An integral polymer grid with a plurality of interconnected, oriented polyethylene terephthalate strands and an array of openings therein is made from a polyethylene terephthalate sheet-like starting material having holes or depressions therein that form the openings when the sheet-like material is uniaxially or biaxially stretched. The grid has a higher tensile strength to weight ratio and a higher creep reduced strength to weight ratio than corresponding ratios associated with a grid made from a non-polyethylene terephthalate starting material.

The invention provides a polyolefin-based resin film formed from a polypropylene-based resin composition, the polyolefin-based resin film containing: in 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin composition, 40 to 97 parts by weight of a propylene-ethylene block copolymer; 0 to 50 parts by weight of a propylene-α olefin random copolymer or a propylene homopolymer; and 3 to 10 parts by weight of at least one type of an elastomer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-propylene copolymer elastomer, a propylene-butene copolymer elastomer, and an ethylene-butene copolymer elastomer, wherein a heat shrinkage ratio in a longitudinal direction is not lower than 1% and not higher than 9%, and an x-axis orientation coefficient ΔNx calculated from a refractive index is not less than 0.0150 and not larger than 0.0250. The invention also provides a laminated body containing the polyolefin-based resin film, as well as a packaging body formed therefrom.

The present invention relates to an optical film including a polarizing film, and a manufacturing method therefor. The optical film of the present invention can include the polarizing film having an orthogonal transmittance of less than 0.5% in a wavelength of a range of 405-735 nm.

Provided are a white polyester film including a polyester and white particles, in which, at an equivalent of a thickness of 250 μm, a machine stretching direction tear strength F.sub.MD is 2.5 to 6.0 N, a transverse stretching direction tear strength F.sub.TD is 2.0 to 5.0 N, a ratio of the machine stretching direction tear strength F.sub.MD to the transverse stretching direction tear strength F.sub.TD is 1.05 to 4.00, and a concentration of terminal carboxyl groups is 5 to 25 equivalents/ton, a method for manufacturing the same, a solar cell back sheet and a solar cell module in which the same white polyester film is used.

Provided are a white polyester film including a polyester and white particles, in which, at an equivalent of a thickness of 250 μm, a machine stretching direction tear strength F.sub.MD is 2.5 to 6.0 N, a transverse stretching direction tear strength F.sub.TD is 2.0 to 5.0 N, a ratio of the machine stretching direction tear strength F.sub.MD to the transverse stretching direction tear strength F.sub.TD is 1.05 to 4.00, and a concentration of terminal carboxyl groups is 5 to 25 equivalents/ton, a method for manufacturing the same, a solar cell back sheet and a solar cell module in which the same white polyester film is used.

The present invention provides a biaxially-oriented polypropylene film having high stiffness, excellent heat resistance to high temperature as high as 150° C., easiness of maintaining its bag shape when made into a packaging bag, less printing pitch shift at the time of printing, and less wrinkles of heat sealed part when heat sealed. The biaxially-oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): (1) a half width of a peak derived from an oriented crystal in a width direction of the film in an azimuth dependence of a (110) plane of polypropylene α-type crystal through measurement with wide-angle X rays diffraction is 25° or less; (2) the film has a heat-shrinkage ratio at 150° C. of 10% or less in a longitudinal direction and 24% or less in a width direction; and (3) the film has a tensile elongation at break at 23° C. of 195% or more in the longitudinal direction.

A principal film comprising a first polymeric component wherein the principal film has: (1) first and second major faces; (2) a land portion wherein the principal film is capable of thermally-induced self- forming; and (3) one or more modification zones, each comprising a central portion and a rim portion surrounding the central portion and being surrounded by land portion, wherein the average thickness of each rim portion is greater than the average thickness of the land portion surrounding the modification zone, the average thickness of each central portion is less than the average thickness of the land portion surrounding the modification zone and is greater than zero. Also methods for making such films and articles comprising such films.

An integral geogrid includes a plurality of interconnected, oriented strands having an array of openings therein that is produced from a coextruded multilayer polymer sheet starting material. By virtue of the construction, the coextruded multilayer sheet components provide a crystalline synergistic effect during extrusion and orientation of the integral geogrid, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the integral geogrid in soil geosyuthetic reinforcement.

An integral geogrid includes a plurality of interconnected, oriented strands having an array of openings therein that is produced from a coextruded multilayer polymer sheet starting material. By virtue of the construction, the coextruded multilayer sheet components provide a crystalline synergistic effect during extrusion and orientation of the integral geogrid, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the integral geogrid in soil geosyuthetic reinforcement.

A method of manufacturing suspension seating includes providing a blank to be used in a suspension member. The blank has a non-visible marker. The method also includes illuminating the non-visible marker with an excitation source. The non-visible marker becomes detectable when illuminated by the excitation source. The method further includes sensing the non-visible marker with a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect the non-visible marker when illuminated by the excitation source. The method also includes determining, by a controller, a characteristic of the blank using the non-visible marker. The controller is in communication with the sensor and configured to receive information related to the non-visible marker from the sensor. The method further includes adjusting the blank to achieve the desired characteristic.