The present invention relates to a polyester-urethane composition. In particular, the invention relates to aliphatic alkyl ring-containing compositions that are useful for producing ultraviolet light resistant coatings. The invention further relates to pigmented and clear coating compositions formulated with the polyester-urethane composition of the present invention. The polyester-urethane compositions may be crosslinked.

The present invention relates to sulfur-containing polyester polyols and to the preparation and use thereof.

The present invention relates to an additive manufacturing process using a composition comprising the reaction product of a polyester polyol and a compound comprising at least one functional group that can react with a hydroxyl-group of the polyester polyol and at least one further functional group, selected from acrylate- or methacrylate-group, wherein the polyester polyol is based on at least one organic acid comprising at least two carboxyl groups or its anhydride and at least one polyol comprising at least two hydroxy-groups, wherein the reaction product has a glass transition temperature Tg of below 23° C., wherein the composition optionally further comprises a photoinitiator, as a photopolymerisable material in.

Described herein is a 2K clearcoat composition including, Component I including a). at least one resin having carboxylic acid groups with acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g; b). at least one resin having hydroxyl functional groups with a hydroxyl value of 10 to 800 mg KOH/g; c). at least one catalyst; and d). at least one solvent, and Component II including e). at least one epoxy-functional alkoxysilane and/or its oligomer and/or its polymer; and f). at least one crosslinker reactive to hydroxyl groups.

Also described herein are a substrate coated with the dried and cured 2K clearcoat composition and an automotive including the substrate.

An embodiment of the present technology is an isocyanate-based adhesive used for a surface-treated crystalline thermoplastic resin base material, the isocyanate-based adhesive having a value represented by (JIS-A hardness)/(strength at break [MPa])×(elongation at break (%))/100 of 2.0 to 70 after being cured by being allowed to stand still under a condition at 23° C. and 50% RH for 3 days, and the crystalline thermoplastic resin base material having a value represented by (δ.sup.d/δ.sup.p+δ.sup.p) of 2.0 to 30.0. δ.sup.p=γ.sup.p−γ.sup.p0 and δ.sup.d=|γ.sup.d−γ.sup.d0|, γ.sup.p0 is a polar term of surface free energy before the surface treatment, γ.sup.p is a polar term of surface free energy after the surface treatment, γ.sup.d0 is a dispersion term of the surface free energy before the surface treatment, and γ.sup.d is a dispersion term of the surface free energy after the surface treatment.

The invention relates to coating agents containing A) at least one polyol component, B) at least one crosslinking component which is obtained by reacting at least one polyisocyanate with at least one amino functional alkoxy silane and which comprises free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, optionally (C) at least one catalyst for crosslinking silane groups, and D) optionally additional auxiliary agents and additives. The invention is characterized in that the polyol component A) comprises at least one polyester polyol A1) that has been produced using a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diol (TACD) of the general formula (I), in which independently of one another the groups R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 represent linear or branched alkyl groups with up to 8 carbon atoms. The invention additionally relates to the use of the coating agents and to substrates which are coated with the coating agents according to the invention.

The invention relates to compositions of α,α-branched alkane carboxylic acids glycidyl esters which derived from rosin and or hydrogenated rosin reacted with an epihalohydrin. The above glycidyl esters compositions can be used for example, as monomer in binder compositions for paints or adhesives, as reactive diluent or as acid scavenger. This invention is also about the uses of rosin and or hydrogenated rosin glycidyl ester in combinations with polyester polyols, or acrylic polyols, or polyether polyols.

This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising applying a base paint (X) having a solids content ratio of 30 to 62 mass % to a substrate to form a base coating film having a cured film thickness of 6 to 45 μm; applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) having a solids content ratio of 0.1 to 10 mass % to the base coating film to form an effect coating film having a cured film thickness of 0.1 to 5.0 μm; applying a two-component clear paint (Z) containing a hydroxy-containing resin and a polyisocyanate compound to the effect coating film to form a clear coating film; and heating the base coating film, the effect coating film, and the clear coating film to simultaneously cure these coating films; wherein the base paint (X) contains a polyurethane resin (A), an alcohol (B) containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an organic solvent (C) having an HLB of 7 to 9, and the effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a flake-effect pigment (P), a resin emulsion (Q), and cellulose nanofibers (R).

The present application relates to an adhesive composition capable of fixing a battery cell in a battery module and a battery pack. According to one example of the present application, there is provided a two-component urethane-based adhesive composition which has excellent storage stability and processability and is capable of providing physical properties required in related uses in a short time.

Disclosed herein is a clearcoat coating material composition including an OH-functional (meth)acrylic copolymer (A1), a branched OH-functional polyester (A2) in an amount in the range of from 1.0 wt.-% to 15.0 wt.-%, based on the total solids content of the coating material composition, and at least one crosslinking agent (B1), which is different from both constituents (A1) and (A2) and which contains crosslinkable functional groups, which can be crosslinked with OH-functional groups. Further disclosed herein are a method of coating a substrate including applying to an optionally pre-coated substrate the inventive clearcoat coating material composition, a coated substrate, which is obtainable by the disclosed method, and a method of using the branched OH-functional polyester (A2) as flow enhancer in a clearcoat coating material application for spray applying said clearcoat coating material application onto an optionally pre-coated substrate and/or as levelling agent.