Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method to enable recycling of a panel comprising as a core structural component a polysaccharide fibre based plate at least one side of which is covered with a layer of a non water soluble adhesive, the method comprising immersing the panel in an aqueous liquid at least until the polysaccharide fibre based plate has absorbed an amount of liquid that leads to detachment of the adhesive from the polysaccharide fibres and at least partial detachment of neighbouring polysaccharide fibres from each other, resulting in a mixture of at least partially individualised polysaccharide fibres and separate adhesive, and thereafter removing the adhesive from the mixture.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of monitoring the quality of a mattress during its lifetime, wherein the mattress is an assembly of multiple separate parts, wherein the parts are mechanically interconnected, the method comprising during its lifetime, assessing at least one property of the mattress, determining whether or not the property meets a predetermined specification, and when the property does not meet the predetermined specification, identifying a part of the said multiple separate parts that corresponds to the property, removing the identified part from the assembly and optionally replacing the removed part with a replacement part, wherein the mattress that is monitored is manufactured by forming the mechanical interconnection with an adhesive, which adhesive has a first order phase-transition temperature between 80° C. and 180° C.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of monitoring the quality of a mattress during its lifetime, wherein the mattress is an assembly of multiple separate parts, wherein the parts are mechanically interconnected, the method comprising during its lifetime, assessing at least one property of the mattress, determining whether or not the property meets a predetermined specification, and when the property does not meet the predetermined specification, identifying a part of the said multiple separate parts that corresponds to the property, removing the identified part from the assembly and optionally replacing the removed part with a replacement part, wherein the mattress that is monitored is manufactured by forming the mechanical interconnection with an adhesive, which adhesive has a first order phase-transition temperature between 80° C. and 180° C.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a new shoe comprising a sole of a thermoplastic material adhered to an upper shoe with a hot melt adhesive that is applied between the sole and the upper shoe, wherein the hot melt adhesive is fused with the thermoplastic material. Advantageously, the fusion is brought about by heating the hot melt adhesive to a temperature THM such that it softens, heating the second body such that the thermoplastic material that has a melting temperature TM obtains a temperature TSUB below TM while making sure that (THM+TSUB)/2 is equal to or higher than (TM?10° C.).

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing and recycling an object consisting of a panel durably provided with a surface covering, comprising bringing the panel and the surface covering in a spatially aligned relationship, providing a layer of hot melt adhesive between the panel and the surface covering, heating the hot melt adhesive to a temperature above its melting temperature, pressing the surface covering against the panel with the molten hot melt adhesive in between the panel and surface covering, cooling down the hot melt adhesive to a temperature below its melting temperature to form the object, and after an end-of-life of the object, heating the hot melt adhesive to a temperature above its melting temperature, and separating the panel from the surface covering. The invention also pertains to a method of producing such an object and a panel for use in this method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new bi-functional and polyfunctional bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes. The present inventors have established that the bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes of the invention are highly advantageous as building blocks, cross-linking and/or coupling agents in polymer engineering. They can be derived from biomass sources in a highly efficient manner. The production of the present bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes from biomass has the particular advantage that it facilitates the introduction of desired functionality in a highly flexible manner. Hence, the present invention provides novel bi- or polyfunctional bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes, their production from renewable (biomass) sources, as well as their use in the engineering of polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyd resin comprising the condensation product of at least the following components (A) a polybasic acid, (B) a polyhydric alcohol, and (C) a linear C12-C60 hydrocarbo monocarboxylic acid, and optionally (D) at least one component other than any of components A to C characterized in that at least a part of the polybasic acid (A) is a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic acid with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic anhydride with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a half ester of such a Diels Alder adduct and/or a diester of such a Diels Alder adduct.