Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: (i) component (1) made from or containing a propylene homopolymer or copolymer containing 0 to 0.5% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; and (ii) component (2) made from or containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer containing 65 to 85% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; wherein 1) the Mw/Mn value of xylene insolubles (XI) of the polypropylene composition as measured by GPC is in the range of 6 to 20, 2) the weight ratio of component (1) to component (2) is in the range of 70:30 to 85:15, 3) the intrinsic viscosity of xylene solubles (XSIV) of the polypropylene composition is in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 dl/g, and 4) the MFR (at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) of the polypropylene composition is in the range of 3 to 15 g/10 min.

Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate, MFR, ranging from 1.0 g/10 min to 50.0 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene derived units content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %; and vii) C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.5 mol % to 5.5 mol % and C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 11.0 mol % to 14.2 mol %.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 70-95 wt %, of a polyolefin component containing: a1) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene based polymer; and a2) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of an ethylene based polymer; and T2) 5-30 wt % of a polyolefin component containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 25-50% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin containing 0.1-20% by weight of C3-C8 alpha-olefin units; and C) 30-60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing 25-75% by weight of ethylene units.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 88.0 wt. % to 98.0 wt. %, of a random copolymer of propylene containing from 0.8 wt. % to 4.8 wt. % of 1-hexene derived units; the random copolymer of propylene having: a Melt Flow Rate: measured according to ISO 1133 (230° C., 5 Kg) ranging from 0.5 to 4.4 g/10 min; and B) from 2.0 wt. % to 12.0 wt. % of a terpolymer of propylene ethylene and 1-hexene having a content of ethylene derived units ranging from 35 wt. % to 60 wt.; and a content of 1-hexene derived units ranging from 1 wt. % to 6 wt. %; wherein the polypropylene composition has a Melt Flow Rate: measured according to ISO 1133 (230° C., 5 Kg) ranging from 0.5 to 5.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: A propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 5.7 to 7.7% by weight of 1-hexene derived units, based upon the total weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer, having: a) a solubility in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 7.0 wt % to 15.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer; b) a melting temperature, measured by DSC ranging from 143.0° C. to 148.0° C.; c) a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg) from 3.5 to 8.0 g/10 min.; and d) a content of 1-hexene derived units in the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 13.5 wt % to 18.5 wt %, based upon the total weight of the soluble fraction.

Abstract: A polyolefin-based hot melt adhesive composition made from or containing: (A) 28-75 wt. % of a copolymer of butene-1 with Melt Flow Rate values, measured according to ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg), from 200 to 1500 g/10 min.; and (B) 25-72 wt. % of at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of waxes, resins, plasticizers, additional polymers and mixtures thereof, wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).

Abstract: A polyolefin-based hot melt adhesive composition made from or containing (A) 25-75 wt. % of a copolymer of butene-1 with a Melt Flow Rate, measured according to ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg), higher than 1500; and (B) 75-25 wt. % of at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of waxes, resins, plasticizers, additional polymers and mixtures thereof, wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).

Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, made from or containing Mg, Ti, Bi, halogen and an electron donor obtained from a process including the steps: (a) dissolving a Mg(OR)2 compound wherein R groups, equal to or different from each other, are C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups optionally containing a heteroatom selected from O, N and halogen, in an organic liquid medium, thereby forming a first liquid mixture; (b) contacting the first liquid mixture (a) with TiCl4, thereby forming a second liquid mixture absent a solid phase, and (c) subjecting the second liquid mixture (b) to conditions, whereby solid catalyst particles are formed, wherein (i) a Bi compound and (ii) a bidentate electron donor compound are present in one or more of steps (a) to (c) and/or contacted with the solid catalyst particles obtained from (c).

Abstract: A propylene polymer composition made from or containing: a) from 35 wt % to 65 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene polymer composition, of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 10.2 to 13.0% by weight, based upon the weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer, of 1-hexene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg, (at 230° C., with a load of 2.16 kg)) from 3.5 to 12.0 g/10 min; b) from 35 wt % to 65 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene polymer composition, of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 1.5 wt % to 6.5 wt %, based upon the weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer, of ethylene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg, (at 230° C., with a load of 2.16 kg)) from 3.5 to 12.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR, wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, made from or containing Mg, Ti, Bi, a halogen and an electron donor.

