Polystyrene

Epsilyte Moving Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Prices Up With Rising Feedstock Costs

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Monday, July 19, 2021
Packaging, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Building insulation materials, Organic polymers, Packaging materials, Chemistry, Insulators, Polystyrene, Thermoplastics, Goods economics), Materials, EPs

Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will increase the price of all grades of EPS by $0.05/lb., effective August 1, 2021 or as contracts permit.

Key Points: 
  • Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will increase the price of all grades of EPS by $0.05/lb., effective August 1, 2021 or as contracts permit.
  • Rising feedstock costs, along with current EPS supply and demand dynamics, necessitate this adjustment.
  • Epsilyte is one of North Americas leading producers of expandable polystyrene resin.
  • We are a company of scale focused on solving customer needs for efficient, high-R value EPS.

Styrene Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery to 2030 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, July 12, 2021
Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Organic polymers, Organic compounds, Chemistry, Commodity chemicals, Copolymers, Thermoplastics, Plastics, Styrene, Polystyrene, Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate

The "Styrene Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Styrene Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Styrene Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery to 2030 provides the strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global Styrene market as it emerges from the COVID-19 shut down.
  • The styrene market consists of sales of styrene and related services used for making synthetic rubber, resins, and plastics and improving drying oils.
  • The styrene market covered in this report is segmented by type: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, expanded polystyrene, others.

Life Cycle Analysis Indicates Favorable CO2 savings for Agilyx Chemical Recycling Technology

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Articles, Materials, Organic polymers, Commodity chemicals, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Industrial ecology, Water conservation, Life-cycle assessment, Polystyrene, Plastic, Nutrient cycle

TIGARD, Ore., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilyx Corporation (AGLX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): "AGLX") and a pioneer in the chemical recycling of post-use plastics, announced today Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) results for its chemical recycling technology.

Key Points: 
  • TIGARD, Ore., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilyx Corporation (AGLX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): "AGLX") and a pioneer in the chemical recycling of post-use plastics, announced today Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) results for its chemical recycling technology.
  • Agilyx participated in the Styrenics Circular Solutions LCA, contributing data for its depolymerization technology.
  • The SCS LCA focused on closed loop recycling routes back to food contact quality, analyzing food-quality polystyrene recycling options.
  • "Our chemical recycling technology delivers a waste-to-value option for post-use plastics to get them back into the circular economy.

Life Cycle Analysis Indicates Favorable CO2 savings for Agilyx Chemical Recycling Technology

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Articles, Materials, Organic polymers, Commodity chemicals, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Industrial ecology, Water conservation, Life-cycle assessment, Polystyrene, Plastic, Nutrient cycle

TIGARD, Ore., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilyx Corporation (AGLX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): "AGLX") and a pioneer in the chemical recycling of post-use plastics, announced today Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) results for its chemical recycling technology.

Key Points: 
  • TIGARD, Ore., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilyx Corporation (AGLX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): "AGLX") and a pioneer in the chemical recycling of post-use plastics, announced today Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) results for its chemical recycling technology.
  • Agilyx participated in the Styrenics Circular Solutions LCA, contributing data for its depolymerization technology.
  • The SCS LCA focused on closed loop recycling routes back to food contact quality, analyzing food-quality polystyrene recycling options.
  • "Our chemical recycling technology delivers a waste-to-value option for post-use plastics to get them back into the circular economy.

Global Blowing Agent Market to 2026 by Type (HC, HFC, HCFC), & Foam (Polyurethane, Polystyrene, Phenolic Polyolefin) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, July 5, 2021
Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Organic polymers, Materials, Chemistry, Building insulation materials, Packaging materials, Plastics, Commodity chemicals, Thermoplastics, Polymeric foam, Polyurethane, Polystyrene, Foam

The "Global Blowing Agent Market by Type (HC, HFC, HCFC), Foam (Polyurethane Foam, Polystyrene Foam, Phenolic Foam, Polyolefin Foam), and Region (APAC, North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, South America) - Forecast to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Global Blowing Agent Market by Type (HC, HFC, HCFC), Foam (Polyurethane Foam, Polystyrene Foam, Phenolic Foam, Polyolefin Foam), and Region (APAC, North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, South America) - Forecast to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The blowing agent market size is estimated to be USD 1.4 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 1.9 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 6.5%.
  • The increasing polymeric foam application in industries such as packaging, automotive, building & construction, marine, transportation, appliances, bedding & furniture, and packaging industry is expected to drive the blowing agent market.
  • Further, the increasing blowing agent usage in developing economies, mainly in the construction industry, is expected to boost the blowing agent consumption.

