Abstract: [Problem] To contribute to SDGs by making it possible to provide a (semi-)transparent clear file with sufficient durability [Means for Solving] A (semi-)transparent clear file of the present invention comprises (semi-)transparent covering paper P in which at least one surface of raw material paper R is covered with a cured product of a resin composition L. The resin composition L contains an energy ray polymerizable (meth)acrylic monomer and/or oligomer having a viscosity at 25° C. of 100 mPa·s or less, and glass transition temperature Tg of the cured product of 50° C. or higher. A basis weight of the paper is 65 g/m2 or more and 100 g/cm2 or less. The paper has a thickness of 80 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less. A proportion of the paper to 100 pts. mass of the covering paper P is 50 pts. mass or more, and a proportion of the cured product is less than 50 pts. mass. The monomer and/or the oligomer are/is preferably alkali-soluble, and also preferably contain/contains an inert resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sealable water-based coating composition suitable for coating substrates used for packaging of products that contain grease, oil, water, etc. The coating compositions comprise acrylic polymer or copolymer emulsions and melting waxes. The substrates may be formed into containers, such as cups, for example. The coatings provide a barrier that is resistant to the permeation of, for example, grease, oil, water, and other liquids. Furthermore, the coating compositions are compostable.

Abstract: a film composite for manufacturing a package for planar carriers of pharmaceutical active substances, for example transdermal patches, encompassing, in a direction from the outer side of the film composite toward its inner side: a metal layer; an acrylic-acid-containing joining layer; a polyethylene layer; and a COC layer made of cycloolefin copolymer, a side of the COC layer which faces away from the metal layer being an exposed surface of the film composite, wherein provision is made that the polyethylene layer encompasses metallocene polyethylene.

Abstract: Cushioning articles or structures are provided including a cell layer with an array of cells interconnected with each other. Each of the cells includes at least three cell walls extending between the first and second major surfaces thereof. The cell walls are shared by the adjacent cells, and the cell layer further includes a land region located at the second major surface and connecting the at least three cell walls. A base layer is attached to the second major surface of the cell layer to form a sheet.

Abstract: Paperboard structures having extruded barrier layers are provided. Using layer multiplication extrusion it has been found that nylon barrier layer properties can be improved. The further inclusion of metallocene PE in the layers being layer multiplied through extrusion coating provide additional improvements in barrier properties for the paperboard substrate.

Abstract: A container with a non-heat-seal window and a process for fabricating a low surface energy container with a non-heat-seal window. The process comprises forming a container template and cutting an opening in the container template. A window comprising a window stock material, a releasable liner, and a wiped on adhesive positioned between the window stock material and the releasable liner is sized to overlap the opening. A portion of the adhesive is exposed and the window is positioned over the opening. The window is then secured to the container template over the opening without the need to apply heat, and the container template is folded into the low surface energy container with the window.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a surface modifier composition that is capable of performing surface modification of various types of hardly adhesive materials, and of improving adhesion with respect to various types of hardly adhesive materials, and an adhesion method using the same. The present invention relates to a surface modifier composition, containing: an (A) component: a hydrogen abstraction type radical initiator; a (B) component: a silane compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group, and one or more functional groups which are at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of radical polymerizable functional groups and mercapto groups; and a (C) component: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a (C1) specific silane compound and a (C2) condensation reaction catalyst, in which the surface modifier composition is used in surface modification of an adherend containing a resin having a hydrocarbon bond.

Abstract: A method for preparing a composition including mineral particles functionalized by at least one organic group and having a specific surface defined according to the BET method greater than 500 m2/g, involves: —choosing a phyllosilicate composition, including mineral particles having a thickness of less than 100 nm, a largest dimension of less than 10 ?m and belonging to the family of lamellar silicates; —choosing at least one functionalizing agent, from the group formed from the oxysilanes and oxygermanes having at least one organic group, —bringing the phyllosilicate composition into contact with a functionalizing solution including the functionalizing agent, so as to obtain a phyllosilicate composition including mineral particles functionalized by the organic group, while choosing the organic group from the group formed from the cationic heteroaryl groups, the quaternary ammonium groups and the salts of same. The phyllosilicate composition obtained by the method is also described.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette cartridge tube and a method for preparing the same is introduced herein. Both of a filter tip and a cartridge container of the electronic cigarette cartridge tube are made respectively by consistent-and-continuous production machines used with a pulp-molding fabrication approach which is researched and improved, thereby integrally forming a solid geometrical shape of any one of the filter tip and the cartridge container. It can not only resolve the technical problems of the existing pulp-molding fabrication method that is incapable of producing a component (e.g. a cylinder-shaped longitudinal filter tip or cartridge container) of a cylinder-shaped lengthwise electronic cigarette cartridge tube, having a ratio, greater than one, of a maximum longitudinal height thereof being relative to a maximum transverse width thereof, but can also save its working cycle time, benefit its mass production, and assure its higher product yield and quality.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a sheetlike composite, comprising as a layer sequence in a direction from an outer surface of the sheetlike composite to an inner surface of the sheetlike composite a) an outer polymer layer, b) a colour application, c) a carrier layer, and d) a barrier layer; wherein the sheetlike composite comprises at least one longitudinal crease line; wherein the at least one longitudinal crease line is oriented in a first direction; wherein the sheetlike composite has a first bending resistance in the first direction; wherein a further direction is perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the sheetlike composite has a further bending resistance in the further direction; wherein the first bending resistance is less than the further bending resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).

