A compostable single-use container generally includes a substantially planar lid component and a tray component. The lid component has a top surface and a bottom surface. The tray component has a generally planar top surface adhesively bonded to the bottom surface of the lid component with a sustainable adhesive, and a chamber configured to store an object. The tray component is thermoformed fiber comprising at least one of recycled cardboard, hemp straw, and cannabis straw. The lid portion comprises at least one of a natural-fiber card stock and a compostable sticker.

Mineral-filled polymer compositions and methods of forming such polymer compositions into a thermally stable article are provided. Methods of forming a polymeric article include providing a polymer composition comprising a crystallizable polymer, a mineral filler in an amount of more than about 15 wt-% based on the total weight of the polymer composition, and an impact modifier, wherein the polymer composition is at a temperature less than a crystallization temperature of the crystallizable polymer. The methods further include disposing the polymer composition in a mold, forming the polymer composition into an article within the mold, and releasing the article from the mold. The methods can include thermoforming the polymer composition in a mold, or injection molding the polymer composition in a molten form in a mold.

Provided is a thermoforming laminate, etc., having good thermoforming properties as well as excellent chemical resistance and abrasion resistance. Examples of solutions to the problem include a thermoformable laminate, including: (a) a substrate layer containing a thermoplastic resin; (b) a post-cure type hard coat layer containing an active-energy-ray-curable resin having a (meth)acryloyl group, the hard coat layer also containing a polymerization inhibitor; and (c) a protective film, wherein: (a) the substrate layer, (b) the hard coat layer, and (c) the protective film are layered in this order; and the polymerization inhibitor includes at least one among a quinone-based compound, a sulfur-containing compound, and a nitrogen-containing compound.

A biaxially-oriented film for thermoforming is disclosed including at least 75% by weight polyethylene and at least 95% by weight polyolefins, based on the total mass of the film. The polyethylene has an elongation at break of at least 7 in the stress-strain diagram, wherein the stress-strain diagram is measured at a temperature of 10° C. below the melting point of the polyethylene and the melting point is determined by differential scanning calorimetry using a heating rate of 10° C. per minute. A process for producing such films and to the use thereof are disclosed. A process for producing shaped bodies from such films and to the shaped bodies themselves are disclosed.

A transparent conductive substrate structure used for a thermoforming process includes a transparent cover plate and a touch sensing layer structure. The transparent cover plate includes a toughening layer on one side thereof. The touch sensing layer structure arranged on one surface of the toughening layer, and includes a first transparent conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a buffer protective layer. Each transparent conductive layer is directly applied to the transparent cover plate, so that the thickness between the transparent conductive layers is below 1 μm. The thickness between layers may be reduced to increase the sensitivity of the touch sensing layer structure. To prevent each transparent conductive layer and an electrode wire layer from breaking during the thermoforming process, the transparent conductive substrate structure is combined with the buffer protective layer to strengthen the structure of each transparent conductive layer.

The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.

Thermoforming apparatus (1) for thermoforming an article (2), preferably a permeable article (2′), comprising: an elastic membrane (3,3′); a mould (4,4′); a hot air source (5) configured to blow a hot airflow (6) towards a zone (7) of the apparatus (1) configured to receive the article (2,2′) to be thermoformed; an actuation system (8) configured to move the mould (4,4′) towards the membrane (3,3′) or vice versa to compress the heated article (2,2′) between the membrane (3,3′) and the mould (4) such that an elastic force of the membrane (3,3′) on the article (2,2′) forces the article (2,2′) to assume the shape of the mould (4).2. Thermoforming apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the mould (4′) and/or membrane (3′) are perforated so to permit a transit of the hot airflow (6) from the hot air source (5) to said zone (7). Thermoforming process of an article (2,2′) in a thermoforming apparatus (1) comprising an elastic membrane (3,3′), a mould (4,4′) and a hot air source (5), comprising the steps of: heating the article (2,2′) through a hot airflow (6) blew by the hot air source (5); compressing the heated article (2,2′) between the membrane (3,3′) and/or the mould (4,4′) by uniquely moving the mould (4,4′) and the membrane (3,3′) one toward the other such that an elastic force of the membrane (3,3′) forces the article (2,2′) to assume the shape of the mould (4,4′).

The invention disclosed herein is an automotive acoustic panel including a porous sound-absorption material made from a polymer and an expanded perlite. One or more silane compounds may be coupled or coated onto the expanded perlite while a coupling agent and a chemical foaming agent may additionally be added to the automotive acoustic panel.

A cup having a cup opening surrounded by a rim, a bottom opposite the cup opening, a longitudinal axis extending from the cup opening to the bottom, an upper portion disposed closer to the rim than to the bottom and having an outer surface and an inner surface, the upper portion either having a constant diameter or the upper portion being frustoconical and tapering from an upper diameter to a lower diameter, an intermediate portion disposed between the upper portion and the base, the intermediate portion having an outer surface and an inner surface, the intermediate portion either having a constant diameter or the intermediate portion being frustoconical and tapering from an upper diameter to a lower diameter, each diameter of the upper portion being greater than each diameter of the intermediate portion, wherein a sequence of characters is provided on the outer surface of the upper portion projecting above other portions of the outer surface.

The present invention is directed at poly(ethylene terephthalate)-poly(ethylene naphthalate (PET-PEN) copolymer extruded sheet that is thermoformable and particularly suitable for medical device packaging, as well as medical device packaging made from such PET-PEN sheet material.