A polyolefin composition obtainable by blending a) 96.0 to 99.7 wt.-% of a blend (A), being a recycled material comprising A-1) 30 to 70 wt.-% isotactic polypropylene homopolymer, A-2) 20 to 50 wt.-% polyethylene and ethylene containing copolymers, A-3) 0.5 to 4.0 wt.-% polyamide-6,various optional components, A-11) 1 ppm to 100 ppm of limonene, and A-12) 1 ppm to 200 ppm total fatty acid content with a maleic anhydride-grafted SEBS block copolymer, characterized by its melt volume rate and maleic anhydride content.

The present invention is directed to granules comprising a fiber reinforced composition (C), said composition comprising a propylene polymer (PP), an elastomeric ethylene copolymer (E) and short fibers (SF). Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said fiber reinforced composition (C).

The present disclosure generally relates to carbon fiber reinforced polyolefin compositions, which may have a relatively low density. The compositions may include a thermoplastic olefin, a filler component, a compatibilizer, and/or an additive package. In some embodiments, the filler component includes a plurality of carbon fibers. In addition, articles of manufacture and methods of making a carbon fiber reinforced polyolefin composition are provided.

A polymer blend is provided, which includes 100 parts by weight of a first polyolefin, 3 to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and 3 to 10 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin. The modified polyolefin is formed by grafting maleic anhydride or acrylate onto a second polyolefin. The blend can be used to form fiber.

A composition that includes: (a) from 65 to 85% by weight of polypropylene homopolymer in powder form, the average particle size of which is micrometric, (b) from 14 to 30% by weight, preferably 14 to 25% by weight, of natural fibers less than or equal to 2 mm in length, and (c) from 1 to 3% by weight of compatibilizer, its uses for the preparation of a composite material by extrusion, wherein this composite material is useful for preparing a part by injection, in particular a vehicle part whose rigidity is improved.

An impact-modified polyamide composition comprising from 5 wt % to 85 wt % of polyamide polymer; from 10 wt % to 60 wt % glass fiber; from 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an impact modifier; and a melt stabilizer at a concentration less than 5 wt %; wherein the weight ratio of the impact modifier to the melt stabilizer ranges from 1.0:1 to 100:1; and wherein the polyamide composition demonstrates an un-notched Charpy impact energy loss at 23° C. that is greater than 80 kJ/m.sup.2 and a tensile strength greater than 135 MPa.

A product, especially a master-batch for producing thermally expandable compositions, is obtainable or obtained by reacting, preferably by extruding, a mixture including: (a) at least one polymer P, cross-linkable by peroxide, and (b) at least one coagent, especially an acrylate A, and (c) at least one peroxide PE, wherein the mixture is reacted such that the product has an average melt flow index (MFI) of between 0.1 and 8 g/10 min.

A method for preparing a butyronitrile rubber powder-based polyvinyl chloride (PVC) thermoplastic elastomer and a use of the butyronitrile rubber powder-based PVC thermoplastic elastomer in preparing automotive parts are provided. The method includes: activating a wasted nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) powder; plasticizing one of NBR and chloroprene rubber (CR) to obtain a plasticized rubber; dispersing the activated NBR fine rubber powder with one of PVC and chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) in a kneader evenly to obtain a mixture; adding the mixture and pine tar into the plasticized rubber, then mixing evenly to obtain a mixed plastic; adding various compounding agents into the mixed plastic and dispersing evenly to perform cross-linking reaction, thereby obtaining the butyronitrile rubber powder-based PVC thermoplastic elastomer. By using the wasted NBR powder as a main material, which turns waste into treasure and has low cost, and the butyronitrile rubber powder-based PVC thermoplastic elastomer has excellent comprehensive performance.

A polymer blend is provided, which includes 100 parts by weight of a first polyolefin, 3 to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and 3 to 10 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin. The modified polyolefin is formed by grafting maleic anhydride or acrylate onto a second polyolefin. The blend can be used to form fiber.

The present invention relates to polymer compounds containing hemp and/or components of hemp, and methods for producing such polymer compounds.