The invention relates to a polyolefin film comprising at least five layers: a core layer (a), comprising a polyolefin; an outer supporting layer (b), comprising copolymers of ethylene and propylene; an inner supporting layer (c), on the face of the core layer opposite to the outer supporting layer, comprising a polyolefin; a first coating layer (d) immediately in contact with the inner supporting layer (c), and finally a second coating layer (e) immediately in contact with the inner supporting layer (c), both comprising copolymers of ethylene with one or several polar monomers. In addition, the present invention relates to the process of manufacturing said polyolefin film and also the uses thereof for coating a substrate.

A substrate 2 of an adhesive tape 1 includes a mesh structure made of thermoplastic resin. The mesh structure has a structure in which multiple first fibers drawn in a first direction corresponding to a length direction of the adhesive tape and multiple second fibers drawn in a second direction corresponding to a width direction of the adhesive tape are layered or woven. (a) A first fiber has a thickness of 0.04 mm or less, and a width of 0.6 mm or less, (b) a second fiber has a thickness greater than that of the first fiber, and a width greater than or equal to that of the first fiber, (c) the mesh structure has a tensile strength in the first direction of from 130 to 250 N/50 mm, (d) the mesh structure has a bending resistance in the first direction obtained by a cantilever test of from 40 to 80 mm, and (e) the mesh structure has a bending resistance in the second direction obtained by the cantilever test of from 65 to 95 mm.

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable having at least one optical fiber, a cable jacket and a foam layer. The cable jacket includes an inner surface and an outer surface in which the outer surface is an outermost surface of the optical fiber cable. The inner surface is disposed around the at least one optical fiber. The foam layer is disposed between the at least one optical fiber and the cable jacket. The foam layer is made of an extruded product of at least one thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), a chemical foaming agent, and a crosslinking agent. The foam layer has a closed-cell morphology having pores with an average effective circle diameter of less than 100 μm. Further, the foam layer has a compression modulus of less than 1 MPa when measured at 50% strain.

The present invention is directed to hot-fill/retort packaging films having a sealant layer composition comprising a first propylene-ethylene copolymer, a second propylene-ethylene copolymer and a polyethylene. Hot-fill/retort packaging films are provided herein having a sealant layer composition that exhibits an ultimate hot tack within a range from 88 N/m to 876 H/m (0.5 lb./in to 5 lb./in) at a temperature within the range from 116° C. to 182° C. (240° F. to 360° F.).

A thermoplastic roofing membrane comprising a planar thermoplastic sheet, optionally having more than one layer, where at least one layer of the membrane includes an ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer, and where the sheet is characterized by a storage modulus of less than 450 MPa at 0° C.

A multilayer, heat-shrinkable film has a first portion containing an outer heat seal layer and a second portion containing a PVDC barrier layer and a second outer layer comprising polyester. Both film portions comprise polymer networks which are strained by solid-state orientation, but only the first portion contains a crosslinked polymer network. The film has (i) a total free shrink at 85° C. of at least 90% and (ii) an instrumented impact energy-to-break of at least 0.0.65 J/mil and/or an instrumented impact peak load of at least 70 N/mil. The film is primarily made from ethylene-based polymers. Packaging articles can be made by sealing the film to itself. The film comprises no polyamide or polyamide in an amount up to 10 wt %, on a total film weight basis.

A cover board for use in a roofing system includes a core formed from recycled material. The core has a first major surface and a second major surface and the recycled material includes a plastic material. At least one region of the core has a concentration of plastic greater than a concentration of plastic within a remainder of the core.

A wash-off label includes a face film. According to an embodiment the face film is at least uniaxially oriented and comprises at least one of the polyolefins: cyclic olefin copolymer, propylene terpolymer, propylene random copolymer, propylene homopolymer, heterophasic polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene. The face film has density between 0.85 and 0.94 g/cm.sup.3 at room temperature (23±2° C.). Further the invention relates to a labelled item comprising the wash-off label.

The present disclosure relates to a lamitube comprising: a) a top layer comprising at least one ethylene polymer; and b) a second layer comprising at least one ethylene polymer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the lamitube has a density in the range of 0.942-0.99 gm/cm.sup.3. The present disclosure also discloses a process of manufacturing a lamitube comprising the steps of forming the layers and laminating the layers together, then slitting into reels of desired width in the range of 63-320 mm, followed by tubing from the reels.

A sealant film including a polyolefin layer containing polyolefin as a main ingredient, and a polycycloolefin layer as an outermost layer containing polycycloolefin as a main ingredient. The polycycloolefin contains two or more kinds of structural units selected from a structural unit (A) derived from a dicyclopentadiene compound, a structural unit (B) derived from a tetracyclododecene compound, and a structural unit (C) derived from a norbornene compound, and the polycycloolefin has a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 80° C.