Abstract: A packaging material for packaging of light-sensitive goods, said packaging material comprising a first layer and a second layer, at least one hole penetrating said first layer and being covered by said second layer, and a light barrier, wherein said light barrier comprises a layer of ink being essentially nontransparent to light and provided on said second layer to at least partly cover said hole. The disclosure further relates to a method for providing a light barrier covering a hole in a packaging material as well as to a package for packaging of light-sensitive goods.

Abstract: A maturation container and method of maturing spirits that incorporates a polymeric material (10) into a wall of the container. The material (10) is preferably Polylactic Acid (PLA) which has known oxygen permeation properties suited to maturation but is substantially impermeable to ethanol. Use of such a material is proposed to supplement or replace traditional wooden barrel methods of storage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging material comprising: a paperboard substrate comprising a first and a second side, at least one barrier layer applied on the first side of the substrate, the barrier layer comprising a water-soluble polymer selected from the group of polyvinyl alcohol, a copolymer of ethylene and polyvinyl alcohol, starch, carboxymethylcellulose and combinations thereof in an amount of at least 50 weight %, based on the dry weight of the barrier layer, an extrusion coated layer of a polyolefin on the barrier layer, and at least one dispersion barrier layer applied on the second side of the substrate, which at least one dispersion barrier layer forms a printing surface of the packaging material. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a respective packaging material.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided bio-based mineral oil barrier coatings and films usable for decreasing mineral oil migration, for example in food packaging materials, and thus improving the safety of the materials facing the mineral oil containing environment.

Abstract: An example disposable food service tray that can withstand high heat is disclosed. The disposable food tray includes a first layer comprising paper board, and a second layer comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) affixed to the first layer, wherein an adhesion between the first layer and the second layer is configured to withstand a temperature of up to 525 degrees Fahrenheit for up to six minutes without blistering.

Abstract: An example disposable food service tray that can withstand high heat is disclosed. The disposable food tray includes a first layer comprising paper board, and a second layer comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) affixed to the first layer, wherein an adhesion between the first layer and the second layer is configured to withstand a temperature of up to 525 degrees Fahrenheit for up to six minutes without blistering.

Abstract: Functionalized corrugated cardboard, at least one paper web of which is replaced by a functionalized, multi-layer plastic film.

Abstract: Method and system for maintaining temperature-sensitive materials within a target temperature range for an extended time. In one embodiment, the system keeps materials within a temperature range of +2° C. to +8° C. and includes an insulated container, a product box, ice packs, and organic phase-change material (PCM) packs. The ice packs are preconditioned to a very low temperature, such as ?20° C. The organic PCM packs do not require preconditioning and may be kept at room temperature. In use, the frozen ice packs and the warm organic PCM packs may be loaded into the insulated container, together with a payload in the product box. Preferably, the frozen ice packs are sandwiched between a pair of organic PCM packs on each face of the product box. The masses of ice and organic PCM are selected so that, upon thermal equilibration, the ice and organic PCM are within the target temperature range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated liquid food packaging material, comprising a bulk layer of paper or carton or other cellulose-based material and outer layers of thermoplastic polymers on both sides, having a decorative print pattern arranged beneath one of the outer thermoplastic polymer layers. The invention further relates to the method for manufacturing the laminated packaging material and to a packaging container for liquid food packaging, comprising the laminated packaging material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a heat-sealable packaging material, the method comprising the steps of: providing a paperboard substrate comprising a top ply, applying a first dispersion barrier layer on the top ply, wherein the first dispersion barrier layer comprises a latex having a first glass transition temperature, and applying a second dispersion barrier layer on the first barrier layer, wherein the second dispersion barrier layer comprises a latex having a second glass transition temperature, wherein the second glass transition temperature is higher than the first glass transition temperature, wherein the grammage of the second dispersion barrier layer is lower than the grammage of the first dispersion barrier layer, and wherein the second dispersion barrier layer comprises pigments. The invention further relates to a respective heat-sealable packaging material.

