Abstract: A laminate containing a propylene polymer as a main component, relating to a sealant film including a heat-seal layer and an adjacent layer, wherein the sealant film satisfies the following requirement (1) the sealant film is a stretched film or a non-stretched film; the heat-seal layer contains an olefin polymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (2): a melting point is less than 120° C. or is not observed; and a propylene polymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (3): a melting point is 121° C. or more and 170° C. or less; and the adjacent layer contains 1 to 70% by mass of the propylene polymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (3) and 30 to 99% by mass of the olefin polymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (2), and contains 0 to 70% by mass of a propylene polymer (B2) in the olefin polymer (B), provided that (A)+(B)=100% by mass.

Abstract: A polyamide composition excellent in balance between fluidity during molding and, for example, surface appearance, bleed-out resistance, impact resistance and rigidity in the form of a molded article, and also relates to a polyamide composition a polyamide (A), an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) satisfying requirements (b-1) to (b-3), and 0.1 to 20.0 mass % of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (C) satisfying the requirements (c-1) to (c-5), provided that (A)+(B)+(C)=100 mass %.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition capable of allowing for production of a crosslinked foamed product suitable for applications of footwear parts such as soles and excellent in properties such as lightweight properties, heat shrinkability, compression set and mechanical strength in a well-balanced manner, a foamed product using the composition and a footwear part using the same. An ethylene copolymer composition including an ethylene copolymer (A) satisfying all the following requirements (A-a), (A-b), (A-c) and (A-d), ethylene/?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms/non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (B), and, if necessary, an ethylene/polar monomer copolymer (C); (A-a) a vinyl group content per 1,000 carbon atoms is 0.025 to 0.3, (A-b) MFR10/MFR2.16 is 7 to 20, (A-c) a density is 0.850 to 0.910 g/cm3, and (A-d) a melt flow rate is 0.01 to 200 g/10 min.

Abstract: A propylene-ethylene-?-olefin copolymer satisfying: (I) a content of a propylene-derived constituent unit (i) is 50 to 92 mol %, a content of an ethylene-derived constituent unit (ii) is 5 to 20 mol %, and a content of a C4-20 ?-olefin-derived constituent unit (iii) is 3 to 30 mol %, provided that (i) to (iii) total 100 mol %; (II) an mm fraction calculated by 13C-NMR is 85% or more; (III) 0.9?MOE/(2MO×ME)?1.5 wherein MOE represents a mole fraction of chains of propylene and ethylene and chains of the C4-20 ?-olefin and ethylene in total to the total dyad, MO represents mole fractions of propylene and the C4-20 ?-olefin in total, and ME represents a mole fraction of ethylene; (IV) an MFR is 1 to 3 g/10 minutes; and (V) a melting point measured by DSC is less than 100° C., or no melting peak is observed.

Abstract: A vibration damper of the invention is formed from a polymer composition including (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer including a polymer segment mainly derived from a vinyl aromatic compound and a polymer segment mainly derived from a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated product of the copolymer, (b) 30 to 200 parts by weight of an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 300 to 5000 mm2/s and an ethylene structural unit content of 30 to 80 mol %, and (c) 0 to 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin having a MFR of 0.1 to 500 g/10 min. According to the present invention, vibration dampers are provided which exhibit excellent vibration damping properties and transparency and show excellent weather resistance with little discoloration, and polymer compositions are provided which are suited for the production of vibration dampers having excellent vibration damping properties and weather resistance.

Abstract: [Solution] A vibration damper of the invention is formed from a polymer composition including (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer including a polymer segment mainly derived from a vinyl aromatic compound and a polymer segment mainly derived from a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated product of the copolymer, (b) 30 to 200 parts by weight of an ethylene ?-olefin copolymer having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 300 to 5000 mm2/s and an ethylene structural unit content of 30 to 80 mol %, and (c) 0 to 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin having a MFR of 0.1 to 500 g/10 min. [Effect] According to the present invention, vibration dampers are provided which exhibit excellent vibration damping properties and transparency and show excellent weather resistance with little discoloration, and polymer compositions are provided which are suited for the production of vibration dampers having excellent vibration damping properties and weather resistance.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a lubricating oil composition having low-temperature properties and fuel efficiency at high temperatures which are superior to those of conventional lubricating oil compositions, and to provide a viscosity modifier for lubricating oils and an additive composition for lubricating oils which are used for obtaining said composition. The viscosity modifier for lubricating oils of the present invention comprises a propylene copolymer (A) which has a density of 875 kg/m3 or less and which comprises 60 mole % or more of structural unit derived from propylene.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic polymer composition excellent in the balance among mechanical strength, elongation at break, flexibility and heat resistance, and an article including the composition, and an electric wire and electric cable having an insulator and/or a sheath including the composition. The thermoplastic polymer composition includes 1 to 350 parts by mass of a filler (D) with respect to 100 parts by mass of polymer components that comprise 50 to 90% by mass of an ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer (A); 1 to 40% by mass of a propylene-based polymer (B) having a melting point as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of from 120 to 170° C.; and 1 to 49% by mass of a propylene-based polymer (C) having a melting point as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of lower than 120° C. or not being observed, provided that the total amount of (A), (B) and (C) is 100% by mass.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a lubricating oil composition having low-temperature properties and fuel efficiency at high temperatures which are superior to those of conventional lubricating oil compositions, and to provide a viscosity modifier for lubricating oils and an additive composition for lubricating oils which are used for obtaining said composition. The viscosity modifier for lubricating oils of the present invention comprises a propylene copolymer (A) which has a density of 875 kg/m3 or less and which comprises 60 mole % or more of structural unit derived from propylene.