A polypropylene resin sheet which shows sufficiently reduced drawdown with excellent melt elongation and further has good heat resistance and good appearance. The polypropylene resin sheet may be formed from a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition containing: 60% to 97% by weight of a first polypropylene resin having a melt flow rate range of 0.1 to 10 g/10 min, and 3% to 40% by weight of a modified polypropylene resin having a elongational viscosity ratio to the first polypropylene resin of at least 1.5, at a strain of 3, obtained by melt kneading a second polypropylene resin, a conjugated diene compound, and a radical polymerization initiator.

An aspect of the present invention is a tape-shaped prepreg which includes a plurality of unidirectionally oriented fibers and a binder infiltrated into these fibers. The tape-shaped prepreg is characterized by having an average thickness of 50 m to 150 m and a content percentage of these fibers of 30 vol % to 60 vol %. The prepreg is further characterized in that: a fractal dimension D of a coefficient of variation Cv(n) is 0.4 to 1.5; and a degree of orientation P, expressed by the following equation, is 0.8 or greater and less than 1.0: Degree of orientation P=1((minor-axis length of approximate ellipse)/(major-axis length thereof)).

Toughened polyamide composition including: (a) at least one polyamide; (b) at least one toughener component; and (c) at least one siloxane-based component having a viscosity of 1 mm.sup.2/s-100,000 mm.sup.2/s providing toughened polyamide composition with good impact strength; process for producing the toughened polyamide composition; and articles made from the toughened polyamide composition.

A cellulose fiber reinforced resin composition, containing a thermoplastic resin containing a polyolefin resin and an alkoxysilane-modified polypropylene resin, and 101 to 400 mass parts of cellulose fibers based on 100 mass parts of the thermoplastic resin, wherein, in planar view observation, a total area of aggregates of the cellulose fibers is 1.00 mm.sup.2/cm.sup.2 or less; a method of producing this cellulose fiber reinforced resin composition; and a cellulose fiber reinforced resin formed body.

Polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforced polypropylene composition with excellent impact/stiffness balance as well as to its preparation and use.

A resin composition of the present disclosure contains an ingredient (A) that is a polyphenylene ether whose hydroxyl group bonded to a terminal of a main chain is modified with an ethylenically unsaturated compound, an ingredient (B) that is an olefin resin containing a hydroxyl group or carboxyl group, an ingredient (C) that is at least one kind selected from among triallyl isocyanurate and triallyl cyanurate, and an ingredient (D) that is an organic peroxide.

The present invention provides a foamable resin composition excellent in terms of the dispersibility and moldability. The foamable resin composition containing: from 30 to 80 wt % of a polyolefin; from 3 to 40 wt % of a polylactic acid; from 1 to 20 wt % of a modified polyolefin containing a carbonyl group in a molecule; from 10 to 40 wt % of a layered silicate; and from 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of a filler, the polyolefin containing at least one of polypropylene and polyethylene, the filler having a density different from the density of the layered silicate by at least 0.20 g/cm.sup.3.

Recycling of waste products has become increasingly common practice in the last decades. The recycling of plastic materials is important and widely carried out by many industries and households around the world. A multitude of everyday consumer items are made from plastic materials, such as bottles, bags, products, and especially liquid food board-based packaging. It is important to recycle and reuse the polymers.

The invention concerns methods and compositions for modifying a surface of a material by anchoring a surface modifying additive to a polymer matrix using an anchor molecule, wherein the surface modifying additive and the anchor molecule are both added to a melt phase of the polymer matrix.

A process for the production of high-resiliency rigid composite material includes the steps of mixing and dispersing compounds in a molten state in a mixer. The compounds include polymers of isotactic propylene, modifying polymers, compatibility promoters, additives, and fillers, wherein the fillers have unit component dimensions in the range of 10.sup.3 mm-10.sup.6 mm and the process provides for a temperature in the range of 120-230 C. and a rotation rate of the screws that compose the mixer comprised in the range of 125-1250 rpm. The disclosure further relates to a high-resiliency rigid composite material and uses thereof