Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Hirotaka Wanibe

Shuhei Ikado

Takayuki Kuroki

Naoki Kobayashi

Akira Kawano

Kazuhiko Suzuki

Masumi Saruwatari

Masataka Iwata

An aliphatic polyester stretched film which has excellent flexibility and heat resistance and manifests no bleeding of a plasticizer, an aliphatic polyester composition which is a raw material of the stretched film, and a package using the stretched film. The film can be prepared from an aliphatic polyester composition comprising 10 to 60 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from (A) a compound represented by the general formula: R OCH CH(OR )CH OR (wherein, at least one of R , R and R represents an acyl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and remaining groups represent a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group.) and (B) a compound which is a reaction product of a condensate of 1 to 10 glycerin units with a carboxylic acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, based on 100 parts by weight of an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester stretched film can have a crystallinity of 20 to 60% which is obtained by molding the composition, and the film can be formed into a package obtained.

Plasticized polyester compositions and films therefrom

A membrane formed by coating an aqueous coating liquid comprising an antistatic agent or anticlouding agent on one or both surfaces of an aliphatic polyester film comprising a specific amount of a lubricant or an antiblocking agent, can remarkably improve adhesion of the membrane (antistatic layer or anticlouding layer) to the aliphatic polyester film, and thus the effect of the membrane (antistatic effect or anticlouding effect) can be continuously exhibited for a long period.

Coated aliphatic polyester film

The stretched film of the lactic acid-based polymer of the invention can degrade under natural environment, and additionally has an excellent mechanical strength and durability. By use of a lubricant in combination with an inorganic filler, these properties are further improved and thickness accuracy is enhanced. Consequently, the stretched film of the lactic acid-based polymer of the invention can be widely applied to a prepaid card and other various film materials, lamination materials and packaging materials. Even though abandoned after use in the natural environment, the stretched film relatively quickly decomposes into carbon dioxide and water and does not accumulate as waste.

Stretched film of lactic acid-based polymer

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Hirotaka Wanibe