Disclosed are layered composite articles comprising: a) a rigid backing portion comprising a rigid core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, wherein the rigid core comprises at least one densified fiber batt and wherein the at least one densified fiber batt is comprised of a first plurality of oriented fibers having a first melting point and a second plurality of oriented fibers having a second melting point different from the first melting point; and b) a decorative portion having a first surface and an opposed second surface, wherein the second surface of the decorative portion is affixed to the first surface of the rigid core. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the same.

Anti-condensation compositions and laminates comprising a cellulosic material selected from a cellulose ester and a cellulose ether and a polymer of an oxazoline, and processes for making such anti-condensation compositions without the need for saponification. Such compositions have now been shown to exhibit extremely desirable anti-condensation characteristics, with a low degree of hazing and increased hardness.

A wet wipe pad designed to be connected or attached to floor mop heads or other cleaning tool handle that utilize a hook-and-loop mechanism for attaching the wipe pad thereto. The wipe pad can be made of multi layers of material that may include a cleaning layer ultrasonically welded to an attachment layer having an absorption layer disposed between the cleaning layer and the attachment layer. Alternatively, the wipe pad can be made from a single layer of material that can attach on one side thereof to the mop head or other cleaning tool handle, which also provides a cleaning surface on the other side of the single layer of material. The wipe pad of the invention may also be constructed from two layers of material that include a cleaning layer ultrasonically welded to an attachment layer. Regardless of the number of layers used in the wipe pad of the invention, the wipe pad is configured with at least one linking ribbon or tape strip of non-looped straight-line fibers extending along the length of the attachment layer and which forms the means or mechanism for releasably securing to hooks disposed on the mop head. The wipe pad, including its layer(s) and the linking ribbon or tape strip is constructed of materials that are compostable and biodegradable, making it an environmentally friendly product.

The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder.

In general terms present invention proposes a biodegradable packaging material (100). The biodegradable packaging material comprises an inner layer (102) comprising an enhanced polymeric substrate: an outer layer (104) comprising a printable substrate; and a middle layer (106), arranged between the inner layer and the outer layer, comprising at least one functionalized graphene layer, wherein the biodegradable packaging material is suitable for an anaerobic digestion, when disposed. In general terms present invention also proposes a method for manufacturing the biodegradable packaging material.

The present invention discloses a surface covering, in particular a floor or wall covering including a substrate A and a scuff resistant polymer layer B, having an upper and a lower surface, where the polymer layer B includes one or more polymer(s) C, the one or more polymer(s) C having more than 93.5% by weight of cellulose ester polymer(s), where the lower surface of polymer layer B contacts and adheres to the upper surface of substrate A.