The present invention relates to a method for producing a composite part comprising a textured skin and a rigid or foam substrate layer, in particular a composite automotive trim part. The method comprises the steps of spraying or casting an aqueous thermoplastic dispersion onto a rigid or foam substrate composite followed by forming the composite into a composite part comprising a textured skin and a rigid or foam substrate layer. Preferably, the dispersion is derived from the extrusion melt blending of thermoplastic polymer, a dispersing agent, and water.

A peroxide-curable ethylene copolymer composition having (A) a crosslinkable ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, (B) an effective amount of triallyl phosphate (TAP), (C) an organic peroxide, and, optionally, (D) a supplemental polymer; wherein the (A) crosslinkable ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer is made by copolymerizing ethylene and an olefin-functional comonomer in the presence of a molecular catalyst useful therefor. Also provided are a cured product made from the composition, methods of making and using same, and articles containing same.

The present invention deals with a process for producing a coated pipe. The process comprises (i) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a first polymerisation step in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst to produce a first ethylene homo- or copolymer having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 1 to 2000 g/10 min; (ii) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a second polymerisation step in the presence of a first ethylene homo- or copolymer to produce a first ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene homo- or copolymer and a second ethylene homo- or copolymer, said first ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 10 to 2000 g/10 min; (iii) copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a third polymerisation step in the presence of the first ethylene polymer mixture to produce a second ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene polymer mixture and a third ethylene copolymer, said second ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 915 to 965 kg/m.sup.3, preferably from 930 to 955 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.5 of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 min; (iv) providing a pipe having an outer surface layer; (v) applying a coating composition onto the pipe outer surface layer to form a top coat layer, wherein the coating composition comprises the second ethylene polymer mixture.

The present invention deals with a process for producing a coated pipe. The process comprises (i) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a first polymerisation step in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst to produce a first ethylene homo- or copolymer having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 1 to 2000 g/10 min; (ii) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a second polymerisation step in the presence of a first ethylene homo- or copolymer to produce a first ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene homo- or copolymer and a second ethylene homo- or copolymer, said first ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 10 to 2000 g/10 min; (iii) copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a third polymerisation step in the presence of the first ethylene polymer mixture to produce a second ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene polymer mixture and a third ethylene copolymer, said second ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 915 to 965 kg/m.sup.3, preferably from 930 to 955 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.5 of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 min; (iv) providing a pipe having an outer surface layer; (v) applying a coating composition onto the pipe outer surface layer to form a top coat layer, wherein the coating composition comprises the second ethylene polymer mixture.

The present invention relates to method to make a spray skin from an aqueous polyolefin dispersion composition comprising a an olefin block copolymer, a dispersing agent, preferably an ethylene acrylic acid, and water, wherein said aqueous dispersion preferably has a pH less than 12 and is derived from the melt blending. The method comprises the steps of spraying the aqueous polyolefin dispersion onto a heated mold forming the skin and then allowing it to dry.

Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.

The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep properties, exhibits a haze with a certain level or less and excellent optical properties such as transparency or the like, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, physical properties such as durability, transparency, or the like are improved, and thus excellent generating efficiency of the PV module may be obtained.

The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep properties, exhibits a haze with a certain level or less and excellent optical properties such as transparency or the like, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, physical properties such as durability, transparency, or the like are improved, and thus excellent generating efficiency of the PV module may be obtained.

Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.

A tile comprising the following components: A) a first film formed from a first composition comprising the following: i) a functionalized olefin-based polymer comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride, and, optionally, c) an amino or an amine; and ii) a functionalized styrenic block copolymer, comprising, in polymerized form, styrene, and ethylene and/or at least one alpha-olefin, and comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride; and B) a substrate comprising at least one layer formed from a second composition comprising a propylene-based polymer; and wherein the first film covers at least one surface of the substrate.