Abstract: A flexible insulation material comprising a flexible porous medium defining a pore volume, and a phase change material (PCM) within the pore volume.

Abstract: A flexible insulation material comprising a flexible porous medium defining a pore volume, and a phase change material (PCM) within the pore volume.

Abstract: A flexible, vapour permeable cargo cover laminate comprising: an outer layer comprising a substrate bearing a coating, the coating having particles of infra-red reflective matter dispersed within a polymeric matrix and providing an exposed low-emissivity surface on an outward face of the outer layer; and a support layer laminated to an inward face of the outer layer. Other cargo laminates, cargo covers and methods of insulating cargo are also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for producing meltblown polyolefin fibres having an effective diameter of less than 5 microns, comprising providing a polyolefin having a melt flow index of at least 1000, mixing a fluorochemical with the polyolefin in order to increase the melt flow index of the polyolefin to at least 2000, and meltblowing the polyolefin with the fluorochemical in order to produce the meltblown polyolefin fibres, and the polyolefin being such that during the meltblowing the fluorochemical is able to migrate to the surface of the formed polyolefin fibres without the need for a separate annealing step.