Adhering systems for magnetizable laminates to assist preventing delamination of magnetizable laminates exposed to direct sunlight; and, relating to preventing fouling of cutting blades during cutting of magnetizable laminates.

A pouch (1) for semi-dense or liquid products and method for manufacturing are disclosed. The pouch (1) comprising a first half (5) and a second half (6) of a flexible sheet material, the flexible sheet material comprises at least an outer layer (10), a tie layer (15) and porous layer (20), the porous layer carrying at least partly a semi-dense or liquid product (25), whereby the first half (5) and the second half (6) form walls of the pouch, their respective porous layers (20) facing a product space formed by the first half (5) and the second half (6) and whereby a sealed seam (30) joins the first half (5) and the second half (6) of the flexible sheet material and peelably seals the pouch, the sealed seam (30) being formed by the tie layer (15) fully impregnating the porous layer (20) in the area of the sealed seam (30) forming a peelable seal.

A method of installing a vent to protect an open port of a micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) device, the vent being of the type comprising an environmental barrier membrane attached to a carrier and the vent further being attached to a liner, the method comprising the steps of: (a) feeding the vent to a die attach machine with die ejectors and at least one of a vacuum head and a gripper head; (b) detaching the vent from said liner using the die ejectors; (c) picking up the vent with at least one of the vacuum head and the gripper head of the die attach machine; (d) disposing the vent over the open port of the MEMS device; and (e) securing the vent over the open port of the MEMS device.

A method of installing a vent to protect an open port of a micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) device, the vent being of the type comprising an environmental barrier membrane attached to a carrier and the vent further being attached to a liner, the method comprising the steps of: (a) feeding the vent to a die attach machine with die ejectors and at least one of a vacuum head and a gripper head; (b) detaching the vent from said liner using the die ejectors; (c) picking up the vent with at least one of the vacuum head and the gripper head of the die attach machine; (d) disposing the vent over the open port of the MEMS device; and (e) securing the vent over the open port of the MEMS device.

Processing aid for aiding in orienting an extruded film layer including a preponderance, by weight, of a high crystal-line polypropylene is a crystalline polypropylene wax. An oriented film layer including a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer is part of the invention. The invention includes a method of forming an oriented film layer including a preponderance by weight of a high crystallinity polypropylene and includes the steps of blending a high crystallinity polypropylene with a crystalline polypropylene wax, directing the blend through an extruder to form a film layer and then orienting the film layer. The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer includes a blend of crystalline metallocene catalyzed polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene.

Processing aid for aiding in orienting an extruded film layer including a preponderance, by weight, of a high crystal-line polypropylene is a crystalline polypropylene wax. An oriented film layer including a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer is part of the invention. The invention includes a method of forming an oriented film layer including a preponderance by weight of a high crystallinity polypropylene and includes the steps of blending a high crystallinity polypropylene with a crystalline polypropylene wax, directing the blend through an extruder to form a film layer and then orienting the film layer. The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer includes a blend of crystalline metallocene catalyzed polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene.

The present disclosure relates to polyolefin-based compositions made from or containing (A) a butene-1 polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (B) a second polyolefin polymer, and (C) an ethylene-propylene elastomer. In some embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is further made from or contains an additives composition. In additional embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is made from or contains a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer.

The present disclosure relates to polyolefin-based compositions made from or containing (A) a butene-1 polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (B) a second polyolefin polymer, and (C) an ethylene-propylene elastomer. In some embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is further made from or contains an additives composition. In additional embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is made from or contains a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer.

According to at least one embodiment, there is provided a hard coat laminate film having a total light transmittance of 80% or more and having (γ) a hard coat on at least one surface of (α) an aromatic-polycarbonate resin film containing 30 mol % or more of a structural unit derived from 4,4′-(3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane-1,1-diyl)diphenol when the total of the structural units derived from aromatic dihydroxy compounds is 100 mol %. According to another embodiment, there is provided a hard coat laminate film having a total light transmittance of 80% or more and having (γ) a hard coat on at least one surface of a transparent laminate film constituted of (α) an aromatic-polycarbonate resin film containing 30 mol % or more of a structural unit derived from 4,4′-(3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane-1,1-diyl)diphenol, when the total of the structural units derived from aromatic dihydroxy compounds is 100 mol %, and (β) a poly(meth)acrylimide resin film.

The present invention provides a novel multilayer structure having good gas barrier properties and good water vapor barrier properties and further having high retort resistance and a packaging material including the multilayer structure. The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y) stacked on the base (X). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum-containing compound (A) and an organic phosphorus compound (BO), and the organic phosphorus compound (BO) contains a phosphorus atom-containing functional group and at least one metal ion (Z) selected from ions of metals of Groups 1 to 12 of the periodic table, the content of the metal ion (Z) being 0.4 to 8.0 mol % relative to the content of the phosphorus atom-containing functional group.