A wafer laminate has an adhesive layer (2) sandwiched between a support (1) and a wafer (3), with a circuit-forming surface of the wafer facing the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer (2) includes a light-shielding resin layer (2a), an epoxy-containing siloxane skeleton resin layer (2b), and a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer (2c).

A sleeve for being positioned about the outside surface of a container, such as a beverage container or cup, for absorbing or collecting condensate disposed on the outside surface of the container to inhibit condensate from pooling at the base of the container, as well as to keep condensate from coming into contact with a user. In one form, the sleeve is configured to absorb the condensate with an absorbent material. In other forms, the sleeve has a non-absorbent inner surface that includes entrapment features for collecting, trapping, or dispersing condensate without absorbing the condensate. In some forms, the sleeve is provided with both absorbent and non-absorbent materials. The sleeve is formed with one or more layers of material, such as paper or polymer film.

The invention relates to a passenger compartment carpet assembly for a vehicle comprising a packing piece (10), a passenger compartment carpet (20) and expandable material (30) injected into a volume present in particular between said packing piece (10) and said passenger compartment carpet (20), the passenger compartment carpet having a lower surface (25) facing towards an upper surface (15) of said packing piece (10). The passenger compartment carpet assembly according to the invention is characterized in that the upper surface (15) of the packing piece (10), when in contact with the lower surface (25) of the passenger compartment carpet (20), includes a first plurality of channels (11) configured in such a way that said channels (11), when injected with expandable material (30), cause the formation of strips of dried expandable material ensuring that the passenger compartment carpet (20) is retained on the packing piece (10).

To provide a thermoplastic polymer composition, which can be adhered to a synthetic resin, a ceramic or a metal without performing a primer treatment or the like, is able to be handled as a molded article, exhibits an excellent adhesive property in a broad temperature range from a low temperature to room temperature and flexibility, and has high thermal creep resistance, and a molded article using the thermoplastic polymer composition.

A thermoplastic polymer composition, which contains from 10 to 100 parts by weight of a polar group-containing polypropylene-based resin (B) based on 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) in which block copolymer containing a polymer block (S) including an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block (D) including a conjugated diene compound unit is hydrogenated, in which the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) is a mixture containing a hydrogenated block copolymer (A1) having at least one tan local maximum value in a range from 60 to 40 C., in which a block copolymer represented by formula (i) or (ii) shown below is hydrogenated:

(S-D).sub.n (i)

(D-S).sub.n-D (ii)

(in the formulae above, S is a polymer block including an aromatic vinyl compound unit, D is a polymer block including a conjugated diene compound unit, and n is an integer from 1 to 5); and a hydrogenated block copolymer (A2) in which a block copolymer represented by formula (iii) shown below is hydrogenated:

(S-D).sub.m-S (iii)

(in the formula above, S is a polymer block including an aromatic vinyl compound unit, D is a polymer block including a conjugated diene compound unit, and m is an integer from 1 to 5); and a weight ratio of the hydrogenated block copolymer (A1) to the hydrogenated block copolymer (A2) is from 20:80 to 99:1.

A laminated building sheathing comprises a rigid foam board and a facer. The rigid foam board comprises a drainage pattern formed on a major surface of the foam board. The drainage pattern comprises a drainage channel. The facer is configured to cover the major surface of the rigid form board and to essentially conform to the drainage pattern. The facer is semi-permanently bonded to the drainage channel but permanently bonded to non-channel planar portions of the major surface.

Multilayer packages are provided for packaging products, such as components of electronic devices are provided, and are particularly well suited for the fabrication of carrier tapes. The packages include a container component and at least one cover component, each of which incorporate a layer of a fluoropolymer (fluorine-containing polymer). A multilayer container film is shaped to include pockets extending from one or both planar surfaces and exhibits excellent barrier properties and structural strength.

Liner having an induction heat sealable layer for sealing to a rim of a container, and a pull tab for ease of removal of the liner from the container rim. An insert is disposed between multilayer upper and lower components, has a heat bondable polyolefin layer that is thermally laminated to polyolefin layers of the upper and lower components, forming a pull tab between the integrated polyolefin layers. The resulting composite resists delamination and can be formed in a single thermal lamination step, avoiding the multiple lamination steps, associated high equipment costs, and complex layer constructions of the prior art.

The invention relates to a film having a wood-like appearance and having a width from 0.1 to 6 m, a length of 2 to 10,000 m, a thickness from 180 to 1,000 m and formed from, a material which contains, relative the total weight thereof 40 to 85 wt % of vinylchloride polymerizate, 10 to 60 wt % of a powder made from vegetable components, 0 to 30 wt % of one or more inorganic filler substances, and 5 to 30 wt % of one or more additives.

The present invention provides methods of preparing peelable seal layers, methods of preparing multilayer films, peelable seal layers made therefrom, and multilayer films made therefrom. In one aspect, a method of preparing a peelable seal layer comprises (a) providing a first blend comprising (i) from 5 to 98 percent by weight of a reactor grade propylene based plastomer or elastomer having a molecular weight distribution of less than 3.5 and a density of less than 0.89 g/cc and (ii) from 2 to 95 percent by weight of a second polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polybutylene, and styrenic polymer and mixtures thereof; (b) providing at least one linear low density polyethylene; (c) blending the first blend with the at least one linear low density polyethylene to obtain a second blend; and (d) extruding the second blend to form a peelable seal layer, wherein the peelable seal layer has a heat seal initiation temperature less than 120? C. when sealed at a bar pressure of 40 psi with a dwell time of 0.5 seconds.

The present invention provides a multilayer heat shrinkable film incorporating an oxygen barrier material and layer containing a styrene polymer or blend of styrene polymers, where the shrinkage of the film in at least one of MD, TD is at least 30% at 90 C. The invention is further directed to a method of manufacturing a bag from said multilayer heat shrinkable film.