Pour ce qui est de la technologie du PE, on utilise actuellement quatre types de procédés de production du PE, qui se caractérisent par le mode de polymérisation de l'éthylène: la phase gazeuse (ex.: UCC, BP, Montedison), l'émulsion (ex.: Phillips Petroleum, Mitsui), la solution (ex.: Novacor, Dow) et la haute pression (ex.: ICI, Enichem).
Turning to the PE technology market, there are four types of PE production processes that are currently used, distinguished by the way in which ethylene is polymerised: gas phase (for instance UCC, BP, Montedison); slurry (for instance Phillips Petroleum, Mitsui); solution (for instance Novacor, Dow) and high pressure (for instance, ICI, Enichem).