Abstract: A water-dispersible sheet is described having suppressed time degradation of the tacky adhesiveness of the tacky adhesive layer, while maintaining water dispersibility. The base paper of the water-dispersible sheet has a multilayer structure, including an inner layer which is not in contact with a tacky adhesive layer and a surface layer which is in contact with the tacky adhesive layer. The layers are independently mixtures of papermaking fibers and an alkalized fibrous carboxymethyl cellulose.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides processes for making cellulose-based material and containers utilizing the cellulose-based material. More particularly, the present disclosure provides processes to make cellulose-based material comprising strength-enhancing preparations and processes to make improved containers with the strength-enhanced cellulose-based materials.

Abstract: A dredging slurry system with a pulp tank is introduced, which is applied for a wet paper pulp molding apparatus. The system comprises the pulp tank, a dredging slurry mold seat, an activating unit, a slurry-physical-feature detection unit and at least one inflow unit and a control unit. The slurry-physical-feature detection unit is used to detect at least one physical feature from a slurry within the pulp tank, during a plurality of different stages, thereby relatively outputting a physical feature data. The control unit is used to control the at least one inflow unit to a manner whether to pour a newly-added slurry into the pulp tank or not, depending upon the physical feature data.

Abstract: Multi-ply structures are provided that include a barrier film, which has a first polyester layer and a barrier coating layer, a first adhesive layer, and a multi-layered sealant film, where the first adhesive layer is located between the barrier film and the multi-layered sealant film. In one or more embodiments, the multi-layered sealant film includes three nylon layers, a polyolefin layer, four tie layers, and a sealing layer. In one or more embodiments, the multi-layered sealant film includes three nylon layers, two polyolefin layers, three tie layers, and a sealing layer. Packages that are formed from the multi-ply structures are also provided in which these packages are microwaved in a pressurized vessel. Methods for sterilization are also provided.

Abstract: A flexible laminate suitable for forming a package (10) having a reclosable flap (12) is provided that includes pressure sensitive adhesive (34) extending in a periphery region past a reseal margin (42) for the flap (12) and on an opposite side therefrom for joining an outer and inner layer (30, 36) of the laminate together, whether directly or indirectly. The pressure sensitive adhesive (34) can overlie a permanent adhesive (32) in the periphery region, or directly join the outer and inner layers of the laminate together. The use of pressure sensitive adhesive (34) in the region can reduce the tight registration needed for cutting the outer layer (30) to define an outward layer of the flap (12), thereby reducing the chances for cutting into a portion of the outer layer (30) joined only by permanent adhesive (32) to the inner layer (36).

Abstract: A coated paperboard is disclosed which includes a barrier coating containing substantially no fluorochemical or wax, exhibiting good resistance to oil, grease, and moisture and having no tendency toward blocking.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layered packaging foil comprising a layer L-1 having an oxygen gas transmission rate OGTR-1; a luminescent compound having the property that its luminescence is capable of being quenched by oxygen; and a layer L-2 adhering to L-1 and to the luminescent compound. The layer L-2 has an oxygen gas transmission rate OGTR-2 that is at least 20 times higher than OGTR-1, and the luminescent compound is present between L-1 and L-2. The invention further relates to a packaging comprising a packaging foil of the invention and to a method for measuring the oxygen content in a packaging.

Abstract: There is provided a package material comprising an oxygen barrier polymer film, wherein the film comprises a polymer obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: a) oxidizing cellulose fibers to ultimately obtain cross-linked cellulose; and b) homogenizing the product of step a) to obtain fibrils in a width range of 1 nm to 150 nm. A corresponding use is also provided.

Abstract: An intermediate laminate product includes a first paper layer including lignocellulose fibers, and a dry coating layer applied to one surface of the first paper layer, the coating including expandable microspheres having an expansion temperature (TE), at least one polysaccharide, and a plasticizing additive which is capable of forming a thermoplastic blend with the polysaccharide. An expanded laminate structure includes the intermediate laminate product and a second paper layer comprising lignocellulose fibers, which is attached to the dry coating by heat lamination. A liquid packaging board includes the expanded laminate structure and a liquid barrier layer.

