Abstract: A precoated steel sheet and a process for production thereof is provided which comprises coating a resin composition comprising mainly an acryloxyloxy- or methacryloyloxy-terminated polyester on the surface of a steel sheet, said acryloyloxy- or methacryloyloxy-terminated polyester being prepared by reacting a hydroxy-terminated polyester comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid unit containing about 10 to about 80 mol % of a terephthalic acid unit and (b) dihydric alcohol unit containing about 30 mol % or more of a dihydric alcohol unit containing 3 or more carbon atoms, and having a number average molecular weight of about 400 to about 5,000, with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, and curing the thus-coated resin composition by irradiating the sheet with an electron beam.

Abstract: A radiation curable coating composition suitable for providing a cured coating of enhanced processability on metal substrates, comprising 100 parts of an acrylic copolymer having a number average molecular weight of 15,000 to 800,000 and predominantly comprised of polymerized units of at least one acrylic ester; 5 to 150 parts of at least one polyfunctional compound having a molecular weight of not greater than 2,000 and two or more radical-polymerizable double bonds in the molecule; and 0.2 to 15 parts of at least one non-polymerizable and nonvolatile organic compound having a molecular weight of not greater than 3,000.