The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a first heterophasic propylene copolymer, a high density polyethylene, a second heterophasic propylene copolymer an inorganic filler and optionally a polyolefin based elastomer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said polymer composition. The present invention further relates to an article comprising such polymer composition. The polymer composition has high impact resistance and a good balance between impact resistance and warpage.

The invention relates to a phosphorous containing monomer and a process thereof. Furthermore, the invention relates to a phosphorous containing polymer comprising said monomer and a production process thereof. The phosphorous containing polymer of the invention is useful as flame-retardant polymer. Additionally, the invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising said phosphorous containing polymer and optionally a further thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer composition can be used for the production of molded articles or yarns having excellent flame-retardant properties in order to ensure adequate fire protection.

The invention relates to a laminate comprising a first layer and a second layer directly covering the first layer, the first layer being a layer of a silicone rubber composition comprising a micrometric silicone powder and a mixture of crosslinkable organopolysiloxanes, the second layer being a layer of a silicone rubber composition comprising a hydrophobic silica and a mixture of crosslinkable organopolysiloxanes, the first layer and the second layer being crosslinked. The laminate, in particular when it is used as a coating for the outer surface of an expandable bladder for a tyre curing mould, makes it possible to eliminate moulding defects on the inner liner of the tyre.

Disclosed herein are polymerization processes where recycled polymeric material is fed to polymerization process to produce a blend of virgin polymer with recycled polymeric content.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising polyolefin based elastomer, a polyolefin and CaCO.sub.3. The present invention further relates to the use of said polymer composition. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of an article comprising said polymer composition. The present invention further relates to the use of said polymer composition.

The invention relates to a poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)-based composition, comprising a) PBT, and b) another thermoplastic polymer from the group consisting of polypropylene (PP), and/or at least one polyester which is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal polyester (LCP), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) including low melting point polyester, poly(butylene naphthalate) (PBN) and poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN), to a method for preparing the PBT-based composition, to a use of the PBT-based composition according to the invention in increasing electrolyte resistance, in particular in battery applications, especially in Li-ion batteries, and to an article obtained from the PBT-based composition according to the invention.

A foam is formed from a composition comprising at least 50 wt.% of an ethylene/alphaolefin copolymer, an olefin block copolymer, or a blend thereof; from 30 wt.% to 50 wt.% of an E/X/Y/Z epoxy-containing ethylene interpolymer, where E is an ethylene monomer comprising greater than 50 wt.% of the interpolymer, X is an (meth)acrylate, alkyl (meth)acrylate, or vinyl acetate comprising from 0 to 40 wt.% of the interpolymer, Y is glycidyl methacrylate and comprises 0.5 to 13 wt.% of the interpolymer, and Z is a copolymer unit derived from comonomers selected from the group consisting of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and acrylonitrile and comprises from 0 to 10 wt.% of the interpolymer; from 0.5 wt.% to 5 wt.% of a blowing agent; from 0.1 wt.% to 1 wt.% of an activator; and less than 0.05 wt.% of a curing agent.

A shoe member consisting of a material comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the material has a glass transition temperature Tg of no more than 10° C., a loss tangent tan δ of no less than 0.4 in a test of dynamic viscoelasticity, and a Δ tan δ, which is the amount of change of tan δ, of no less than 0.15 when strain is changed from 5% to 100%.

Provided is a water-soluble film for molding a packaging capsule which is capable of enclosing chemical agents especially a detergent, has a robust property that prevents leakage of the detergent through suitable thickness and strength and an easy-processing property that keeps robustness not to make a drawn portion break in mold-processing such as deep drawing, further has a soluble resistance that does not make the chemical agent elute within 30 seconds in water at 20° C. and a complete-solubility property within a short period of time in dish-washing and clothes-washing, also has sufficient solubility and complete-solubility properties for film portions around the perimeter edge pasted with a water-soluble film for a top, and exhibits a strong-sealing property to have a temporal stability.

A water-soluble film comprises one or more kinds of anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols including repeating units from a fatty acid vinyl ester comonomer and anion-group-containing repeating units, in which a degree of saponification thereof is set from 91 mol% or more to 99 mol% or less and a degree of modification by anion groups is set from 1.0 mol% or more to 6.0 mol% or less so that an amount of anion-group modification is set from 1.0 mol% or more to 3.5 mo%l or less to a total amount of the anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols, and are formed by including less than 45 parts by mass of a plasticizer per 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols, and have a tensile modulus of 100 MPa or less.

Provided is a photocurable maleimide resin composition that is superior in curability, and is capable of being turned into a cured product having superior dielectric properties, a high glass-transition temperature and a small coefficient of thermal expansion. The photocurable maleimide resin composition contains: (A) a maleimide compound having, per each molecule, at least one saturated or unsaturated divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 200 carbon atoms; and (B) a photocuring initiator.