Mitsui Chemicals America To Offer Versatile Cyclo Olefin Copolymer

Purchase, NY - Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc., a division of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., one of the leading companies in the chemical industry, recently announced APEL(TM), a cyclo olefin copolymer (COC) will be marketed in the North and South American markets. The copolymer will be available in film and resin form.

Developed using the Ziegler polymerization process, APEL has a lower birefringence and the highest refractive index (1.54) among commercialized COCs and other cyclo olefin polymers, making it ideal for use in high performance film, optical lens and packaging applications such as DVD players, recorders and SACD players, shrink film and in pharmaceutical packaging such as blister packs.

"There are numerous actual and potential applications for APEL(TM) in the film, optical, medical, and packaging areas," said Kensaku Maruyama, President, Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. "We are very excited about the opportunity to work with manufacturers in the Americas who are looking to enhance the performance of their next generation products."

Mitsui Chemicals expanded the production of the copolymer earlier in 2005 in response to increasing demand in high performance packaging, electronic and optical applications.

SOURCE: Mitsui Chemicals