Abstract: A masterbatch composition made from or containing: 65 to 85 wt % of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer as component (1) containing 0 to 3 wt % of ethylene or one or more C4-C10-?-olefin-derived units; and 15 to 35 wt % of a propylene-ethylene copolymer as component (2) containing 25 to 35 wt % of ethylene-derived units, wherein the masterbatch composition has: 1) a melt flow rate (230° C., load: 21.18 N) of 5 to 30 g/10 minutes; 2) xylene insolubles with an Mw of 10×104 to 30×104 and an Mw/Mn of 6 to 20 as measured by GPC; and 3) xylene solubles with an intrinsic viscosity of 5.5 to 9.0 dl/g.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of olefins in gas phase carried out in a reactor having two interconnected polymerization zones, a first zone (riser) and a second zone (downcomer), wherein growing polymer particles: a) flow through the riser under fast fluidization conditions established by feeding a mixture of gas and liquid; b) leave the riser and enter the downcomer, through which the growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form; and c) leave the downcomer and are reintroduced into the riser, thereby establishing a circulation of polymer between the riser and the downcomer; the reactor is operated at a temperature between 0° C. and 5° C. above the dew point of the riser gas at the operating pressure, and in the riser, besides the growing polymer particles and gas flow, an amount of liquid is present.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing (i) component (1) made from or containing a propylene homopolymer or copolymer containing 0 to 0.5% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; (ii) component (2) made from or containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer containing 15 to 30% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; and (iii) 0.01 to 1.0 parts by weight of a crystal nucleating agent based on a total of 100 parts by weight of component (1) and component (2); wherein 1) the Mw/Mn value of xylene insolubles (XI) is in the range of 6 to 20, 2) the weight ratio of component (1) to component (2) is in the range of 82:18 to 90:10, 3) the intrinsic viscosity of xylene solubles (XSIV) is in the range of 2.5 to 3.4 dl/g, 4) the MFR (at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) is in the range of 3 to 10 g/10 min.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method to withdraw samples from a polymerization plant using a defined sequence of steps combined with locking devices for valves opened by a single key.

Abstract: A manhole for a polymerization unit having a through-hole formed with a shoulder matching a corresponding shoulder of a plug of a closure member operatively inserted in the through-hole. The through-hole can be closed with a minimum clearance, such that polymer particles do not deposit in the gap between the wall of the unit and the plug of the closure member.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing a polymer made from or containing: (i) component (1) made from or containing a propylene homopolymer having MFR of 100 to 300 (at a temperature of 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) and containing more than 97.5% by weight of xylene insolubles (XI), wherein XI has a Mw/Mn of 4 to 10; (ii) component (2) made from or containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer containing 15 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; wherein 1) relative proportions of component (1) and component (2) are, respectively, not less than 50 parts by weight but less than 70 pbw and more than 30 pbw but not more than 50 pbw, 2) intrinsic viscosity of xylene solubles (XSIV) of the polymer is in the range of 1.5 to 4.0 dl/g, 3) MFR of the polymer is in the range of 20 to 100 g/10 min.

Abstract: A butene-1 polymer having: a) a Melt Flow Rate value of from 20 to less than 100 g/10 min., measured according to ISO 1133 at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg; b) an intrinsic viscosity (IV) measured in tetrahydronaphthalene (THN) at 135° C. equal to lower than 0.95 dl/g; c) a Mw/Mn value equal to or lower than 3.5 and a lower limit of 1.5; d) a Mz value of 180,000 g/mol or higher; and e) optionally, a comonomer content of up to 10% by weight.

Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having the following features: an ethylene content of between 1.0 and 4.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, of greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship: (C2×1.1)+1.25<XS<(C2×1.1)+2.50 where: XS=% by weight of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; C2=% by weight of ethylene units in the copolymer determined via NMR; a melt flow rate (MFR; 230° C., 2.16 kg) of between 30 to 75 g/10 min; an intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer of lower than 1.5 dl/g; and an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of higher than 0.32 dl/g.

Abstract: A catalyst component made from or containing Ti, Mg, chlorine, an amount of a first internal donor selected from esters of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids (EAA), and an amount of a second internal donor selected from cyclic ethers (CE), wherein the EAA/CE molar ratio ranges from 0.02 to less than 20.

Abstract: A Mg compound based catalyst precursor made from or containing up to 50% by mols, with respect to Mg, of a compound of formula K(OR1) wherein R1 is H or a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group. When treated with transition metal compounds, the precursor is converted into catalyst with high activity in olefin polymerization.