M&g USA Corporation

Shell Oil Comapny

The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Biochemtex S.p.a.

Apg Polytech, LLC

M & G Polimeri Italia S.p.a.

Edwin Andrew Sisson

Simone Ferrero

Arianna Giovannini

Gianluca Ferrari

Douglas D Callander

Delane Nagel Richardson

Eugene J Burkett

Joseph Galko

Deborah Tung

Roy A Leckonby

Dan Gastaldo

Rebecca Spooner Korwin

Freddie Lee Massey

Ricardo Knudsen

Delane N Richardson

Aaron Patrick Murray

Ben Duh

Guliz Arf Elliott

Steven Ryba

Krishna Sharma

Ehsan Moharreri

Laura Renee Giaimo

Freddie L Massey

Rebecca S Korwin

A transparent article includes a continuous polyester matrix having at least one incompatible filler dispersed therein. The incompatible filler provides domains in the polyester matrix, each domain having a particular dimension, thus providing a range of dimensions for the domains in the article. To create haze, the dimensions are within the range of from about 380 nm to about 720 nm. Once the range of dimensions is determined, a light absorbent composition can be found which absorbs light at a range of wavelengths that at least substantially covers the range of dimensions of the domains. In doing so, it has been found that the haze of the article can be substantially masked. Method for producing the article and for masking the haze are also provided.

Article comprising light absorbent composition to mask visual haze and related method

This specification discloses an operational continuous process to convert lignin as found in ligno-cellulosic biomass before or after converting at least some of the carbohydrates. The continuous process has been demonstrated to create a slurry comprised of lignin, raise the slurry comprised of lignin to ultra-high pressure, deoxygenate the lignin in a lignin conversion reactor over a catalyst which is not a fixed bed without producing char. The conversion products of the carbohydrates or lignin can be further processed into polyester intermediates for use in polyester preforms and bottles.

Continuous process for conversion of lignin to useful compounds

This invention is to an improved method for cleaning contaminated polymer when that polymer is to be blended with clean material. The method involves combining the contaminated material and the clean material in a compartmentalized pellet wherein the contaminated material is placed in the outermost compartment, the clean material is placed in an inner compartment and then subjecting the pellet to an extraction process.

Compartmentalized pellet for improved contaminant removal

Compartmentalized chips of at least two chemically similar crystallizable thermoplastic polymers each having a different intrinsic viscosity placed in separate zones are disclosed. These compartmentalized chips exhibit thermal characteristics that are different from the traditional technique of homogeneously combining the two materials into the chip. These compartmentalized chips in their amorphous, crystalline and solid phase polymerized forms exhibit a longer crystallization half time than the homogeneous mixture, thus permitting faster injection cycle times when compared to an equivalent homogenous mixture.

Compartmentalized chips with similar polymers of different viscosities for improved processability

Article comprising light absorbent composition to mask visual haze and related methods

Process to make an article comprising light absorbent composition to mask visual haze and related methods

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Medina, OH, United States of America

Edwin Andrew Sisson