Abstract: A thermoformable decorative automotive laminate includes a flexible free film comprising a transparent UV light-stabilized cellulosic outer film, an optional primer, ink layers, and an opaque layer. The cellulosic outer film may include cellulose acetate butyrate and/or cellulose acetate propionate. The cellulosic film may he laminated to a polymeric sheet or film and thermo-formed to a three dimensional shape while maintaining a high gloss and DOI along with durability properties suitable for interior or exterior automotive use.

Abstract: The present invention provides radiation-curable compositions and products coated therewith, such as coated optical fibers. The present compositions have a low amount of, or are even absent of, reactive diluents while still exhibiting a sufficiently low viscosity to be useful in a wide variety of coating applications, such as in processes for coating optical fibers.

Abstract: The present invention provides radiation-curable compositions and products coated therewith, such as coated optical fibers. The present compositions have a low amount of, or are even absent of, reactive diluents while still exhibiting a sufficiently low viscosity to be useful in a wide variety of coating applications, such as in processes for coating optical fibers.

Abstract: Method and related system for continuous and selective addition of a colorant and/or incompatible component into a radiation-curable coating composition comprising introducing a stock coating composition (primary coating, secondary coating, ink or matrix material) comprising a radiation-curable components (e.g., reactive acrylates) into a mixing zone having a primary inlet and an outlet; selectively adding at least one colorant (dye, pigment) and/or incompatible component (crystal-forming, hydrolyzate-forming, haze-forming) to the stock coating composition upstream of the mixing zone outlet; mixing the at least one colorant and/or incompatible component and stock coating composition in the mixing zone to provide a radiation-curable finished coating composition; continuously applying the finished coating composition onto an optical fiber; and curing the finished coating composition.

Abstract: A novel method for producing thick composite parts based upon photopolymerizable compositions is disclosed. The constituents of the photopolymerizable mixture comprise a monomer or monomers capable of polymerizing by free radical or cationic mechanisms, and a photoinitiator system which possesses an absorbance characteristic which is effectively reduced, or self-eliminating, upon initiation of the polymerization reaction. Parts having thicknesses up to 2 cm and thicker for varying end use applications are made by photopolymerizing such compositions. In addition, using such compositions composite parts can be made using a reinforcement material such as a glass fiber mat present in an amount by weight of from about 5 to about 70%.