Abstract: A label and a facestock for a label, wherein the facestock includes a first facestock material and a second facestock material. The first facestock material includes post-consumer recycle content, and the second facestock material includes desirable characteristics, e.g., a density of less than 1 g/cm3.

Abstract: A composite laminate suitable for preparing labels is described. The composite laminate, in one embodiment, comprises(A) a substrate sheet of paper;(B) a first coating of polyolefin film having a printable upper surface and a lower surface bonded to the upper surface of the substrate sheet;(C) a second coating of polyolefin film having its upper surface bonded to the lower surface of the substrate sheet; and(D) a third coating comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the lower surface of the second coating of polyolefin film. These composites may be used as the face of other composites such as labels, tapes, etc. These composite laminates exhibit film-like performance and paper-like strength.

Abstract: The free-flow characteristics and processing performance of filled, rigid powder compositions of mass-polymerized PVC resin are improved by incorporating a minor quantity of glycerin into the formulation during the blending operation, said quantity of glycerin ranging from about 0.1 part to 0.5 part per 100 parts of resin, by weight.