Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polyvinyl alcohol product obtained by heat-treating a melt-molded polyvinyl alcohol product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol; a polyvinyl alcohol product obtained by stretching a melt-molded polyvinyl alcohol product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol; and a multi-layer product comprising at least one inner layer of a melt-molded product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: Food packaging-use formed articles including at least one layer of a 3 to 90 microns thickness which comprises a composition consisting of polyvinyl alcohol resin having a degree of saponification of 60 to 95 mole % (A) and a compound elected from a group of alkylene glycol polymer, etc. falling within the range of from 3 weight parts of (B) to 100 weight parts of (A) to the saturated solubility of (B) in (A) and having a carbon dioxide/oxygen solubility ratio (SCO.sub.2 /SO.sub.2) of 30 or higher.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyvinyl alcohol products obtained by heat-treating a melt-molded polyvinyl alcohol product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol;a polyvinyl alcohol product obtained by stretching a melt-molded polyvinyl alcohol product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol; anda multi-layer product comprising at least one inner layer of a melt-molded product composed of a polyvinyl alcohol composition containing 0.01 to 3.0 mmol of a metal compound based on 1 g of polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a resin composition containing 26.about.70 weight % of thermoplastic polyester resin, 10.about.30 weight % of polyester elastomer, and 20.about.44 weight % of vinylidene chloride resin and a biaxially stretched heat shrinkable film having cold resistance and oxygen gas barrier property comprising said resin composition, and further a biaxially stretched heat shrinkable laminated film having not only oxygen gas barrier property and cold resistance, but also melt hole resistance, heat resistance sealing property, and transparency after the shrinkage and comprising barrier layer of said resin composition, outer layer (polyamide or crosslinkable polyolefin), inner layer (crosslinkable polyolefin), and heat sealable layer (low crosslinkable polyolefin), at least the outer layer, the inner layer and the heat sealing layer being crosslinked by electron beam irradiation.

Abstract: Food packaging-use formed articles including at least one layer of a 3 to 90 microns thickness which comprises a composition consisting of (A) polyvinyl alcohol resin having a degree of saponification of 60 to 95 mole % (A) and (B) a hydroxy containing compound falling within the range of from 3 weight parts of (B) to 100 weight parts of (A) to the saturated solubility of (B) in (A) and having a carbon dioxide/oxygen solubility ratio (SCO.sub.2 /SO.sub.2) of 30 or higher.

Abstract: A biaxially stretched heat-shrinkable laminated film is disclosed which possesses good heat-shrinkability, excellent melt hole resistance and heat-resistant sealing property (the heat resistance of a seal portion), and highly satisfactory cold resistance, retains transparency even after shrinkage, and serves advantageously as a wrap for packaging foodstuffs. The laminated film is provided as an oxygen barrier layer with a layer of a mixture of vinylidene chloride resin and a low melting point polyamide resin having a crystalline melting point of not higher than 210.degree. C. This mixed resin has been cross-linked by applying the electron beam to the laminate in a dosage in the range of 1 to 12 megarads. The laminated film exhibits a heat shrinkage percentage of not less than 15% at 90.degree. C. and excels in gas barrier property.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a biaxially oriented heat-shrinkable laminated film comprising a laminate having a vinylidene chloride copolymer composition layer containing 0.5 to 9.1% by weight of a polyfunctional (metha)crylate, the vinylidene chloride copolymer being crosslinked by applying electron beams to the laminate at a dosage rate of 1 to 10 megarads, and exhibiting a heat shrinkage percentage at 90.degree. C. of 15% or more and excellent gas barrier properties.The laminated film of the present invention also exhibits excellent gas barrier properties, transparency, melt hole resistance and heat sealing resistance. The film having an outer layer composed a crosslinked polyolefin exhibits particularly excellent melt hole resistance and heat sealing resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a resin composition comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a vinylidene chloride resin and 5 to 95% by weight of a polyamide resin having a low crystalline melting point of not higher than 210.degree. C. and a molded product of said resin composition.The molded product of the present invention shows a molded product excellent in gas-barrier property and impact strength at low temperature, particularly a film, sheet or container.Among the resin compositions of the present invention, since the composition having 60 to 95% by weight of vinylidene chloride resin is particularly rich in gas-barrier property, it is suitable for packaging foods, and since the composition having more than 40% by weight and not more than 95% by weight of polyamide resin is excellent particularly in impact strength at low temperature, it is suitable as the packaging material for use at an extremely low temperature.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat-shrinkable laminate film which comprises a core layer of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride, two surface layers of a polyamide and an adhesive layer between core and surface layers and is excellent in a barrier property to gaseous oxygen, a barrier property of water vapor, an anti-creep property at a high temperature, an anti-pinhole property, a closely adhering property to meat, safety, an anti-curl property, an anti-creep property in warm water, an anti-delayed recovery property and an anti-peeling off property.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a smokable food-packaging film comprising:at least one layer of a mixture of 50 to 80 wt % polyamide having a melting point of 120.degree. to 210.degree. C. and a recrystallization temperature of not lower than 50.degree. C. and 20 to 50 wt % .alpha.-olefin - vinyl alcohol copolymer, said film having properties of an initial stress of not higher than 0.6 Kg/mm.sup.2 at a 25% elongation, a transmission to 50% concentration of methanol of not less than 200 g/m.sup.2.day.atm at a temperature of 60.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 0%, and an oxygen gas-transmission of not more than 50 cc/m.sup.2.day.atm at a temperature of 30.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 60%, and the thickness of said film being 20 to 60 .mu.m.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a smokable food-packaging film comprising at least one layer of a mixture of 45 to 85 wt % polyamide, 10 to 45 wt % copolymer of olefin and vinyl alcohol, and 5 to 30 wt % polyolefin, in which the mixture falls in the pantagonal range defined in FIG. 1 by linear lines connecting the points A, B, C, D and E, respectively, said layer having the properties of a permability to 50% concentration of methanol of not less than 200 g/m.sup.2.day.atm at a temperature of 60.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 0% and an oxygen gas-permeability of not more than 50 cc/m.sup.2.day.atm at a temperature of 30.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 60% and a water vapor-transmission rate of not more than 70 g/m.sup.2.day at a temperature of 40.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 90%.

