Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Targor Gmbh

Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.

Hoechst Gmbh

Hoechst Aktiengellschaft

Martin Antberg

Jurgen Rohrmann

Ludwig Bohm

Volker Dolle

Andreas Winter

Walter Spaleck

Hartmut Luker

Frank Kuber

Michael-Joachim Brekner

Frank Osan

Bernd Bachmann

Giampaolo Pellegatti

Michele Grazzi

Michael Schreck

Sander Willems

Hartmut Kondoch

Shahram Mihan

Wolfgang Anton Herrmann

Hans-Friedrich Herrmann

Fabiana Fantinel

Dieter Langenfelder

Paola Massari

Marco Ciarafoni

Heinz Strutz

Michael Aulbach

Dieter Bernd Reuschling

Gerhard Erker

Thomas Weller

Herbert Riepl

Laurent Weisse

Erik Hans Licht

Rainer Köhler

Holger Ahrenberg

Astrid Weiss

Reiner Nolte

The present invention relates to a new polypropylene composition for molded articles, such as finished parts for the automotive industry. A composition comprising: (A) from 40 to 85% by weight of a first propylene-based component being selected from propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers and heterophasic propylene polymer, such first propylene-based component having a flexural modulus higher than 800 MPa; (B) from 5 to 20% by weight of a second propylene-based component being a heterophasic propylene polymer comprising: (B1) from 20 to 90% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene, and (B2) from 10 to 80% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one C-Calpha-olefin, such copolymer containing from 10 to 70% by weight of ethylene, being soluble in xylene at room temperature, and having an intrinsic viscosity in tetrahydronaphtalene at 135&#xb0; C. of higher than 3.5 dl/g; and (C) from 10 to 40% by weight of glass fibers.

Polypropylene composition for foaming

The present invention relates to low density polypropylene compositions for the production of molded articles, such as finished parts for the automotive industry.

Mineral-filled polypropylene composition

The present disclosure relates to a polypropylene composition for the production of molded articles, such as finished parts for the automotive industry, has melt flow rate (230&#xb0; C., 2.16 kg) of at least 25 g/10 min and comprising:

Mineral filled polypropylene composition

Polyolefin compositions suitable for injection molded items e.g. for impact bumpers and car interiors comprising from 30% to 90% by weight of an heterophasic propylene polymer composition (A); and from 10% to 70% by weight of a multimodal ethylene/butene-1 copolymer (B); having density from 0.850 to 0.935 g/cm, total comonomer content from 6% to 30% by weight, Mw/Mn from 4 to 20; intrinsic viscosity in decalin at 135&#xb0; C. from 1.0 to 4.0 dL/g, and comprising an HDPE fraction (HDPE % wt) up to 30% wt; further comprising from 0 to 50% by weight of a filler (C) and optionally, in amount up to 10% by weight with respect to the overall composition, an impact modifier masterbatch component D consisting of an ultra-soft heterophasic copolymer component.

Polymer composition for bumpers and interiors and polyethylene-based resin precursor

The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising:

Polypropylene compositions containing glass fiber fillers

Polyolefin compositions suitable for injection moulded items e.g. for impact bumpers and car interiors comprising from 30% to 90% by weight of an heterophasic propylene polymer composition (A); and from 10% to 70% by weight of a multimodal ethylene/C6-C12 alpha olefin copolymer (B); having density from 0.850 to 0.920 g/cm, total comonomer content from 6% to 30% by weight, Mw/Mn from 4 to 20; intrinsic viscosity in decalin at 135&#xb0; C. from 1.0 to 4.0 dL/g, and comprising an HDPE fraction (HDPE % wt) up to 30% wt; further comprising up to 50% by weight of a filler (C) and optionally, in amount up to 10% by weight with respect to the overall composition, an impact modifier masterbatch component (D) consisting of a ultra-soft heterophasic copolymer component.

Chemically homogeneous cycloolefin copolymers of polycyclic olefins, such as, for example, norbornene or tetracyclododecene, with cycloolefins and/or acyclic olefins are obtained without ring opening and in a high space-time yield if a catalyst system is used which comprises an aluminoxane and a stereorigid metallocene compound of an element from groups IVb to VIb, of the formula

Metallocene and catalyst used for the preparation of chemically homogeneous cycloolefin copolymers

If a catalyst consisting of an aluminoxane and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## in particular R.sup.5 R.sup.6 C (Ind).sub.2 or R.sup.5 R.sup.6 C (Ind).sub.2 Zr(CH.sub.3).sub.2, is employed for the polymerization of olefins of the formula

Process for the preparation of a polyolefin wax

A catalyst containing the combination which comprises:

Catalyst which can be used for the preparation of olefins during

A very effective catalyst system for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane or a supported aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## in which, in the preferred form, M.sup.1 in Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are halogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 is alkyl, R.sup.4 to R.sup.12 are alkyl or hydrogen and R.sup.13 is a (substituted) alkylene or heteroatom bridge. The metallocenes, in particular the zirconocenes, produce polymers of very high molecular weight, in the case of prochiral monomers polymers of very high molecular weight, very high stereotacticity and very high melting point, at high catalyst activities in the industrially particularly interesting temperature range between 50 and 80.degree. C. In addition, reactor deposits are avoided by means of supported catalyst systems.

Metallocenes containing aryl-substituted indenyl derivatives as ligands,

Propylene isoblock polymers with 0.5 to 10 mol %, based on the total polymer, of randomly distributed ethylene content and with a narrow molecular weight distribution and rubber-like properties are obtained when propylene is polymerized using a catalyst comprising an aluminoxane and a chiral metallocene, containing bridges, of formula I: ##STR1## in which M.sup.1 is preferably hafnium or zirconium,

Polymer having long isotactic sequences and randomly-distributed

Disclosed is a catalyst system and method of polymerizing olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises a bridged metallocene of the following structure: ##STR1## wherein M.sup.1 is a transition metal of groups 4-6, R.sup.1 -R.sup.9 is hydrogen or other groups with the proviso that substituents R.sup.3 and R.sup.6 are not hydrogen, and wherein the metallocene is present in the meso form or in a mixture including both the meso and racemic forms.

Process for the preparation of polyolefins

A process for the preparation of a polyolefin wax If a catalyst consisting of an aluminoxane and a metal-locene of the formula I ##STR1## in particular R.sup.5 R.sup.6 C (Ind).sub.2 or R.sup.5 R.sup.6 C (Ind).sub.2 Zr(CH.sub.3).sub.2, is employed for the polymerization of olefins of the formula

A very effective catalyst system for olefin polymerization comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## in which, preferably, M.sup.1 is Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are halogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 is alkyl, R.sup.4 to R.sup.10 are alkyl or hydrogen and R.sup.11 is a (substituted) alkylene or heteroatom bridge.

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