Provided is a joined body comprising a first joined member, a second joined member, and a joining layer that joins the first joined member and the second joined member, wherein the first joined member and the second joined member are each independently one selected from the group consisting of a metal member, a polyamide resin member, and a polyolefin resin member, and the joining layer is a layer formed of a resin composition having a co-continuous phase including a continuous phase A farmed of the polyamide resin and a continuous phase B formed of the polyolefin resin and has a dispersed domain a distributed in the continuous phase A, a finely dispersed subdomain a′ distributed in the dispersed domain a, a dispersed domain b distributed in the continuous phase B, and a finely dispersed subdomain b′ distributed in the dispersed domain b.

An object of the present invention is to provide a moisture barrier laminate including a moisture trapping layer that maximizes its moisture trapping performance and exhibits an excellent moisture barrier property. The moisture barrier laminate of the present invention includes a gas barrier film substrate A having a gas barrier layer a1 and a moisture trapping layer B formed on the film substrate A as a base. On a surface of the moisture trapping layer B opposite to the film substrate A, a protective resin layer C having a moisture permeability in a range of 4.0×10 to 5.0×10.sup.4 g/m.sup.2.Math.day at 40° C. and 90% RH is laminated.

In a toothed belt including a toothed belt body and a reinforcing cloth, the toothed belt body includes a rubber composition and has a base part formed into a flat band shape and a plurality of rubber tooth parts, which are arranged integrally with one face of the base part and spaced apart from each other in a belt lengthwise direction. The reinforcing cloth is attached to the toothed belt body to cover a face, of the toothed belt body, with the rubber tooth parts. Each of the rubber tooth parts is covered with the reinforcing cloth in a corresponding one of cloth-covered tooth parts where a rate of a volume of the reinforcing cloth with respect to a volume of the cloth-covered tooth part is 60% or more.

A laminate includes a substrate, a self-healing layer on the substrate and having a thickness of greater than or equal to about 50 micrometers, a protective layer between the substrate and the self-healing layer, and a surface layer on the self-healing layer and having a thickness of about 20 nanometers to about 300 nanometers, wherein the self-healing layer has a first elastic modulus and the protective layer has a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is about 1.2 times to about 50 times greater than the first elastic modulus, and wherein the surface layer has a friction coefficient of less than or equal to about 1.

A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising at least 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, and a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.

The invention relates to plastic films and a silicone containing polymer blend composition that can be used in the production of the plastic films which is a polymer composition obtainable from, per 100 parts by weight of the composition, 99.99 to 90 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer (P) and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a masterbatch (M).

The present invention relates to a foamed polypropylene composition comprising (A) from 60.0 to 95.0 wt % of a linear propylene homopolymer and (B) from 5.0 to 40.0 wt % of a low density polyethylene, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition, wherein the polypropylene composition before foaming has a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 0.1 to 5.0 g/10 min, determined according to ISO 1133 at a load of 2.16 kg and a temperature of 230° C., and a F.sub.30 melt strength of from 0.1 to 2.0 cN, determined according to ISO 16790:2005, a sheet comprising said foamed polypropylene composition, an article comprising said sheet, a process for producing said sheet and the use of said foamed polypropylene composition or said sheet for producing an article.

The invention relates to multilayer films that are suitable for packaging rubber bale and have excellent compatibility with rubber along with improved melt processability and optical property. In particular, the multilayer films of the present invention, comprises: a) a first skin layer and a second skin layer, wherein each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer independently comprises: (i) an ethylene polymer having a density ranging from 918 kg/m3 to 930 kg/m3 when determined in accordance with ASTM D1505 at 230C, wherein the ethylene polymer is present in an amount ranging from 2 wt. % to 30 wt. %, with regard to the total weight of each of first skin layer and second skin layer; and (ii) a first ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density ranging from 880 to 905 kg/m3, when determined in accordance with ASTM D792 at 230C and present in an amount ranging from 70 wt. % to 98 wt. %, with regard to the total weight of each of first skin layer and second skin layer, and wherein the first ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer comprises 2 wt. % to 25 wt. %, of moieties derived from alpha olefin, with regard to the total weight of the first ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer; and (b) at least one core layer positioned between the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprising a second ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer present in an amount ranging from 95 wt. % to 100 wt. %, with regard to the total weight of the core layer, and wherein the second ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer has a density ranging from 830 to 875 kg/m3, when determined in accordance with ASTM D792 at 230C, wherein the second ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer comprises 30 wt. % to 45 wt. %, of moieties derived from alpha-olefins, with regard to the total weight of the second ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer.

The invention is related to a layered structure with at least one layer a. of a material with a VST≥85° C. comprising at least one cutting line b. reaching through the whole thickness of the layered structure surrounding at least one first portion which is extractable and reinsertable manually from the layered structure as well as a production process for such a layered structure.