A composition adapted for the production of a thermosetting elastomer with antimicrobial capabilities by vulcanization by molding includes an elastomer, a catalyst and/or a vulcanization activator, and an antimicrobial additive that includes zinc pyrithione and silver phosphate glass in a 1:1 ratio by weight.

Disclosed herein are compositions including a thermoformable sheet having three of more layers. Two layers include one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber, one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer and unsaturated nitrile containing copolymers, or a blend of one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers and a polyolefin, which exhibit resistance to environmental stress cracking. At least one of the two layers is an outer layer. An inner layer includes post-consumer recycled monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber, post-industrial recycled monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber. Optionally, the composition may include virgin monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber. Optionally, the composition may include an outer layer which is a gloss layer.

An article having a textured surface and a method for manufacturing such an article is provided. The article comprises a polymeric layer coated on at least a portion of the article, a plurality of cavities formed in the polymeric layer, wherein each cavity in the plurality of cavities have a size between about 50 microns to about 2000 microns, and wherein a majority of the plurality of cavities have encircling perimeter ridges, and a plurality of channels formed in the polymeric layer between the encircling perimeter ridges.

A glove and method of manufacture thereof. The glove includes a wrist region, a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region, and a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region. A front surface of the palm region and a front surface of the plurality of digit regions will be contacted by an object when the object is gripped in the hand of a user wearing the glove. A first texture is provided on the front surface the palm region and a second texture is provided on the front surface of the plurality of digit regions. The first texture and second texture are different from one another. In one embodiment, a sand pattern is micro-etched into the palm region and a raised diamond pattern is molded into the plurality of digit regions. Gripping zones are molded into the rear surface of the digit regions.

Provided is a dip molding emulsion including, at least: an elastomer that contains a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit, and a butadiene-derived structural unit in a polymer main chain; an epoxy crosslinking agent; water; and a pH modifier, in which dip molding composition the elastomer contains the (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit in an amount of 20% by weight to 40% by weight, the unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit in an amount of 1% by weight to 10% by weight, and the butadiene-derived structural unit in an amount of 50% by weight to 75% by weight, and the epoxy crosslinking agent includes an epoxy crosslinking agent containing an epoxy compound having three or more epoxy groups in one molecule and has a dissolution rate in water of 10% to 70% as determined by a specific measurement method.

A method for producing a nitrile rubber, includes recovering a nitrile rubber from a latex of nitrile rubber by continuously feeding the latex of nitrile rubber and a coagulant into an extruder including a screw disposed inside a barrel to be rotatably driven, wherein the latex of nitrile rubber fed into the extruder contains 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a hindered phenol-based antiaging agent having a molecular weight of 300 to 3000 relative to 100 parts by weight of the nitrile rubber.

Provided is a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex composition, and more particularly, a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex composition including a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer. The carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer includes a carboxyalkyl (meth)acrylate monomer-derived repeating unit and a repeating unit derived from an ethylenic unsaturated sulfonic acid monomer including a sulfonate salt or a sulfonate ester. A latex composition for dip molding including the same, and a molded article therefrom are also provided.