NOVA Chemicals Selects Leading European Distributor Tricon to Expand International Footprint, The Canadian Business Journal

CALGARY, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) today announced an agreement with Tricon Energy Inc. (“Tricon”) to introduce NOVA Chemicals’ Advanced SCLAIRTECH™ technology to the European market. technology and other high performance resins. The deal will provide European converters, manufacturers and brand owners with greater access to NOVA Chemicals’ entire product portfolio, improved traceability, local sales and service, and a manufacturer turnover from early 2023. technical support begins.

Tricon is an industry leader in the global trade and commodity distribution market, with a wide range of its own products that complement those of NOVA Chemicals.

Todd Becker, Vice President of Sales, NOVA Chemicals, said: “Through distributors like Tricon, the value chain sees faster access to premium his NOVA Chemicals products with trusted distribution companies and expanded local sales and support. .”

NOVA Chemicals’ advanced SCLAIRTECH technology offers versatility, enhanced sealing properties, and enables ultra-high barrier protection over other solutions. For example, SURPASS resin, made with advanced SCLAIRTECH technology, offers unique properties not found in traditional polyethylene resins, including better processability, lighter weight, ultra-high barrier protection, strength, toughness and abuse resistance. provide a combination of NOVA Chemicals’ SCLAIR resins are versatile in design, offering a wide range of molecular weights, excellent environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR), and consistent and familiar processing properties.

Pierre Parra, Global Product Director PE at Tricon, said:

NOVA Chemicals’ polyethylene resins are used in markets such as biaxial shrinks, stretch films, liners, caps & closures, flexible food packaging, e-commerce, heavy duty sacks, collated shrinks, household bags & wraps, artificial turf and rotational molding. We provide services.

Learn more about NOVA Chemicals polyethylene resins, its commitment to circularity in plastics, and how NOVA Chemicals drives customer success through ingenuity and collaboration.

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About Nova Chemicals Corporation

NOVA Chemicals is guided by the singular purpose of shaping a world where tomorrow is better than today with the plastic products that are essential to our health and well-being. We have bold ambition to build a circular economy for plastics and work together towards a low-carbon, zero-plastic-waste future. NOVA Chemicals’ virgin and recycled resin portfolio, along with best-in-class technical expertise, sets us apart. Our customers use our products to create easily recyclable and recycled content films, packaging and products. Our employees work to ensure health, safety, security and environmental stewardship through our commitment to sustainability and Responsible Care®.

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NOVA Chemicals has 2,400 employees worldwide and is wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

For more information, please visit www.novachem.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

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