Polycyclocarbonate compounds and upgraded molecular weight polymers made from such compounds are provided. The polymers have particular utility in coating compositions, especially for use on food and beverage contact substrates that are formed into or will be formed into containers or container components.

This invention provides a coating composition that contains an aromatic adhesion promoter. Containers and other articles comprising the coatings and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the adhesion promoter, which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.

The invention relates to the use of a coating agent composition for lining containers as well as a method for cleaning a container that has a corresponding lining and in which at least one product has been stored and/or transported.

An aqueous dispersion comprising: water; a hydrophobic aromatic polyester having a number average molecular weight of greater than 7,000 Daltons; and a water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant; wherein the hydrophobic aromatic polyester and the water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant form a stable aqueous dispersion; and wherein the hydrophobic aromatic polyester is present in the aqueous dispersion in an amount of less than 50 wt-%, based on the total weight of the hydrophobic aromatic polyester and the water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant.

This invention provides a polyester resin that is capable of forming a coating film having extremely excellent curability, processability, retort resistance, content resistance, and dent resistance, and also provides a resin composition for a coating composition containing the polyester resin. The polyester resin obtained from a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyol component, wherein the polyester resin meets the conditions (i) to iii) described below: (i) among the polycarboxylic acid components constituting the polyester resin, the total copolymerization ratio of terephthalic acid component and 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid component is 80 mol % or more; (ii) among the polycarboxylic acid components constituting the polyester resin, the copolymerization ratio of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid component is 2 to 80 mol %; and (iii) among the polyol components constituting the polyester resin, the total copolymerization ratio of ethylene glycol component and 1,2-propylene-glycol component is 50 mol % or more, wherein the copolymerization ratio of 1,2-propylene-glycol component is excessive relative to the copolymerization ratio of the ethylene glycol component.

It is provided that a polyester resin and a polyester resin composition that allow reduction of harmful outgas and can form a coating film having excellent characteristics such as curability, retort resistance, and processability. A polyester resin composition comprising polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin composition satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii), (i) the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 100 eq/ton or more, (ii) the polyester resin composition substantially contains no curing agent, and (iii) the polyester resin (A) includes, as a polyol component constituting the polyester resin (A), a diol (a) having two primary hydroxy groups and having no alicyclic structure, and, furthermore, one or both of a diol (b) having an alicyclic structure, and a diol (c) having one primary hydroxy group and one secondary hydroxy group and having no alicyclic structure.

Amino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized linear and cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.

The present invention provides novel packaging articles, e.g., food and beverage cans. Preferred cans typically comprise a body portion and an end portion, wherein at least one of the body and end portions are aluminum and are coated on at least one major surface with a coating composition of the present invention. Suitable coating compositions of the present invention comprise: one or more polyester resins, wherein at least one of the polyester resins has a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than about 50 C., and wherein the polyester resin is formed by the reaction of one or more polyacid molecules and one or more polyol molecules, and a crosslinker. Preferred compositions are substantially free of mobile BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds, e.g., BADGE, BFDGE and epoxy novalacs (e.g., NOGE) and more preferred compositions are also substantially free of bound BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds. In more preferred embodiments (e.g., alcoholic beverage cans), the polyol molecules used to make the polyester resin are substantially free of NPG. The present invention also provides a method of making such cans.

The present invention provides novel packaging articles, e.g., food and beverage cans. Preferred cans typically comprise a body portion and an end portion, wherein at least one of the body and end portions are aluminum and are coated on at least one major surface with a coating composition of the present invention. Suitable coating compositions of the present invention comprise: one or more polyester resins, wherein at least one of the polyester resins has a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than about 50 C., and wherein the polyester resin is formed by the reaction of one or more polyacid molecules and one or more polyol molecules; and a crosslinker. Preferred compositions are substantially free of mobile BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds, e.g., BADGE, BFDGE and epoxy novalacs (e.g., NOGE) and more preferred compositions are also substantially free of bound BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds. In more preferred embodiments (e.g., alcoholic beverage cans), the polyol molecules used to make the polyester resin are substantially free of NPG. The present invention also provides a method of making such cans.

The invention relates to a process for preparing an organic solvent-based dispersion comprising a melt-blended network of an epoxy-functional and/or amino-functional polymer having a polymer-OSiO-polymer linkage and a polyolefin (co)polymer having carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups, the process comprising the steps of a) forming the melt-blended network from a prepolymer, a silane-functional compound and the polyolefin (co)polymer in the absence of a solvent, b) mixing the melt-blended network with an organic solvent to make the organic solvent-based dispersion, and c) cooling the organic solvent-based dispersion. The invention further relates to a coating composition and to a coated metal substrate.