Wellman Introduces Titanium Pet Resins

The new product compliments Wellman's ThermaClearTi, the premier titanium based resin for hot fill packaging.

01/12/06 Wellman, Inc., the largest producer of PET resins in the U.S., announces the introduction of its new PermaClearTi packaging resin at PET Strategies in Atlanta. This titanium based, antimony-free product is specifically designed for the carbonated soft drink industry. The new product compliments Wellman's ThermaClearTi, the premier titanium based resin for hot fill packaging.

Wellman researchers focused on exploiting the polymer properties and performance advantages offered by titanium catalyst. This created a line of patented resins, which are unlocking the potential of PET. Titanium provides significant bottle enhancement opportunities over traditional antimony catalyst systems, which have been the market standard.

According to Michael Dewsbury, Vice President of U.S. PET Resins, "Titanium based PET resins will become the new industry standard as it provides significant bottle enhancement opportunities to our customers over traditional antimony catalyst systems."

Jim Bruening, Wellman's Director of PET Resins Research and Development stated, "Titanium based PET resin is Wellman's strategic technology platform and we believe the industry will follow, making titanium the catalyst of choice. Using PermaClearTi and ThermaClearTi titanium resins will allow our customers to raise filling temperatures, reduce AA, reduce injection cycle times by up to 10%, and provide light weighting opportunities, while increasing clarity" Wellman commercially produces these patented titanium based PET resins at its world scale plants in Florence, South Carolina and Pearl River, Mississippi.