Unitika Ltd.

Katsuyuki Toma

Eiji Y Yamamoto

Minoru Kishida

Kenji Yasue

Yoshiaki Kozuka

A light-weight polyester film which comprises (A) from 50 to 95% by weight of a crystalline polyester resin and (B) from 5 to 50% by weight of a maleimide copolymer, said maleimide copolymer being dispersed in the film in the form of particles having diameters of from 0.1 to 20 .mu.m and fine voids being present in the film, and which has an apparent specific gravity of from 0.3 to 1.1, wherein said maleimide copolymer comprises from 30 to 50 mol % of a maleimide monomer group, from 30 to 70 mol % of an aromatic vinyl monomer group, from 0 to 40 mol % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride monomer group and from 0 to 40 mol % of other copolymerizable monomer group, and said maleimide copolymer has a glass transition temperature higher by at least 10.degree. C. than the crystalline polyester resin.

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Uji, Japan

Katsuyuki Toma