The present invention relates to a process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, as well as the nano-fibrillar cellulose gel obtained by this process and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, as well as the nano-fibrillar cellulose gel obtained by this process and uses thereof.

Provided is a coating composition set capable of achieving both a metallic design and coating film performance. A coating composition set including: a colored coating composition (a), a luster coating composition (b), and a clear coating composition (c), wherein the colored coating composition (a) includes a hydroxy group-containing resin (a1), a first curing agent (a2), and a coloring pigment (a3); the hydroxy group-containing resin (a1) includes a first hydroxy group-containing resin (a11) having a number average molecular weight of 3000 or less and a second hydroxy group-containing resin (a12) having a number average molecular weight of 100000 or more; the luster coating composition (b) includes a scaly pigment (b1), a cellulose ester derivative (b2), a cellulose nanofiber (b3), a phosphoric acid group-containing compound (b4), and an aqueous solvent (b5); the luster coating composition (b) has a solid content of 0.1% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less; and the clear coating composition (c) is a two-pack type including a third hydroxy group-containing resin (c1) and a second curing agent (c2).

A laminated packaging material for food packaging, comprises a core layer of paper or paperboard, which on a first side intended to be directed towards the outside of a packaging container, has, in the following order, a dry pre-coating for receiving a printed dcor of an aqueous, pigment-based, ink-jet printing ink, a pigment-based ink-jet printed ink dcor layer and further laminated onto the printed dcor layer, a protective outermost layer of a thermoplastic polymer. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate and to a packaging container that is made from the laminated packaging material as well as to a pre-coating composition for use in the laminated packaging material and in the manufacturing thereof.

A laminated packaging material for food packaging, comprises a core layer of paper or paperboard, which on a first side intended to be directed towards the outside of a packaging container, has, in the following order, a dry pre-coating for receiving a printed dcor of an aqueous, pigment-based, ink-jet printing ink, a pigment-based ink-jet printed ink dcor layer and further laminated onto the printed dcor layer, a protective outermost layer of a thermoplastic polymer. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate and to a packaging container that is made from the laminated packaging material as well as to a pre-coating composition for use in the laminated packaging material and in the manufacturing thereof.

The present invention consists of a process of preparation of at least one mineral matter and/or of at least one pigment, including a calcium carbonate made at once partially organophilic and partially hydrophilic, in which the carbonate is blended and/or ground and/or concentrated in an aqueous medium, in the presence of at least one salt of ethylene acrylic acid, one dispersing agent and/or one grinding aid agent, which is introduced before and/or during this treatment stage. Another object of the invention lies in the aqueous dispersions and suspensions of calcium carbonate thus obtained. They may be dried and the dry pigments obtained also constitute an object of the invention. Use of these aqueous dispersions and these dry pigments in the field of plastic, paints and paper constitutes another object of the invention.

Granular bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature includes a core and a coating layer that covers all or part of the surface of the core, wherein the core includes at least one bitumen base, and the coating layer includes at least one viscosifying compound and at least one anticaking compound. A method for manufacturing bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature and the use of bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature as a road binder, particularly for manufacturing asphalts. Further, a method for manufacturing asphalts from solid bitumen and to a method for transporting and/or storing road bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature.

Granular bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature includes a core and a coating layer that covers all or part of the surface of the core, wherein the core includes at least one bitumen base, and the coating layer includes at least one viscosifying compound and at least one anticaking compound. A method for manufacturing bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature and the use of bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature as a road binder, particularly for manufacturing asphalts. Further, a method for manufacturing asphalts from solid bitumen and to a method for transporting and/or storing road bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature.

A process to produce a dispersion comprising feeding ethylcellulose polymer and a dispersant into a melt and mix zone of an extruder wherein the ethylcellulose polymer and dispersant are melted and mixed together to form a melt; conveying the melt to an emulsification zone of the extruder in which the temperature and pressure are controlled; feeding a base and water into the emulsification zone wherein the melt is dispersed to form a high internal phase emulsion; conveying the emulsion to a dilution and cooling zone of the extruder; and feeding water into the dilution and cooling zone to dilute the high internal phase emulsion thereby forming an aqueous dispersion is provided.

Anti-condensation compositions and laminates comprising a cellulosic material selected from a cellulose ester and a cellulose ether and a polymer of an oxazoline, and processes for making such anti-condensation compositions without the need for saponification. Such compositions have now been shown to exhibit extremely desirable anti-condensation characteristics, with a low degree of hazing and increased hardness.