Coating composition and coated metal plate, metal container and metal closure coated with the coating composition

1. A coating composition consisting essentially of a crosslinking agent, a curing catalyst and a mixed polyester resin, the mixed polyester resin consisting essentially of a mixture of a polyester resin (A) and a polyester resin (B) at a weight ratio (A):(B)=98:2 to 50:50,

the polyester resin (A) is a polyester resin provided with an acid value resulting from a ring-opening addition reaction of a compound having one or more carboxylic acid anhydride structures in a molecule, and when a total content of carboxylic acid anhydrides to be used for the ring-opening addition reaction is 100 mol %, 10 mol % or more of the carboxylic acid anhydrides are compounds having two or more carboxylic acid anhydride groups in a molecule, wherein the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 2 to 45 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 35 to 90° C., and the polyester resin (B) has an acid value of 2 to 40 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of -20 to 25° C.,

the crosslinking agent is a resol type phenolic resin and/or an amino resin, and is incorporated in an amount of 1 to 30 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a resin solid content of the mixed polyester resin,

the curing catalyst is incorporated in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a total resin solids content,

the polyester resin (A) has a number average molecular weight of 8,000 to 21,000,

the polyester resin (B) has a number average molecular weight of 5,000 to 25,000,

the mixed polyester resin has a glass transition temperature (Tgmix) calculated from the following Equation (1) of 40 to 80° C.:

1 /Tg mix= Wa/Tga+Wb/Tgb . . .   (1)

where Tgmix represents the glass transition temperature (K) of the mixed polyester resin, Tga represents the glass transition temperature (K) of the polyester resin (A), Tgb represents the glass transition temperature (K) of the polyester resin (B), Wa represents a weight fraction of the polyester resin (A), and Wb represents a weight fraction of the polyester resin (B),

the polyester resin (A) comprises a carboxylic acid component selected from the group consisting of aromatic dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, alicyclic dicarboxylic acids, trivalent or higher valent carboxylic acids and monocarboxylic acids and an alcohol component selected from the group consisting of aliphatic glycols, ether glycols, alicyclic polyalcohols and trivalent or higher valent polyalcohols,

the polyester resin (B) comprises a carboxylic acid component selected from the group consisting of aromatic dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, alicyclic dicarboxylic acids, trivalent or higher valent carboxylic acids and monocarboxylic acids and an alcohol component selected from the group consisting of aliphatic glycols, ether glycols, alicyclic polyalcohols and trivalent or higher valent polyalcohols, and

the polyesters (A) and (B) are non-crystalline polyesters.

2. A coated metal plate coated with the coating composition according to claim 1 .

3. The coated metal plate according to claim 2 having the coating composition coil baked.

4. A metal container having a coating film formed thereon, the coating film comprising the coating composition according to claim 1 .

5. A metal closure having a coating film formed thereon, the coating film comprising the coating composition according to claim 1 .