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Ameriglobe, LLC

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Eovations, LLC

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Shih-yaw Lai

David A. Eversdyk

David C. Kelley

Michael A. Langohr

Lichih R. Peng

Rajen M Patel

Mehmet Demirors

Thoi H Ho

Selim Bensason

Andy Cheng Chang

Pak-Wing Steve Chum

Hong Peng

Kim Louis Walton

Hongyu Chen

Antonios K Doufas

Shih-Yaw Lai

Antonio Batistini

Yunwa Wilson Cheung

Mohamed Esseghir

Pradeep Jain

Benjamin C Poon

Bharat Indu Chaudhary

Deepak R Parikh

Robert L McGee

Jeffrey Morris Cogen

Teresa Plumley Karjala

Yi Jin

Brian W Walther

Timothy James Person

George W Knight

Kalyan Sehanobish

Philip P Fontaine

Martin J Guest

Yijian Lin

Yushan Hu

Stephen R Betso

Theresa J Hermel-Davidock

Shaofu Wu

Seema V Karande

Mark T Bernius

Edward N Knickerbocker

Jill M Martin

Stephanie M Whited

Jose Eduardo Ruiz

Varunesh Sharma

John A Naumovitz

Jian Jim Wang

Phillip Dene Hustad

Roger L Kuhlman

Gary Robert Marchand

Mridula Babli Kapur

Morgan Mark Hughes

Stephen F Hahn

David T Gillespie

Chester J Kmiec

David C Kelley

Yong Chen

John Klier

Lori L Kardos

Manish K Mundra

Sylvie Y Desjardins

Santosh S Bawiskar

Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Jacquelyn A deGroot

Didem Oner-Deliormanli

Bryon Paul Day

Calvin P Esneault

Karl M Seven

Timothy Wayne Gambrel

Jing Li

Ian MacMillan Ward

Colin Li Pi Shan

Yabin Sun

Debkumar Bhattacharjee

Wenbin Liang

Jeffrey D Weinhold

Xiaosong Wu

Ashish Batra

Paul J Caronia

Rexford Allison Maugans

Ronald P Markovich

Manish Talreja

Jozef Van Dun

Daniel R Schnaars

Kenneth B Stewart

Xiao Bing Yun

Chia-Hsi Chu

Jianping Pan

Clifford Dunlap

Gary D Parsons

Sanjib Biswas

Kevin Louis Nichols

Ronald J Weeks

Weijun Zhou

Mustafa Bilgen

Alexander Williamson

Thomas Allgeuer

Yasuo Ohta

Jerry L Hahnfeld

Daniel R Schnaars, Sr

Yichi Zhang

Brett M Birchmeier

Robert J Donald

Bradley Anson Jacobs

Mladen Ladika

A nonwoven fabric comprises at least one fiber having a first component prepared from at least 75 wt. % of bimodalethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition is characterized by: a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.965 g/cm, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 10 to 60 g/10 minutes, wherein the I2 is measured according to ASTM D1238, 190 C, 2.16 kg, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (M/M) as determined by GPC of from 1.5 to 2.6, a tan delta at 1 radian/second of at least 45, a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure, and a full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C.

Non-woven fabric having ethylene/alpha-olefin polymer fibers

The present disclosure provides a coated conductor. The coated conductor includes a conductor and an outermost coating on the conductor. The coating includes (A) an ethylene-based polymer having an I21/I2 ratio from 20 to 50; and (B) a propylene/ethylene copolymer having a Mw/Mn from 2.0 to 3.5. The coating has a surface roughness from 20 μ-inch to 100 μ-inch.

Coated conductor

A coagent masterbatch comprising a semi-crystalline polyolefin carrier resin and an alkenyl-functional coagent. A peroxide curable formulation comprising the coagent masterbatch and a polyolefin compound. A method of making the masterbatch and formulation; a peroxide-cured polyolefin product prepared therefrom; a manufactured article comprising or made from the masterbatch, formulation, or product; and a method of using the manufactured article.

Masterbatch with semi-crystalline polyolefin carrier resin

A cast film inducing a bimodal ethylene-based polymer having a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 10.0%, an I/Iratio from 5.5 to 7.0, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., a density from 0.910 g/cc to 0.920 g/cc, and a melt index (I) from 1.0 g/10 mins to 8.0 g/10 mins.

Cast films comprising bimodal ethylene-based polymers having high molecular weight high density fractions

A blown film having a bimodal ethylene-based polymer including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, an I/Iratio from 5.5 to 7.5, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10 C, a zero shear viscosity ratio from 1.0 to 2.5, a density from 0.902 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc, and a melt index (I) from 0.5 g/10 mins to 2.0 g/10 mins.

