POLYSTYRENE (PS)

Authors
REICHERT U
Citation
U. Reichert, POLYSTYRENE (PS), Kunststoffe, German plastics, 83(10), 1993, pp. 737-740
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Kunststoffe, German plastics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07230192
Volume
83
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
737 - 740
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-0192(1993)83:10<737:P(>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
After growing strongly throughout the 1980s and peaking in 1991 with a record 1.8 million tons in Western Europe, the consumption of polystr yrene fell for the first time in 1992. Reasons are the slowdown of the economic boom, the replacement of PS by cheaper PP in packaging and f inally the overall reduction of packaging as a result of recent govern ment regulations. New developments in packaging, in technical products and various casings and housings as well as in processing characteris tics should reverse this trend and open up new opportunities.