Decorative films, useful for making a wide range of decorative laminates, that have a relatively deep texture on one major face and a relatively smoother, print receptive surface on the other major face. Notwithstanding the deep texture, the films have superb tracking characteristics and are compatible with a wide variety of automated printing operations. This allows automated printing equipment to print information directly onto the films.

There is provided an inorganic particle composite body comprising a layer of a substrate formed of a plastically deformable solid material and an inorganic particle layer that is composed of inorganic particles that do not plastically deform under a condition under which the solid material plastically deforms, that contains gaps defined by the inorganic particles, and that adjoins the layer of the substrate, wherein part of the solid material is in at least part of the gaps in the inorganic particle layer. This inorganic particle composite body is produced by a method including a preparation step of preparing an inorganic particle structural body comprising a layer of a substrate formed of a plastically deformable solid material and an inorganic particle layer that is composed of inorganic particles that do not plastically deform under a condition under which the solid material plastically deforms, that contains gaps defined by the inorganic particles, and that adjoins the layer of the substrate; and a filling step of plastically deforming at least part of the solid material contained in the inorganic particle structural body, thereby filling at least part of the gaps in the inorganic particle layer with part of the plastically deformed solid material.

Disclosed, in one example embodiment, is a polyethylene film or label comprising a core layer may include at least about 80 wt. % high-density polyethylene. Further, the polyethylene film may include, optionally, a first tie layer on a first side of the core layer, wherein the first tie layer comprises at least about 60 wt. % high-density polyethylene, and, may further include, optionally, a second tie layer on a second side of the core layer, wherein the second tie layer comprises at least about 60 wt. % high-density polyethylene. Further still, the polyethylene film may include a non-sealable, external, matte skin layer having a minimum haze of about 60% under ASTM D-1003 and a maximum gloss at 45 of about 15 under ISO2813. Yet further, the polyethylene film has a dull appearance and does not heat-seal on a polyethylene laminate before shrinking or deforming the polyethylene film.

Articles may be formed from a thermoformable composition, the thermoformable composition including: a) about 35 wt % to about 95 wt % of an acrylic pre-polymerized syrup; b) about 0 wt % to about 10 wt % of a comonomer; and c) about 5 wt % to about 65 wt % of a filler having an average particle size (d50) in a range of about 0.1 m to about 50 m; wherein the article has a surface having a gloss measurement at a 60 measurement angle within a range of about 0 Gloss Units to about 20 Gloss Units, and a roughness Ra within a range of about 1 microinch to about 100 microinches. Methods may include producing a thermoformed article by the steps of: i) preparing a thermoformable composition; ii) casting the thermoformable composition into a sheet; and iii) thermoforming the cast sheet against a mold to produce a thermoformed article.

A vehicle component including a component body defining an aperture and including an outer textured surface surrounding the aperture on an exterior side of the component body; and a mesh extending over the aperture, a portion of the mesh being molded into at least a portion of the component surrounding the aperture, a surface of the portion of the mesh abutting the outer textured surface surrounding the aperture. A method includes disposing a mesh in a mold shaped for forming the plastic item, a portion of the mesh being disposed on portions of the mold having a textured surface surrounding at least a part of an aperture defining portion, the mesh being disposed in the mold over the aperture defining portion; and filling the mold with plastic, the mesh being molded in a textured surface of the plastic item formed by the textured surface of the mold.

A multilayer, monoaxially stretched, recyclable film (1) for a laminate (7). The film (1) has outer layers (3) and at least one inner barrier layer (6), with a tie layer (5) arranged between each of these. At least one further, functional intermediate layer (4) is arranged between each of the outer layers (3) and the barrier layer (6).