Life Cycle Analysis of food-quality polystyrene recycling options confirms significant CO2 savings

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Organic polymers, Materials, Polymers, Thermoplastics, Commodity chemicals, Water conservation, Plastic recycling, Energy conversion, Recycling, Polystyrene, Incineration, Depolymerization

It shows excellent results for the three innovative recycling processes high purity mechanical recycling, dissolution and depolymerisation compared to the end-of-life option incineration and the production of virgin polystyrene.

Key Points: 
  • It shows excellent results for the three innovative recycling processes high purity mechanical recycling, dissolution and depolymerisation compared to the end-of-life option incineration and the production of virgin polystyrene.
  • The LCA focused on closed loop recycling routes back to food contact quality:
    High purity mechanical recycling of polystyrene feedstock from separate collection saves approx.
  • 80% of CO2 emissions compared to incineration and conventional production of virgin polystyrene.
  • This LCA study of polystyrene was performed by the leading research institute Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH (NMB).

Life Cycle Analysis of food-quality polystyrene recycling options confirms significant CO2 savings

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Organic polymers, Materials, Polymers, Thermoplastics, Commodity chemicals, Water conservation, Plastic recycling, Energy conversion, Recycling, Polystyrene, Incineration, Depolymerization

It shows excellent results for the three innovative recycling processes high purity mechanical recycling, dissolution and depolymerisation compared to the end-of-life option incineration and the production of virgin polystyrene.

Key Points: 
  • It shows excellent results for the three innovative recycling processes high purity mechanical recycling, dissolution and depolymerisation compared to the end-of-life option incineration and the production of virgin polystyrene.
  • The LCA focused on closed loop recycling routes back to food contact quality:
    High purity mechanical recycling of polystyrene feedstock from separate collection saves approx.
  • 80% of CO2 emissions compared to incineration and conventional production of virgin polystyrene.
  • This LCA study of polystyrene was performed by the leading research institute Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH (NMB).

Polystyvert announces new round of financing to facilitate the development of a polystyrene recycling full-scale plant

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Articles, Energy, Resource economics, Insulators, Polystyrene, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Low-carbon economy

MONTREAL, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Polystyvert, an innovative company leading the way in polystyrene (PS) recycling with a novel dissolution-based technology, announces the closing of a funding round to facilitate the development of a full-scale polystyrene recycling plant.

Key Points: 
  • MONTREAL, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Polystyvert, an innovative company leading the way in polystyrene (PS) recycling with a novel dissolution-based technology, announces the closing of a funding round to facilitate the development of a full-scale polystyrene recycling plant.
  • Existing investors Anges Quebec, Anges Quebec Capital, Cycle Capital and Quadriam also participated in the round.
  • Founded in 2011, Polystyvert is a Montreal-based clean technology startup that has developed an innovative, low-carbon-footprint process to recycle polystyrene based on a dissolution technology.
  • Polystyvert's technology offers a great opportunity to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels used in the production of new polystyrene and reduce GHG emissions.

Epsilyte Moving Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Prices Down With Falling Feedstock Costs

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Packaging, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Building Systems, Architecture, Residential Building & Real Estate, Building insulation materials, Organic polymers, Packaging materials, Chemistry, Insulators, Polystyrene, Thermoplastics, Goods economics), Materials

Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will decrease the price of all grades of EPS by $0.09/lb., effective July 1, 2021 or as contracts permit.

Key Points: 
  • Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will decrease the price of all grades of EPS by $0.09/lb., effective July 1, 2021 or as contracts permit.
  • We believe this adjustment reflects current EPS supply and demand dynamics as well as current feedstock trends, says Todd Galliart, Business Manager for Epsilyte.
  • Epsilyte is one of North Americas leading producers of expandable polystyrene resin.
  • We are a company of scale focused on solving customer needs for efficient, high-R value EPS.

A&R Logistics Chosen as 3PL Provider by Epsilyte

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Thursday, June 10, 2021
Supply chain management, Building insulation materials, Insulators, Organic polymers, Organic compounds, Polymers, Human activities, Logistics, Third-party logistics, Supply chain, Geofoam, Polystyrene

HOUSTON, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A&R Logistics , North America's leading supply chain services company to the chemical industry, announced today that it was chosen by Epsilyte as its third-party logistics ("3PL") provider to manage much of its complex global supply chain.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A&R Logistics , North America's leading supply chain services company to the chemical industry, announced today that it was chosen by Epsilyte as its third-party logistics ("3PL") provider to manage much of its complex global supply chain.
  • Epsilyte is one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S. of expandable polystyrene, which is commonly used in packaging, insulating panels and geofoam products.
  • A&R's supply chain platform is uniquely positioned to provide a complete line of service offerings for the chemical industry.
  • A&R Logistics Holdings, Inc. is a leading supply chain services company providing dry and liquid bulk transportation services, warehousing & packaging, distribution, export, in-plant, and third-party logistics solutions to numerous multinational companies within the chemical industry.