Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising a homopolymer or copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride having a melt flow index of 10 to 300 grams per ten minutes, determined in accordance with ASTM D 1238, Condition J and 5 to 50 weight percent of a glass having a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m; an improvement in a method of coating a metal or inorganic oxidic surface wherein a powder coating composition containing polyvinylidene fluoride is applied to such surface and fused thereon, the improvement residing in employing as the powder coating composition one containing 5 to 50 weight percent glass, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride polymer; a coated object having a metallic or inorganic oxidic surface which is coated with a polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer which coating contains 5 to 50 weight percent, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride, of glass particles, especially glass particles of a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising a homopolymer or copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride having a melt flow index of 10 to 300 grams per ten minutes, determined in accordance with ASTM D 1238, Condition J and 5 to 50 weight percent of a glass having a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m; an improvement in a method of coating a metal or inorganic oxidic surface wherein a powder coating composition containing polyvinylidene fluoride is applied to such surface and fused thereon, the improvement residing in employing as the powder coating composition one containing 5 to 50 weight percent glass, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride polymer; a coated object having a metallic or inorganic oxidic surface which is coated with a polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer which coating contains 5 to 50 weight percent, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride, of glass particles, especially glass particles of a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m.

Abstract: A modified polyester composition comprising the condensation product of terephthalic acid or a polyester-forming derivative thereof and a diol, said polyester having an arithmetical mean molecular weight M.sub.n or more than 17,000, a carboxyl equivalent of at least 10 mVal/kg, a nitrogen content of less than 0.4 weight percent and urethane groups linked linearly to said polyester; a process for preparing such modified polyester and a molding composition comprising such modified polyester and an additive, suitably a filler and in particular glass fibers.