Blown films comprising bimodal ethylene-based polymers having high molecular weight high density fractions

An additive masterbatch composition comprising a semi-crystalline polyolefin carrier resin and an additive package comprising a product of a reaction of an acidic condensation catalyst and a secondary diarylamine. A moisture-curable polyolefin composition comprising the additive masterbatch composition and a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyolefin prepolymer. A method of making the compositions; a moisture-cured polyolefin composition prepared therefrom; a manufactured article comprising or made from the formulation; and a method of using the manufactured article.

Semi-crystalline polyolefin-based additive masterbatch composition

Articles made from a moisture-curable, polymeric composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition:

Flame-retardant, moisture-cured wire and cable constructions with improved glancing impact performance

A multilayer shrink film comprising at least one core layer positioned between a first skin layer and a second skin layer, wherein the multilayer shrink film comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition and a low density polyethylene.

Low temperature multilayer shrink films, and methods of making thereof

A uniaxially-oriented ethylene-based polymeric film having at least one layer comprising at least 65 wt. %, based on total amount of materials present in the at least one layer, of a linear low density polyethylene which exhibits each of the following properties: a CDBI of at least 60%; a melt index, I2, measured according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg @190&#xb0; C.), of 1.8 g/10 min to 10 g/10 min; a density of from 0.910 g/cc to 0.940 g/cc; and a Mw/Mn of less than 3.0.

Uniaxially-oriented polymeric films, and articles made therefrom

Articles made from a moisture-crosslinkable, polymeric composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: (A) 10 to 99.99 wt % of a nonpolar ethylenic polymer grafted with silane functionality (Si-g-npPE), the npPE having the following properties before grafting: (1) a vinyl content of 0.2 to 0.7 per 1,000 carbon atoms, (2) a melt index of 1.5 to 7.0 dg/min, (3) a density of 0.913 to 0.965 g/cc, and (4) a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of equal to or less than 8; (B) 0.01 to 20 wt % of a silanol condensation catalyst; and (C) 0 to 70 wt % of a flame retardant additive; exhibit one or more of desirable (a) silane grafting efficiency; (b) hot creep performance as a cable jacket/insulation after moisture crosslinking; (c) retained dielectric strength after glancing impact as a moisture crosslinked cable construction; and (d) crush resistance as a moisture crosslinked cable construction.

Moisture-cured wire and cable constructions

Embodiments are directed to a stretch hood or stretch label multilayer film comprising a first skin layer, a second skin layer, and a core layer disposed between the first skin layer and the second skin layer, wherein: the first skin layer, the second skin layer, or both independently comprise at least 50 wt. % of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resin, wherein the skin LLDPE resin exhibits each of the following properties: a Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) fraction of less than 8% above an elution temperature of 94&#xb0; C.; and a melt index (I) of 0.1 to 2.0 g/10 min when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 2.16 kg and temperature of 190&#xb0; C. The core layer comprises a polyethylene resin having a wt. % crystallinity of from 10% to 40% and a single melting peak as measured by differential scanning calorimetry.

Multilayer stretch hood compositions and structures

Artificial turf filaments formed from polyethylene are provided that can have desirable properties. In one aspect, an artificial turf filament comprises a composition comprising a first composition, wherein the first composition comprises at least one ethylene-based polymer and wherein the first composition comprises a MWCDI value greater than 0.9, and a melt index ratio (I10/I2) that meets the following equation: I10/I2&#x2265;7.0&#x2212;1.2&#xd7;log (I2).

Artificial turf filament and articles incorporating same

The present disclosure includes a polyethylene composition that may include a first polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.915 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc and a melt index (I) from 10 g/10 min to 200 g/10 min, when measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190&#xb0; C. and 2.16 kg load, and a second polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.860 g/cc to 0.930 g/cc and a melt index (I) of from 400 g/10 min to 2000 g/10 min. The density of the first polyethylene resin may be greater than the density of the second polyethylene resin and the first polyethylene resin, the second polyethylene resin, or both are copolymers of ethylene monomer and at least one &#x3b1;-olefin comonomer, the &#x3b1;-olefin comonomer including C-C&#x3b1;-olefins. Injection molded articles produced from the polyethylene composition are also disclosed herein.

High processability polyethylene compositions for injection molded articles

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes blending a broad molecular weight distribution (MWD) ethylene-based polymer having an 121/12 ratio from 55 to 85 with a narrow MWD ethylene-based polymer having an 121/12 ratio from 20 to 50. The process includes forming a blend component comprising from 20 wt % to 45 wt % of the broad MWD ethylene-based polymer, from 80 wt % to 55 wt % of the narrow MWD ethylene-based polymer, and optional carbon black. The blend component has a density from 0.925 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc and an 121/12 ratio from 30 to 55. The process includes extruding the blend component over a conductor at a rate greater than 1.02 m/s, and forming a conductor jacket having a surface smoothness from 30 &#x3bc;-inch to 80 &#x3bc;-inch.

Conductor jacket and process for producing same

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