Abstract: A film is described comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polyvinyl acetal (e.g. butyral) resin. In some embodiments, the film has a glass transition temperature (i.e. Tg) ranging from 30° C. to 60° C. In some embodiments, the film has a gel content of at least 20% or greater. In some embodiments, the film has an elongation at break of at least 175%. The film typically comprises photoinitiator as a result of the method by which the film was made. The film may be a monolithic film or a layer of a multilayer film.

Abstract: A printed linerless face laminate includes a release layer including a release agent, a second layer including a thermoplastic polymer, a second adhesive layer, a first layer including a thermoplastic polymer or fiber-based material, and a first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the print is on one or more printable surface(s) between the first layer and the second layer. A method for producing the printed linerless face laminate is also described.

Abstract: An adhesive composition containing (A) a modified polyolefin resin and (B) an epoxy compound, wherein the modified polyolefin resin (A) is a polyolefin resin graft modified with a modifying agent that contains an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof. The content of the epoxy compound (B) is 1-20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the modified polyolefin resin (A); and the epoxy compound is composed of two or more types of epoxy compounds.

Abstract: An industrial fabric/belt including spiral coils shaped as a symbol for infinity or a lemniscate, i.e., infinity elements, are joined to each other with a pintle. A fabric element is configured as a continuous loop to form an industrial fabric employing a plurality of infinity coil elements.

Abstract: A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one consolidated fibrous insert (14) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement having a plurality of ordered fibers arranged in a predetermined manner. The fibrous insert is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert and the mass of polymeric material are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier may be a mass of activatable material.

Abstract: A film that is excellent in easy cuttability and linear cuttability and suppressed in breakability in processing, and a roll and a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that includes the film. The film has the tensile strength in one direction is 1.1 to 2.5 kN/m and the tensile strength in a direction orthogonal to the one direction is 3.0 to 10 kN/m, or the tensile strain at tensile strength in one direction is 50 to 150% and the tensile strain at tensile strength in a direction orthogonal to the one direction is 8 to 20%.

Abstract: An adhesive tape product incorporating foam that is stitch-bonded with a stitching yarn to provide substantial dimensional stability in the machine direction without sacrificing the sound dampening and insulation properties of the foam. A pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed in overlying relation to at least one face of the foam. One or more fibrous layers may be positioned between the foam and the adhesive.

Abstract: This gas barrier laminate comprises a base layer; a gas barrier layer laminated on one surface (A) of the base layer, directly or with another layer sandwiched therebetween; a protective film (?) laminated directly on the gas barrier layer; and a protective film (?) laminated on a surface (B) opposite to the surface (A) of the base layer, directly or with another layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the gas barrier layer contains a specific inorganic compound, and an adhesion at the time of peeling the protective film (?) and an adhesion at the time of peeling the protective film (?) under specific conditions are both less than or equal to specific values.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet utilizes an acrylic resin composition without using a separate primer layer, thus providing excellent adhesion, high reliability due to its excellent light resistance under the sunlight exposure, and excellent elastic modulus, and can be easily used as an adhesive material in various fields such as building materials and automobiles.

Abstract: A resistant, UV resistant, vapor permeable, air barrier roofing underlayment assembly for use on sloped roofs comprising a substrate of permeable polyester, a permeable copolymer acrylate coating bonded to the permeable polyester substrate and a pressure sensitive permeable copolymer adhesive secured to the permeable acrylate coating.

Abstract: A hot-melt adhesive composition comprises a mixture of silylated polymers, a tackifying resin and a catalyst, in specific contents, having self-adhesive properties after crosslinking to moisture. A self-adhesive article comprises a support layer and at least one self-adhesive layer obtained after crosslinking to the moisture in the adhesive composition according to the invention. The self-adhesive article can be used to bond low-energy substrates, in particular plastic substrates, notably thermoplastic substrates having low surface energy.

