LDPE Cost of Production | Q1 2024
Updated Reports Examining LDPE Manufacturing Costs
Intratec offers professional, easy-to-understand Commodity Cost of Production reports analyzing the costs of LDPE manufacturing processes. Each report describes an industrial plant based on a specific LDPE process. The report also presents an independent analysis of the costs of LDPE production, encompassing plant capital costs (capex) and plant operating costs (opex). All reports are based on the most recent economic data available (Q1 2024).
LDPE Production from Ethylene (High-Pressure Tubular Process)
This report presents the economics of a typical Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) production process from polymer grade (PG) ethylene in the United States, using a high-pressure tubular polymerization process.
Details: 400 kta United States-based plant | Q1 2024 | 106 pages From $799 USD
The cost analyses presented in the report LDPE E11A target a 400 kta (kilometric tons per annum) United States-based plant. For those interested in cost analyses considering other plant capacities and/or locations, Intratec offers a customized analysis as an optional feature.
LDPE Production from Ethylene (High-Pressure Autoclave Process)
This report analyses the economics of a typical Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) production process from polymer grade (PG) ethylene in the United States. The process examined in this report is a high-pressure autoclave process.
Details: 150 kta United States-based plant | Q1 2024 | 106 pages From $799 USD
The cost analyses presented in the report LDPE E12A target a 150 kta (kilometric tons per annum) United States-based plant. For those interested in cost analyses considering other plant capacities and/or locations, Intratec offers a customized analysis as an optional feature.
Could Not Find the Production Cost Report you Need?
If none of the LDPE reports listed above fits your needs, you can request a bespoke report examining the process you are interested in! You will have a report tailored to your needs, in which you defined production process, industrial plant capacity and location!
Details: Customer-defined Plant Location & Capacity | Q1 2024 From $2,900 USD
Use our Reports as
Feasibility Studies
Techno-economic Evaluations
Investment Analyses
Multi-regional Cost Analyses
Trusted By
About LDPE. LDPE (a.k.a. Low Density Polyethylene) the first thermoplastic polyolefin used commercially, is one of the three main types of polyethylene. LDPE differs from high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) primarily due to its unique molecular structure, where large amounts of long-chain branching, impart different rheological behavior in both shear and extension. LDPE offers an unparalleled combination of low cost, ease of fabrication and balance of physical properties (toughness, flexibility and transparency). The first thermoplastic polyolefin used commercially, LDPE is still widely used in a wide range of applications.
LDPE Uses. Generically,it is possible to establish commercial grades based on LDPE applications: film and sheet,extrusion coating,injection molding,wire and cable,and blow molding. The film and sheet industry represents the largest application sector for low-density polyethylene,constituting approximately 50% of North American demand. Resins used for films typically have melt indices ranging from 0.2 to 6 and densities from 0.917 to 0.930. Typically,the extrusion coating process employs resins with melt indices between 4 and 10 and densities from 0.920 to 0.930,particularly those produced in autoclave reactors,with the essential combination of neck-in and drawdown. One of the resin specifications commonly used in extrusion coating is the general-purpose grade. The injection molding grade is obtained by injecting molten LDPE into a metal mold at high temperature and pressure. The resulting solid article,taking the mold's shape,is then cooled and extracted.
Intratec Methodology. Intratec distilled its expertise, gained from more than a decade of supporting companies worldwide in the analysis of commodities markets and process economics, and developed a consistent report development methodology.
The methodology ensures a holistic, coherent, and consistent techno-economic evaluation, guiding the development of a report that allows readers to fully understand a specific process technology for the production of a commodity. In addition to being based on a common methodology, all Intratec reports that approach industrial processes have a common structure, i.e., indexes, tables and charts share similar standards. This ensures that Intratec’s readers know upfront what they will get and, more than that, will be able to compare technologies addressed in different reports.
Our methodology is continuously tested and proven by the many corporations involved with the commodities sector, R&D centers, EPC companies, financial institutions and government agencies that rely on our reports.
Check Intratec Methodology to better understand how Intratec develops Commodity Cost of Production Reports.