OQ - Expanding Polymer Horizons for the Packaging Industry

Discover OQ’s Luban Polypropylene and Polyethylene for Packaging Solutions

The OQ Luban Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) product suite helps customers meet today’s sustainability and regulatory requirements, while addressing consumers’ performance demands. OQ brings together the legacy of nine companies, with diverse know-how and expertise in the polyolefins industry, merging innovation and technology to develop game-changing, added-value materials. With the recent addition of the world-class, state-of-the-art LPIC (Liwa Plastics Industry Complex) facility in Oman, OQ has quadrupled its production capacity and increased the offering of PP and PE solutions. The complete grade listing is available to download below but the exact range will still be revisited by both partners in the future and may be subject to change.

Available in: BENELUX (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), DACH (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), CEE (Poland, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Latvia), NORDICS (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden).

Flexible Packaging

Industrial Packaging

Rigid Packaging

Bottles & Containers

Caps & Closures

Flexible Packaging

Flexible packaging is required by many consumer-facing industries, including, but not limited to, food, electronics, cosmetics, and household products, among others. OQ’s specialized grades can increase efficiencies across the whole value chain, from production to its end-users.

Food Packaging

OQ’s offering for food packaging include grades designed for blown, cast and BOPP (Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene) films.

Applications

Labels for plastic bottles
Fruits wraps
Frozen food bags
Drink sachets
Laminated pouches
Food packs
Snack wraps
Pet food

Key Benefits

Durable flexibility/strength balance
High heat and chemical resistance
Lightweight, allowing space-efficient and compact packaging
Adaptable aesthetics, supporting creative designs
Enhanced barrier protection
Improved sealing properties

Industrial Packaging

Applications

Mulch films
Multilayer packaging film
Personal care
Hygiene film
Garment film
Bags (e.g., shoppers, produce, can liners)

Key Benefits

Improved processability
High tenacity & stiffness
Excellent draw down
Superior puncture resistance and impact strength
Optical and bubble stability properties
Enhanced sealing properties

Rigid Packaging

Today’s packaging industry trends are focused on meeting higher expectations from consumers in sustainability and performance, as well as food-contact and non-food safety and other applicable regulations.

Thin-Wall Packaging

OQ’s Luban PP range is an ideal choice for multiple thin-wall applications requiring solutions with high fluidity and balanced mechanical properties.

Applications

Dairy packaging
Pails
Houseware
Cups
Trays and lids

Key Benefits

Reduced cycle times with improved flow
Improved sustainability and energy savings during extrusion
Excellent aesthetics with improved transparency and clarity
Enhanced impact resistance at lower temperatures
Optimum weight/stiffness/toughness balance
Stackability for transportation/logistics/storage efficiency
Cost-efficiency

Bottles & Containers

OQ’s Luban high density polyethylene (HDPE) and PP resins are well-suited for a wide range of blow molded bottles.

Applications

Household cleaning
Industrial bottles & containers
Clear bottles
Toiletries
Cosmetics & personal care bottles
Edible oils
Water & drinks

Key Benefits

Lightweight
Durability
Improved safety
Improved aesthetics (i.e., clarity, gloss, matte, colorability)

Caps & Closures

OQ offers multiple resins that can help you meet your cap and closure needs for a variety of uses.

Applications

Soft lids
Reusable lids
Pull rings
Secured caps
Flip top closures
Resealable closures

Key Benefits

End-application ease of use
Lightweight
Softness
Food-contact safe
Freedom of design