Provided is a composite laminate having excellent releasability from a mold during a production process and excellent surface appearance (surface smoothness) and mechano-physical properties. A composite laminate 1 includes an A layer 2 and a B layer 3, wherein the A layer 2 is provided directly or indirectly on one or both sides of the B layer 3, the A layer 2 contains spherical particles (a1) with a volume mean particle diameter of 0.01 μm to 100 μm and a thermoplastic resin (a2), and the B layer 3 contains reinforcing fibers (b1) with an average fiber length of 1 mm or more and a thermoplastic resin (b2).

A thermoplastic elastomer composition having: at least one elastomer component selected from the group made of elastomeric polymers (A) each of which has a side chain containing a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety having a carbonyl-containing group and/or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below, and elastomeric polymers (B) each of which contains a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety and a covalent-bond cross-linking moiety in a side chain and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below; an organically modified clay, a content ratio of which is 20 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the elastomer component; and a polymer (Z) which is a polymer other than the elastomeric polymers (A) and (B), and an SP value of which is 9.0 or more and is greater by 0.5 or more than an SP value of the elastomer component.

Provided is a curable silicone composition and uses thereof. The composition which has hot-melt properties, strongly adheres to poorly adhesive substrates, and is particularly superior in flexibility and toughness at high temperatures from room temperature to approximately 150° C. in cured products such as overmolding, in addition to providing a cured product that does not easily warp or become damaged even when integrally molded with a lead frame or the like. The composition comprises: (A) organopolysiloxane resin microparticles where 20 mol % or more of all siloxane units is siloxane units represented by RSiO.sub.3/2 where R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; (B) a silatrane derivative or a carbasilatrane derivative; (C) a curing agent; and (D) a functional inorganic filler. The content of component (D) is 50% or more by volume relative to the overall composition. The composition is solid at 25° C. and has hot-melt properties at a temperature of 200° C. or lower.

Provided is a curable silicone composition and uses thereof. The composition has hot-melt properties, strongly adheres to difficult-to-adhere to base materials, is particularly superior in flexibility and toughness at high temperatures from room temperature to about 150° C. in cured products such as overmolding, and provides a cured product that does not easily warp or become damaged even when integrally molded with a lead frame or the like. The composition comprises: (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin having no hot-melt properties as a whole molecule and contains 20 mol % or more of a siloxane unit represented by SiO.sub.4/2, (A2) a liquid chain organopolysiloxane having at least two curing-reactive functional groups in the molecule, (B) a silatrane derivative or carbasilatrane derivative, (C) a curing agent, and (D) a functional inorganic filler. The content of component (D) is at least 10% by volume. The composition has hot-melt properties at a temperature of 200° C. or lower.

A method for processing a thermoset resin mixed with inorganic fibers; said method comprising combining a thermoset resin, an inorganic fiber and water to produce a dispersion.

A system for preparing a polylactic acid (PLA) spunbond nonwoven fabric is provided. In particular, the system includes a first PLA source configured to provide a stream of molten or semi-molten PLA resin; a spin beam in fluid communication with the first PLA source, the spin beam configured to extrude and draw a plurality of PLA continuous filaments; a collection surface disposed below an outlet of the spin beam onto which the PLA continuous filaments are deposited to form the PLA spunbond nonwoven fabric; a first ionization source positioned and arranged to expose the PLA continuous filaments to ions; and a calender positioned downstream of the first ionization source.

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rapid, economically feasible method for producing continuous films with excellent properties using nanocellulose suspensions at high consistency.

This resin composition contains a first resin and a second resin, and exhibits curability by thermal crosslinking, wherein the first resin is at least one selected from among a bifunctional epoxy resin having a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 or more, and a phenoxy resin, and the second resin is a polycarbonate resin. The content ratio, by weight, of the first resin to the second resin (the first resin:the second resin) is preferably in the range of 9:1 to 2:8. Both the first resin and the second resin preferably have a bisphenol skeleton in a molecule.

A multilayer body for rolling includes a layer A and a layer B. The body is configured such that: if the sum of the total thicknesses of layers A and B is taken as 100%, the total thickness of layer A is from 0.5% to 10% (inclusive) and the total thickness of layer B is from 90% to 99.5% (inclusive), and layer A is arranged in at least one surface. Layer A contains a specific amount of a propylene polymer component, a specific amount of a specific resin component that has a polar group in the molecular chain, and a specific amount of a specific thermoplastic elastomer component that does not have a polar group in the molecular chain. Layer B contains a specific amount of a propylene polymer component and a specific amount of an inorganic filler.

A method for producing packaging for an item and to a packaging for an item is provided. The method provides for the following: providing a container material consisting of a leaf material from a plant; shaping the container material into a three-dimensional packaging container having a container opening and a container edge surrounding the container opening; producing a sealing edge on a top surface of the container edge, wherein the top surface of the container edge is sanded down by sanding; placing an item in the three-dimensional packaging container through the container opening and sealing the container opening by a sealing film, wherein the sealing film is adhesively bonded to the sealing edge in an adhesive-free manner.