment to its SARAN™ Resins and Films business as it nears completion of a substantial upgrade to its Midland, Mich., production facility. The $45.1 million upgrade strengthens Dow's ongoing efforts in innovation with SARAN Resins and Films, the world's premier solution for barrier packaging, which Dow invented in 1939.
"This investment in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and technologies enhances our ability to deliver innovative SARAN Products that open up new applications for customers and enable them to offer higher barrier differentiated end products," said Carlos Ruiz, Global Product Marketing Manager for SARAN Resins and Films, The Dow Chemical Company. "We see great potential in SARAN Products. We continue to work with our customers to further advance multi-layer cast and blown film technology to drive the adoption of clear, coextruded SARAN based Films in growing high-barrier packaging applications, including but not limited to retort and hot fill, processed meats, dry goods, hygroscopic goods, liquid packaging and snacks."
SARAN Resins and Films are a preferred choice for food packaging applications because they deliver a cost-effective and dependable moisture, oxygen, and odor barrier which locks in flavor, prolongs shelf-life, and has the clarity to showcase quality. SARAN Products also are used in ostomy devices, textile lamination for protective clothing, fibers, and a variety of industrial applications.
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Dow is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $40 billion, Dow serves customers in 175 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress: food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its 43,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted.
