Abstract: Bimetallic catalyst for producing polyethylene resins with a bimodal molecular weight distribution, its preparation and use. The catalyst is obtainable by a process which includes contacting a support material with an organomagnesium component and carbonyl-containing component. The support material so treated is contacted with a non-metallocene transition metal component to obtain a catalyst intermediate, the latter being contacted with an aluminoxane component and a metallocene component, This catalyst may be further activated with, e.g., alkylaluminum cocatalyst, and contacted, under polymerization conditions, with ethylene and optionally one or more comonomers, to produce ethylene homo- or copolymers with a bimodal molecular weight distribution and improved resin swell properties in a single reactor. These ethylene polymers are particularly suitable for blow molding applications.

Abstract: An ethylene/?-olefin copolymer comprising a component produced by a non-single-site polymerization catalyst and a component produced by a single-site polymerization catalyst, its preparation and use are described. The copolymer has an ?-olefin content of 5 to 20 percent by weight aud shows at least two CRYSTAF peak temperatures differing by at least 15° C. and/or at least two DSC melting peak temperatures differing by at least 15° C.

Abstract: Methods of making mixed Ziegler-Natta/metallocene catalysts are disclosed. The methods include slurrying a dehydrated support in a hydrocarbon solvent, adding a dialkylmagnesium compound, then adding a non-metallocene group 4 or 5 metal compound, followed by adding a metallocene, an alumoxane, and optionally an aklyl aluminum compound and an electron donor compound, followed by drying the product. The alumoxane is added in an aromatic solvent.

Abstract: A novel catalyst system for the polymerization of alpha-olefins is provided. The catalyst system comprises: (a) an organoaluminum containing component, e.g. triethyl aluminum, and (b) a titanium halide containing component. The titanium halide containing component is obtained by copulverizing a halogen containing magnesium compound, e.g. MgCl.sub.2, with an active hydrogen containing organic compound, e.g. phenol, to produce a copulverized product. The copulverized product is then reacted with an organometallic compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the Periodic Table, e.g. triethyl aluminum, to produce a reaction product. The reaction product is then copulverized with a complex of a first titanium halide compound and an electron-donor, e.g. TiCl.sub.4.ethyl benzoate, to produce a solid reaction product. The solid reaction product is then reacted with a second titanium halide compound, e.g. TiCl.sub.4.