LLDP has penetrated almost all traditional markets for polyethylene; it is used for plastic bags and sheets , plastic wrap, stretch wrap, pouches, toys, covers, lids, pipes, buckets and containers.
The production of LLDPE is initiated by transition metal catalysts, particularly Ziegler or Philips type of catalyst. The actual polymerization process can be done either in solution phase or in gas phase reactors.
Usually, octene is the comonomer in solution phase while butene and hexene are copolymerized with ethylene in a gas phase reactor.