Abstract: An assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a cylindrical sleeve and a length of material that is wound upon itself defining a wound roll. The cylindrical sleeve includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the cylindrical sleeve defines a passage extending through the cylindrical sleeve. The length of material includes an inner surface and an outer surface. A portion of the inner surface of the length of material forms a passage extending through the wound roll. The outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve is secured to the portion of the inner surface of the length of material that forms the passage extending through the wound roll. The wound roll forms an upper axial end and a lower axial end. The wound roll is defined by a length extending between the upper axial end and the lower axial end. The cylindrical sleeve forms a distal end and a proximal end. The cylindrical sleeve is defined by a length extending between the distal end and the proximal end.

Abstract: A repulpable moisture resistant protein tray formed of thermo-molded pulp comprised of recycled paper pulp impregnated with a hydrogenated triglyceride. The protein tray has an outer surface coated with an emulsion of styrene acrylic to provide a moisture resistance repulpable and recyclable tray. The protein tray has a flat bottom and an integral sidewall forming an interior volume. An integral edge extends peripherally outward from an upper edge of the sidewall forming a substantially oval shape.

Abstract: Provided is an oxygen-absorbing multilayer body including an oxygen-absorbing layer containing an oxygen-absorbing composition and a thermoplastic resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin (b), wherein the oxygen-absorbing composition includes at least one compound having a tetralin ring represented by Formula (1), a transition metal catalyst, and a thermoplastic resin (a).

Abstract: Multilayer film comprising two thin layers D and E of a thermoplastic material bonded to one another by a continuous layer A that is a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition: a composition of styrene block copolymers (a mixture of diblock and triblock copolymers); and one or more tackifying resins with a softening temperature of 5 to 140° C.; the adhesive layer A connected to the layer D via a tie layer B, and connected to the layer E via a tie layer C, B and C being polyethylene or polypropylene modified by a cyclic anhydride of an unsaturated acid having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, manufacture of the film by coextrusion, and Use of the film for resealable packagings.

Abstract: A coated paperboard (100) comprising: a base substrate (102) having a brightness of about 65 or less measured using TAPPI T452 and a coating (104) on at least one side of the base substrate, wherein the base substrate comprises: one or more opaque layers (114) including a white filler, wherein the opaque layer covers the base substrate so that visibility of the base substrate through the opaque layer is substantially eliminated; a barrier layer (116) covering the opaque layer; wherein the barrier layer substantially prevents aqueous fluids from contacting the opaque layer, and wherein the coated paperboard has a brightness on the side of the base substrate with the coating of about 65 or more measured using TAPPI T452, and a wet brightness drop, on the side of the base substrate with the coating, of about 30 or less, measured using the wet brightness drop test.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble packaging film which is capable of packaging chemicals while maintaining appropriate flexibility without changes in the appearance or offensive odors over a long period of time, which takes much less time to dissolve in water, and which can achieve excellent water solubility, excellent visibility, and excellent chemical resistance. The present invention relates to a water-soluble packaging film containing: polyvinyl alcohol; a plasticizer; and an alkali metal, the water-soluble packaging film containing 3 to 15 parts by weight of the plasticizer based on 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol, the water-soluble packaging film containing 0.3 to 5% by weight of the alkali metal based on 100% by weight of the water-soluble packaging film.

Abstract: An object is to provide a storage container including latent heat storage materials that provide a high cold insulation effect. A storage container 401 has an electric cooling function and stores an object. The storage container 401 includes at least one storage chamber 100 that stores the object; a first latent heat storage material A that is disposed in the storage chamber 100 and has a predetermined phase change temperature; and a second latent heat storage material B that is disposed in the storage chamber 100 and has a phase change temperature higher than the phase change temperature of the first latent heat storage material A.

Abstract: The present disclosure offers an improvement in papermaking methods and products, by providing a tissue sheet and a method to obtain a tissue sheet, with improved absorbency at a given basis weight. Thus, by way of example, the present disclosure provides a single ply tissue sheet having a basis weight greater than about 50 gsm and a specific vertical absorbent capacity greater than about 6.0 g/g.

Abstract: To provide a radiation-curable inkjet ink set that has a sufficiently wide color gamut and is excellent in terms of mechanical strength and substrate adhesion of cured ink, and an inkjet recording method employing the ink set. A radiation-curable inkjet ink set comprises a yellow ink comprising C.I. Pigment Yellow 185 at 1.5 to 2.5 mass %, and a magenta ink comprising C.I. Pigment Red 48:4 at 1.5 to 2.5 mass %.

