The present invention relates to a polymer composition with a high heat deflection temperature comprising a first heterophasic propylene copolymer, a second heterophasic propylene copolymer and optionally an inorganic filler. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said polymer composition. The present invention further relates to an automotive part comprising such polymer composition.

The present invention relates to a foamed article comprising a polymer composition wherein the polymer composition comprises a first heterophasic propylene copolymer and an inorganic filler. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said foamed article and to the use of the foamed article for the preparation of automotive parts.

This disclosure relates to ethylene interpolymer compositions and films prepared therefrom. Specifically: ethylene interpolymer products having: a dimensionless nonlinear rheology network parameter, Δ.sub.int., greater than or equal to 0.01, satisfying 0.01×(Z−50).sup.0.78≤Δ.sub.int.≤0.01×(Z−60).sup.0.78 inequality wherein Z is a normalized molecular weight defined by $Z=\frac{M_w}{M_e}$
where M.sub.w and M.sub.e are the weight average and entanglement molecular weights, and; a residual catalytic metal of from ≥0.03 to ≤5 ppm of hafnium. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have a melt index from about 0.3 to about 500 dg/minute, a density from about 0.855 to about 0.975 g/cc, a polydispersity, $\frac{M_w}{M_n},$
from about 1.7 to about 25 and a Composition Distribution Breadth Index (CDBI.sub.50) from about 1% to about 98%.

A needle shield remover for a medicament delivery device is presented that has a metal tubular body, a proximal part, a distal part, and a substantially circular cross-section, where the tubular body is arranged with a slot extending from a distal end of the body, at least half the length of the body, towards a proximal end, such that at least the distal part of the body may flex radially outwards to exert a radially inwardly directed clamping force on a needle shield accommodated by the body.

The present invention discloses a photo-crosslinked rubber composition and application thereof. The rubber composition comprises a rubber matrix and an initiator. Based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber matrix, the rubber matrix comprises a branched polyethylene with a content represented as A, in which 0<A≤100, and an ethylene-propylene rubber with a content represented as B, in which 0≤B<100; and the initiator accounts for 0.1-10 parts, and the initiator includes at least one of a cationic photoinitiator and a free radical photoinitiator. In the rubber composition, the ethylene-propylene rubber is partially or completely replaced by the branched polyethylene. The rubber composition can be used for rubber product crosslinked by ultraviolet light, including wire, cable, film, glove, condom, and medical catheter, which achieves excellent elasticity, electrical insulation property, aging resistance and ozone resistance, and also has good mechanical strength.

Reinforced polymer composition comprising a polypropylene (PP), a polar modified polypropylene (PMP) and carbon fibers (CF).

The invention is directed at a polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a plastomer and an inorganic filler. Furthermore, the invention directed at an article comprising the polypropylene composition and the use of the polypropylene composition to improve the adhesion performance of an article.

A thermoplastic elastomer composition including (A) ethylene rubber by 10 to 90 wt %, and (B) propylene polymer by 10 to 90 wt %, where a total amount of the thermoplastic elastomer composition is 100 wt %, is provided. A pressed sheet obtained by press-molding the thermoplastic elastomer composition under molding conditions has a sink-in temperature of 115° C. or higher. The sink-in temperature is measured based on JIS K7196-1991 as a temperature measured when a pressure load sinks in from a sheet surface by 100 μm. The molding conditions are such that the thermoplastic elastomer composition is hot press molded at a temperature of 200° C. with a maximum pressure of 10 MPa for 5 min, and thereafter cold press molded at a temperature of 23° C. with a maximum pressure of 10 MPa for 5 min, so as to prepare the pressed sheet.

A polypropylene composition (C) obtainable by blending: a) 50.0 to 95.0 wt.-% of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) defined by its crystalline fraction content (78.0 to 92.0 wt.-%), soluble fraction content (8.0 to 22.0 wt.-%), C2 content of said soluble fraction (15.0 to 30.0 wt.-%) and intrinsic viscosity of the soluble fraction (1.80 to 3.50 dl/g), b) 5.0 to 50.0 wt.-% of a blend (A) comprising polypropylene and polyethylene in a weight ratio of from 9:1 to 13:7, wherein blend (A) is a recycled material recovered from a waste plastic material derived from post-consumer and/or post-industrial waste; wherein the polypropylene composition (C) has a melt flow rate (MFR2) of 20.0 to 70.0 g/10 min.

The present invention provides a heterophasic polypropylene composition with good response to nucleating agents, increased crystallisation temperature, good mechanical properties The present invention further relates to articles made thereof, and the use of the heterophasic polypropylene composition for specific applications and producing these.