Styrolux - SBS - INEOS Styrolution

Kunststoffe international, Diverse Shapes and Applications
...n the healthcare industry (Fig. 2). Styroflex 4G80 paved the way towards a full-styrenics IV. Together with medical technology providers, the company works on the next generation of drip chambers, e. g. based on Styrolux 4G60. Terlux and Zylar are excellent materials for Luer locks and IV connectors. These materials exhibit excellent transparency, good mechanical strength and stiffness and excellent chemical resistance/good environmental stress cracking resistance (ESCR) and bonding performance....

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Cost Efficiency and Innovations
...re (MDI/TDI) for polyurethanes, especially in North America, Korea and China, the SM/PO project with Shell in Singapore, the restructuring of the styrene value-added chain primarily in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the regional expansion of the polystyrene/styrolux business in Asia, NAFTA and South America and the restructuring of polyamides, once again primarily in Leverkusen, Germany. The construction of an ABS plant in Europe is planned over the medium term. Over the medium to long term, Feldmann ca...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Demand Continues to Rise: Polystyrene (PS)
...used today primarily in mixtures with polystyrene for the production of highly transparent food packaging (Fig.4). The combination of high transparency, toughness and high impact resistance of thermoplastic SBS polymers (BASF trade name: Styrolux) and their miscibility with polystyrene over a wide range opens a broadly adjustable characteristics spectrum for blends. The material is to be found in extrusion as well as in injection moulding, particularly in transparent food packaging such as cups,...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, General-purpose Plastics: Appearance Ever More Important
... remains transparent. BASF has also introduced innovations that come midway between specialities and commodities. Two new, transparent styrenics based on styrene and butadiene are intended primarily for packaging materials. In the case of Styrolux, BASF has come up with the particularly clear and tough variant 3G 33 (Fig.5). This product also provides crystal-clear transparency when mixed with GPPS. With Styroflex – which is used especially for stretchable packaging film – the second product gen...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Styrene Copolymers: Both Tough and Transparent
...shed in this market for 20 years. Nevertheless, they still have potential for innovation and can be continually improved. Daniel Wagner A combination of high transparency and brilliance with good toughness is one of the key features that has helped Styrolux, BASF's styrene-butadiene (SBS) block copolymer, gain an established place in the market for transparent food packaging. The main advantage for users is the good miscibility of SBS with polystyrene, which allows properties to be speciall...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Styrene Polymers
...cts"" still have considerable potential for improvement. The significant increase in the toughness of SBS materials is one of the current innovations in SBS polymers. The enormous improvement in the toughness of a new SBS generation (grade: Styrolux 3G 55, manufacturer: BASF) permits processors to use up to one-quarter less of the new SBS than conventional SBS in blends with standard polystyrene, depending on the application (Fig. 6). In this way, the manufacturing costs of the packaging...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Styrene-butadiene Block Copolymers: Combining Haptics and Design
...adhesion to styrene polymers and a large number of polar plastics, there is also scope for aesthetically appealing and functional rigid/flexible combinations. Styroflex as a flexible component thus offers an optimum bond to polystyrene and the SBS, Styrolux, as the rigid component. High peel resistances are also achieved with bonds between Styroflex and the MABS, Terlux, as well as with polycarbonate and PMMA. Good values can also be expected in conjunction with polypropylene, polyethylene, PET...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-08-06, Performance Show: Westphalian Extrusion Marathon
... extruder with an output of 40kg/h or with the BCE 1-60-25D for about 60kg/h. In Kempen Battenfeld displayed the profile line with an output of 20kg/h and an extrusion rate of 3m/min. A transparent lighting slot cover of Styrolux high-impact polystyrene from BASF was produced. The die was provided by TMVK in Gladbeck. Small Profile Line for Twin Strand Extrusion. The miniBEX Line, a standard line for twin strand extrusion that was built as customer request, was also exhibited for the first ti...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-09-19, Mastering Demanding Challenges
...nge. The material was also selected for the headliner in the Chrysler Jeep Commander SUV. Use in other auto makes in the United States is also planned. Polystyrenes: Customized for Special Applications Under the trade name Styrolux HS 70, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, is offering the packaging market a world first. Based on a styrene-butadiene block copolymer that was developed in cooperation with leading machinery and film manufacturers, this grade becomes the newest member of the family of...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Polystyrene (PS)
...orphology control (type: Styron A-Tech). Styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBC) and their blends with polystyrene have been used for years in the production of highly transparent food packaging [2]. A new extrusion product (type: Styrolux HS 70) is being presented by BASF at the K show. It has been developed specifically for the requirements of high-quality shrink wrap – a market enjoying annual growth in excess of 20 to 30%. This product enables shrinkage values of 70 to 80% to be reached, a ...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-12-17, Logistics and Know-how Rule the Market
...production. PS: Staying in Line Polystyrene growth rates are only low, at present. The market has come to a halt, and this is also because PE and PP are replacing the polystyrene standard plastic in some areas. BASF displayed its Styrolux shrink wrapping film, representing an economic and optically attractive solution for packaging made of styrene-butadiene-block copolymers (SBC). This film may wrap a packaging made of PS, for instance, and this is favorable, also in terms of cost, if compared...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polystyrene (PS)
...good miscibility with standard polystyrene have opened up a large number of high-end applications for SBS, particularly in food packaging. BASF recently presented and launched a product optimized to the requirements of high-quality shrink films (Styrolux HS 70). This product achieves shrinkage values of 70 to 80%, making possible shrink sleeves that can even tightly enclose containers with complex geometries and large differences in radius (see Fig. 1) [2]. New fields of applicat...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Designer Products Based on a Modular Approach
... copolymers are a relatively new and innovative field in which many new developments have recently become ready to market. At the same time – and perhaps for related reasons – BASF is also celebrating two anniversaries in this field: 20 years of Styrolux in Antwerp, Belgium, and 15 years of Styroflex. The SB block copolymer Styrolux was first produced on a commercial scale about 30 years ago in Ludwigshafen, Germany. In 1990, barely ten years later, a second production facility was built in Antw...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Raising the Standards
...emand in the Asian region, with China playing the major role here, the production and R&D capacities are being expanded in Asia. Brand image, product differentiation and consumer information all call for flexible outer packagings. The range of Styrolux shrink films based on styrene-butadiene-copolymers already well established on the market is now being expanded to include the two-component concept Styrolux T and Styrolux S (T stands for toughness and S for stiffness). Mixing of the two vari...