Abstract: A laminated film containing at least two layers of which one layer is a gas-barriering layer comprising a copolymer of vinylidene chloride with a reduced viscosity of 0.030 to 0.050 and the other layer is a strengthening layer arranged to be adjacent to the gas-barriering layer, comprising a copolymer of vinylidene chloride with a reduced viscosity of 0.050 to 0.075.

Abstract: A laminated packaging material having high impermeability to gases and high workability is prepared by the lamination of a layer of copolymer of vinylidene chloride containing 3-10% by weight of a plasticizer of a number average molecular weight of less than 500 with another layer of a synthetic resin containing 5-70% by weight of at least one organic additive of a number average molecular weight of about 800-10,000 and selected from the group consisting of glycerides of higher saturated or unsaturated fatty acids and of epoxidized fatty acids, rosin and rosin derivatives, oligomeric copolymers of styrene with isobutylene, butadiene or isoprene, oligomeric polyesters which are formed by polycondensation of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with 6-10 carbon atoms and polyhydric alcohol with 2-6 carbon atoms and have a number average molecular weight of 1,000-2,000, and oligomeric epoxides formed by polycondensation between epichlorhydrin and bisphenol.

Abstract: An improved method of vacuum packaging by using a specific laminated film as a package film, the laminated film being composed of a plastically deformable layer of a synthetic resin having a yield stress more than 50 kg/cm.sup.2 at a temperature of 23.degree. C. and an elongation of less than 30% at elastic limit at a shaping temperature of 50.degree. to 180.degree. C. and an elastic layer of a synthetic resin having an elongation of more than 40% at elastic limit at the shaping temperature.

Abstract: A biaxially stretched five-layer film suitable for packaging fatty foodstuffs of irregular shape is disclosed, which has a first (outermost) layer made of an ionomer, an olefin homopolymer, an olefin copolymer or a mixture of the olefin homopolymer with the olefin copolymer, a second layer of an ethylene copolymer, a third layer of a vinylidene copolymer, a fourth layer of an ethylene copolymer and a fifth (innermost) layer of an ionomer. This film is obtained by preparing a laminate consisting of the layers of respective resins mentioned above by means of a specific die designed for multi-layer tubular molding and biaxially stretching the laminate under specific conditions.

Abstract: A laminated material having high workability and gas-impermeability is prepared by the lamination of a layer of vinylidene chloride copolymer containing 3 to 10% by weight of a plasticizer having a number average molecular weight of less than 500 with a carrier layer of synthetic resin containing 5 to 70% by weight of at least one organic additive having a number average molecular weight between 800 and 10,000 and selected from the group consisting of functional oligomers, fats and oils, rosin, and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: A vinylidene chloride copolymer film having excellent bubble stability in an inflation-stretching process and excellent cold resistance is prepared by inflation-stretching a tubular amorphous substance obtained by melt-extruding and quenching a composition comprising vinylidene chloride copolymer, a miscible type elastomer (A component) and a particle dispersion type elastomer (B component) in a range surrounded by the lines (a), (b), (c) and (d) ##EQU1## WHEREIN A WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE B component to total elastomers is plotted on X axis (abscissa) and a weight percent of total content of the A component and the B component to total components is plotted on Y axis (ordinate).

Abstract: A biaxially stretched five-layer film suitable for packaging fatty foodstuffs of irregular shape is disclosed, which has a first (outermost) layer made of an ionomer, an olefin homopolymer, an olefin copolymer or a mixture of the olefin homopolymer with the olefin copolymer, a second layer of an ethylene copolymer, a third layer of a vinylidene copolymer, a fourth layer of an ethylene copolymer and a fifth (innermost) layer of an ionomer. This film is obtained by preparing a laminate consisting of the layers of respective resins mentioned above by means of a specific die designed for multi-layer tubular molding and biaxially stretching the laminate under specific conditions.

Abstract: A vinylidene chloride copolymer composition is produced by copolymerizing 60 to 95 wt. % of vinylidene chloride and 40 to 5 wt. % of a comonomer in the presence of a rigid polymer which has a softening temperature of 50 to 180.degree. C. and a melt viscosity of 0.1 to 500 poise at 170.degree. C. and is soluble in vinylidene chloride monomer and is not substantially miscible to the vinylidene chloride copolymer, at a ratio of 0.01 to 5 wt. parts per 100 wt. parts of the monomer mixture.