Abstract: A protective film that can be included in multi-layer film laminates for use in marketing, advertising campaigns, particularly outdoor or other environment impacted promotions and safety applications. The film includes at least two different polyurethane polymers and is free or substantially free of polyvinyl chloride based polymer. One polyurethane has an ultimate elongation less than 200%, and another polyurethane has an ultimate elongation more than 400%. The film may be transparent, translucent, clear or have other desirable optical properties.

Abstract: A label which is attachable to object surfaces includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer having a coat weight equal to or higher than 10 g/m2. The adhesive layer has a composition which is free of alkylphenol ethoxylate and has been selected to comprise emulsion polymerized, water-dispersible acrylate polymer and non-ionic copolymer based on polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol such that when the adhesive layer is subjected to paper recycling process conditions, the adhesive layer resists disintegration into small fragments.

Abstract: A reseal label for at least partially covering a pack for consumer goods includes a sheet of polymer material having a pull tab and one or more panels configured to at least partially cover the pack for consumable goods. The reseal label includes resealable adhesive on the pull tab, and permanent adhesive on one or more of the one or more panels to adhere to one or more walls of the pack.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, there is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive which includes 100 parts by mass of (A) an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?50 to ?25° C., 0.01-3 parts by mass of (B) a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group, 0.01-0.9 parts by mass of (C) a compound having two or more epoxy groups in the molecule, and 0.01-0.5 parts by mass of (D) an organic polyvalent-metal compound. Another embodiment is a decorative sheet which includes a layer including the pressure-sensitive adhesive. Other embodiments include the front panel of a door for opening/closing a front part of an article main body, which includes a layer including the pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-hardened pressure sensitive adhesive film to be used in the semi-hardened state and having excellent printing step absorption properties. The adhesive film according to the present invention contains a radial polymer composition and a cationic polymer composition, and the radial polymer composition is primarily cross-linked to maintain the semi-hardened state. When applied onto a substrate through a printing step, the present invention has excellent step absorption properties and adhesion properties and excellent durability even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions.

Abstract: Single- or double-sided adhesive tapes and methods at least partly encapsulate an (opto)electronic structure. The tapes and method include a carrier and at least one layer of a curable adhesive composition having the following components: (A) 20% to 99.9% by weight (based on the entirety of the curable adhesive composition) of a (co)polymer functionalized with epoxy groups and having a weight-average molar mass of at least 5000 g/mol, based on more than 30% to 100% by weight, (based on the entirety of the parent monomers of the epoxy-functionalized (co)polymer) of at least one type of (meth)acrylic (co)monomer (a) functionalized with an epoxy group; and (B) 0.1% to 5% by weight (based on the entirety of the curable adhesive composition) of at least one curing agent configured to induce curing of the (co)polymer (A) with reaction of its epoxy groups by thermal means and/or by supply of UV radiation.

Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive which has excellent heat resistance and substrate adhesiveness, is capable of inhibiting offset, peeling or the like even in a high-temperature environment and is suitable for applications in a high-temperature environment, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and a polishing member laminate. The synthetic rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention contains: a synthetic rubber (A) including a styrene-isoprene block copolymer, an adhesion-imparting resin (B), and a fatty acid ester (C) with a weight reduction rate of 1 wt % or less after being heated at 150° C. for 10 minutes. Based on 100 parts by weight of the synthetic rubber (A), the content of the adhesion-imparting resin (B) is set as ? parts by weight to 60 parts by weight, and the content of the fatty acid ester (C) is set as 0.1 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight.

Abstract: A linerless thermal label web includes layers in the following order: a release layer, a thermal paper comprising a heat sensitive part, and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive deadening varnish at longitudinal edge areas of the linerless thermal web so as to reduce the tackiness of the adhesive layer in the longitudinal edge areas. A thermal label can be produced from the label web and the label web can be used for variable information printing applications.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to films particularly suitable for stretch hood applications. More particularly, this disclosure relates to multi-layer films particularly suitable for stretch hood applications comprising one or more intermediate layers including a blend of a propylene-based elastomer and a linear low density polyethylene.