Kunststoffe international, 2014-10-10, Styrene Copolymers
...n site in Ludwigshafen comes on stream. These developments will exploit the market potential of these specialty copolymers while opening up further innovations that will support disproportionately high growth. Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer (SBC)Styrolux, an impact-resistant and crystal clear SBC, and Styroflex, an equally transparent thermoplastic elastomer, are produced by Styrolution in world-scale production facilities in Europe and America. SBC polymers are still almost exclusively blended wit...

Kunststoffe international, 2015-11-23, Tailor-Made for Special Cases
... tubing based on this polymer also has much less tendency to adsorb and absorb medical active ingredients than conventional tubing based on plasticized PVC. Styroflex is also a key blending partner for impact-resistant thermoplastic SBC (trade name: Styrolux; manufacturer: Styrolution Group). The resultant blends can be used to develop tailored, transparent solutions for intravenous (IV) drip chambers (Title figure) which may need to be hard and rigid or soft and elastic – the choice being gover...

Kunststoffe international, 2016-10-17, Styrene Copolymers
...tion, SBCs are well compatible with other styrene polymers and with a few other types of polymers. Manufacturers of transparent and very light weight rigid food packaging, for instance, exploit this characteristic by combining very tough SBC (grade: Styrolux 3G 55, manufacturer: Ineos Styrolution) with large amounts of standard polystyrene. On the other hand, SB block copolymers find application in multi-layer packaging film in combination with polyolefins and barrier materials, e. g. ethylene v...