A composite material comprising a plastic layer; and a steel sheet laminated on one side or both sides of the plastic layer, and having a structure in which plastic particles are introduced onto the surface of the side where the plastic layer is laminated with the steel sheet and a method for producing the same are provided, wherein the composite material is capable of being used as automotive parts or structures, and the like.

There are provided a decorative sheet which has excellent weatherability and in which white pigment particles are dispersed well, and a decorative material using the decorative sheet. The decorative sheet includes at least a substrate and a surface protective layer. The surface protective layer contains an ultraviolet absorber, and the substrate contains white pigment particles. The white pigment particles are titanium oxide particles having a coating containing Al element and Si element and formed on part or the whole of their surfaces, and contain Ti, Al and Si elements in the following mass ratio: when Ti is taken as 1, Al is not less than 0.02 and less than 0.20, and Si is more than 0.002 and not more than 0.070.

A surfacing material includes a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A matte surface is formed on the bottom side thereof, wherein the matte surface of the surfacing material is a coating of an electron beam radiation curable material applied to the bottom side of the substrate. The coating is an epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic laid upon the substrate. The epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic is irradiated with UV-radiation to produce a UV-radiation layer wherein the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic is neither hardened nor is an entire layer of the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic crosslinked but rather the epoxy acrylic or urethane acrylic only crosslinked on the surface thereof, which produces a matting surface through the effects of a micro-convolution.

A protective member forming apparatus for forming a protective member on the top surface of a substrate by laminating a liquid resin and a cover sheet on a resin film includes: a liquid resin supply unit configured to supply the liquid resin onto the resin film; a pressing unit including a pressing surface, the pressing unit being configured to spread the liquid resin over the resin film by pressing the liquid resin by the pressing surface via the cover sheet; and a determining unit configured to determine the state of the spread liquid resin. The determining unit includes a determining section configured to determine whether or not the liquid resin is spread over a predetermined range with respect to the substrate.

A resin molded article is equipped with a resin base material layer, a cover layer, and a design layer. The design layer is provided on a design side end surface of the resin base material layer, whereas the cover layer is provided on a cover side end surface which is a rear surface of the design side end surface. Further, the cover layer includes a first end surface facing toward the cover side end surface, and a second end surface which is a rear surface of the first end surface. The first end surface is covered by a first coating layer, and the second end surface is covered by a second coating layer.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeters and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate, and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

In a first aspect, the present invention concerns a multilayer coating for covering vehicle body parts, comprising a polymeric facestock layer (3) which is located between a polymeric top coat layer 4 and a polymeric adhesive layer (2), the top coat layer (4) comprising at least partially cross-linked polyurethane, wherein the at least partially cross-linked polyurethane is the reaction product of a composition comprising a first part and a second part, wherein: the first part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of solvent- or waterborne thermally curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition; and the second part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of UV-curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition.

The invention further pertains to a method for manufacturing a multilayer coating for covering vehicle body parts.