NOVA Chemicals' SURPASS family of resins sets a new performance standard for the polyethylene film market. For the highly innovative food packaging market, our customers can make products that are stronger and thinner, with both improved clarity and better puncture performance. In most cases, SURPASS film resins run faster than competitive resins and also run on existing equipment, which translates into increased operating efficiency with no capital outlay for our customers.

Mohawk Northern Plastics was one of our first customers to enjoy the full benefits of SURPASS resins. Mohawk is an extruder/converter that produces a variety of produce and food packaging under the APEX 2000 and APEX 3000 trademarks, respected brand names in food packaging. Mohawk specifies SURPASS resins in a wide range of demanding packaging applications including stand-up and pillow-pack pouches, shrink film and heavy-duty shipping sacks.

SURPASS resins leverage our single-site catalyst technology and are manufactured at our world-scale Joffre, Alberta facility. The combination of our proprietary technology and highly efficient manufacturing allows NOVA Chemicals to compete profitably in specialty films, one of the fastest-growing, highest-value polyethylene packaging segments. In turn, customers such as Mohawk choose SURPASS resins for their exceptional clarity, strength and processing characteristics, which command premium pricing in their market.