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new bi-functional and polyfunctional bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes. The present inventors have established that the bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes of the invention are highly advantageous as building blocks, cross-linking and/or coupling agents in polymer engineering. They can be derived from biomass sources in a highly efficient manner. The production of the present bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes from biomass has the particular advantage that it facilitates the introduction of desired functionality in a highly flexible manner. Hence, the present invention provides novel bi- or polyfunctional bis-dioxolanes and bis-dioxanes, their production from renewable (biomass) sources, as well as their use in the engineering of polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a an imide compound according to anyone of formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, or Ie wherein R1 is H or a C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; both R2 and R5 are a COOH group or one of R2 and R5 is a COOH group while the other substituent is H, methyl or ethyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H, or C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R6 is H or a methyl group; R7 and R8 are independently H, methyl or ethyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin obtained by reaction in a process (I) between the following components A to E to obtain a polyester P (the polyester comprising an alkyd resin and/or a saturated polyester resin), where (A) Component A (also referred to herein as the Imide and/or Imide Component) comprises one or more cyclic imides of Formula (1); where R? represents a divalent optionally substituted saturated C1-30 organo moiety; and R represents H or a monovalent optionally substituted saturated C1-30 organo moiety; (A?) Optional Component A? comprises saturated dicarboxylic acid and/or saturated hydroxyacid and that is not optional in case component A does not comprise a dicarboxylic acid or a hydroxyacid; 1(B) Component B (also referred to herein as the Polyol and/or Polyol Component) comprises at least one saturated polyhydric alcohol; (C) Optional Component C (also referred to herein as the Rosin and/or Rosin Component) comprises naturally occurring rosin, the rosin comprising from 40 t

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyd resin composition comprising a. 1-60 wt % of an imide compound according to anyone of formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, Id or Ie wherein R1 is H or a C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R2 and R5 are independently H, or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group; R3 and R4 are independently H, or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group; R6 is H or a methyl group; R7 and R8 are independently H, methyl or ethyl; b. 10-40 wt % of an alcohol having a number average hydroxy functionality ?2.0; c. 30-70 wt % of fatty acids or vegetable oils; d. 0-50 wt % of a mono and/or polyfunctional compound capable of esterification, which compound is different from the compounds used in a, b and c; wherein the wt % is determined relative to the total of weight of compounds a, b, c and d.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a an imide compound according to anyone of formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, or Ie wherein R1 is H or a C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; both R2 and R5 are a COOH group or one of R2 and R5 is a COOH group while the other substituent is H, methyl or ethyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H, or C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R6 is H or a methyl group; R7 and R8 are independently H, methyl or ethyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyd resin composition comprising a. 1-60 wt % of an imide compound according to anyone of formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, Id or Ie wherein R1 is H or a C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R2 and R5 are independently H, or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group; R3 and R4 are independently H, or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group; R6 is H or a methyl group; R7 and R8 are independently H, methyl or ethyl; b. 10-40 wt % of an alcohol having a number average hydroxy functionality ?2.0; c. 30-70 wt % of fatty acids or vegetable oils; d. 0-50 wt % of a mono and/or polyfunctional compound capable of esterification, which compound is different from the compounds used in a, b and c; wherein the wt % is determined relative to the total of weight of compounds a, b, c and d.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyd resin comprising the condensation product of at least the following components (A) a polybasic acid, (B) a polyhydric alcohol, and (C) a linear C12-C60 hydrocarbo monocarboxylic acid, and optionally (D) at least one component other than any of components A to C characterized in that at least a part of the polybasic acid (A) is a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic acid with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a (optionally hydrogenated) Diels Alder adduct of citraconic anhydride with C4-C14 conjugated diene, a half ester of such a Diels Alder adduct and/or a diester of such a Diels Alder adduct.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin obtained by reaction in a process (I) between the following components A to E to obtain a polyester P (the polyester comprising an alkyd resin and/or a saturated polyester resin), where (A) Component A (also referred to herein as the Imide and/or Imide Component) comprises one or more cyclic imides of Formula (1); where R? represents a divalent optionally substituted saturated C1-30 organo moiety; and R represents H or a monovalent optionally substituted saturated C1-30 organo moiety; (A?) Optional Component A? comprises saturated dicarboxylic acid and/or saturated hydroxyacid and that is not optional in case component A does not comprise a dicarboxylic acid or a hydroxyacid; 1(B) Component B (also referred to herein as the Polyol and/or Polyol Component) comprises at least one saturated polyhydric alcohol; (C) Optional Component C (also referred to herein as the Rosin and/or Rosin Component) comprises naturally occurring rosin, the rosin comprising from 40 t