Knowledge Base

A quick reference to common plastics and polymer materials.


PO Polyolefin (a class of polymers that includes PE and PP)
PP Polypropylene
HDPE High-Density Polyethylene
BOPP Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (a specific film type of PP used for packaging)
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
PPE Polyphenylene Ether (or Modified Polyphenylene Ether, a type of engineering plastic)
PPU There is no standard abbreviation PPU in common plastics terminology. It might be a misspelling of PSU (Polysulfone) or PU/PUR (Polyurethane).
CPE Chlorinated Polyethylene
LD Low Density (often used as a prefix to PE for Low-Density Polyethylene)
LDPE Low-Density Polyethylene