Abstract: A sheet material to be made into an object by an industrial forming process, the material comprising a metal substrate and a polymer coating system bonded thereto, the coating system comprising—an inner layer comprising PET, modified PET and/or combinations thereof, as a layer for bonding the system to the substrate;—a layer comprising PET, PBT and/or combinations thereof, as a barrier layer;—an outer layer comprising PET; wherein the outer layer has non-tacking properties so as to avoid sticking of the material to the forming tools at normal operation temperatures in the industrial forming process.

Abstract: Use of a polymer material as a product contact layer in or on packaging for a product, wherein the polymer material is made from a blend of a polyester resin and an apolar resin such as a polyolefin and has improved product-release properties as compared to a polymer material made from essentially the polyester resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new hydrogels with improved mechanical properties and methods of their preparation. The hydrogels are formed from hydrophilic polymers having function hydroxyl groups and have low elasticity modulus typically less than about 10 kPa, a tensile strength above 1 Mpa, an elongation above 50% which makes suitable as medical implants, in particular intraocular lenses. The hydrogels are prepared by a crosslinking method with a comparatively low concentration of hydrophilic polymer of a sufficiently high molecular weight dissolved in a good solvent.