Abstract: A convertible mat (10) is provided and comprises a generally planar base (20) and a border extending around the base, the border comprising border sections (25, 26, 27, 28) joined together by webs, the webs being single, substantially non-folding web sections (35, 36, 37, 38) which cause the border sections to be movable together between a first position in which they are coplanar with the base and a second position in which they are inclined whereby to form a tray.

Abstract: A print execution unit may convey a sheet in a second direction intersecting with a first direction, in a state in which the sheet is deformed into a corrugated shape along the first direction. A print control apparatus may generate corrected image data from input image data by performing a correction process using correction data, and supply the corrected image data to the print execution unit. The correction process may be performed such that a density of first-type printed partial images printed in first-type areas on a sheet is different from a density of second-type printed partial images printed in second-type areas on an assumption that the input image data represents an image having constant tone values and the sheet is conveyed in a flat state without deformation. The first-type areas and the second-type areas extend along the second direction and are alternately arranged along the first direction.

Abstract: A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface and a basecoat applied to the first major surface and/or the second major surface, the basecoat including a pigment component, the pigment component including all pigments in the basecoat, wherein the pigment component has a median particle size between about 3 and about 8 micrometers, and wherein at most about 15 percent by weight of the pigment component has a particle size smaller than 1 micrometer.

Abstract: A wire harness includes a wire harness main body having at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by formed by hot pressing a non-woven member in a state where the non-woven member covers at least a portion of the wire harness main body. The protective member includes a first compressed portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body and being hot pressed to a first degree of compression, and a second compressed portion extending along the longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body, projecting further than the first compressed portion, and being hot pressed to a second degree of compression lower than the first degree of compression.

Abstract: A prefabricated sheet of foldable material to construct a container having one of multiple selectable dimensions, including a perforated pattern to permit separation and discarding of selectable portions and folding of a remaining portion into the container. The perforated pattern may include diagonal lines to provide triangular-shaped portions to overlap and secure to side-walls of the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible pipe comprising at least one polymer layer, and at least one armoring layer unbounded to said polymer layer, wherein at least one polymer layer is a cationic clay containing polymer layer of a polymer material comprising a polymer matrix and from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of at least one cationic clay silicate. Preferred cationic clay silicates comprise kaolinite; smectite; Illite; chlorite; and synthetic cationic clays. The cationic clay silicate may e.g. be an organo-cationic clay. The cationic clay silicate may preferably be exfoliated and/or intercalated in the polymer matrix. The polymer layer may preferably comprise an inner liner, a thermally insulating layer, an anti-wear layer and/or an outer sheath or a sub-layer thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are a medical multilayer film and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a medical multilayer film including: an outer layer comprising a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof, an intermediate layer comprising 10 to 60% by weight of a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof and 40 to 90% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer, and an inner layer comprising 60 to 80% by weight of a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof, 10 to 30% by weight of polyethylene, and 1 to 10% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer, and use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved blend of polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) for producing friction-reducing tapes (anti-wear tapes) used as a friction-reducing intermediate layer in flexible fluid pipes, e.g. oil pipes.

Abstract: A calendering roller used to manufacture textured nonwoven fabric including papermaking fibers is disclosed. The calendering roller includes a positive pattern that includes a basic element having a ring shape and a repetition of said basic element along multiple rows and columns substantially overall a peripheral surface of the calendaring roller. The ring defines an apex relatively to a center portion of the ring defining a cavity and a grinded surrounding zone. The ring includes at least one radial channel putting in communication the cavity and the grinded surrounding zone so as to define a discontinuous calendering surface. The repetition is regular except for multiple substantially longitudinally and transversally oriented regions. The regions are of limited size with respect to a calendering roller size and randomly distributed so as to define multiple random longitudinal and transverse lines in the textured nonwoven fabric including papermaking fibers, generating a cloth-like visual texture.

Abstract: A multilayer papery material container includes at least one first sheet of a three-dimensional structure and at least one second sheet fixed to the first sheet and defining empty spaces therewith, wherein at least the second sheet is made of a papery material having a degree of extensibility of not less than 5% in all directions, and wherein the container includes a lateral wall provided with a relief motif.

Abstract: Paper or cardboard packaging produced from recycled paper contaminated by mineral oil, where the packaging includes a barrier layer obtained by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion containing a mixture of at least two polymers A and B. Polymer A is obtained by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0-10 wt % of further monomers, where the glass transition temperature of copolymer A is greater than +45° C. and the glass transition temperature of polymer B is less than +10° C. The mean value calculated from the glass transition temperatures of the individual polymers is +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.