Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide sizing compositions, fiber glass strands, cement boards, and other products incorporating fiber glass. In some embodiments, a sizing composition of the present invention comprises a starch, a nonionic lubricant, a silane comprising at least one amine and at least one aryl or arylene group, and an aminofunctional oligomeric siloxane.

Abstract: Ready-for-use film forming solid compositions for producing film coating dispersions for solid- or semisolid-form substances comprising a film forming ingredient of pregelatinized cereal or tuberous hydroxypropyl starches, fatty plasticizers, fillers of non pregelatinized modified and native starches and, substances for improving the final appearance of the film coating characterized in that the viscosity of said cold-regenerated solutions or dispersions is less than 1000 centipoises at a solid matter concentration greater than 20%, wherein said viscosity is obtainable by using natural film-forming agents which are cold-soluble and exhibit a low viscosity in an aqueous medium at high concentrations.

Abstract: A curable aqueous binder composition includes a dispersion of biopolymer particles, optionally with and an inter-particle crosslinking agent, for use in the formation of composite materials such as mineral, natural organic, or synthetic fiber products, including mineral fiber insulation, non-woven mats, fiberglass insulation and related glass fiber products, and wood based products, and construction materials. In an application of the curable aqueous composition to making fiberglass insulation, the composition may be blended with a second resin which may be a non-formaldehyde resin. In an application of the composition to making fiberglass roofing shingles, the biopolymer particles may be mixed into a formaldehyde based resin during or after the polymerization of the resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical and food areas, in particular to compositions for coating tablets, capsules and other solid- or semisolid-form substances currently used in different application fields. More specifically, said invention relates to solid ready-for-use compositions for producing laminating solutions or dispersions for solid- or semisolid-form substances and is characterised in that the viscosity of said cold-regenerated solutions or dispersions is less than 1000 centipoises at a solid matter concentration greater than 20%, wherein said viscosity is obtainable by using natural film-forming agents which are cold-soluble and exhibit a low viscosity in an aqueous medium at high concentrations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating for inkjet media, which includes at least one hydrophobic filler particle; and a binder. Another embodiment of the invention provides an inkjet media, which includes the above-described coating coated on a substrate. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of inkjet printing, which includes inkjet printing at least one inkjet ink onto a substrate coated with the above-described coating.