Petrochemicals

Petrochemicals

The re-invention of EPS

Our contribution to achieving your sustainability goals

Since the invention of Styropor® more than 70 years ago, our experts at BASF have succeeded in improving expandable polystyrene (EPS). The further development Neopor® is established in the construction industry and insulation materials made of it make an important contribution to reducing CO2 emissions.

With alternative manufacturing methods, we are reinventing EPS and offering solutions for a sustainable future.

over   70

years of experience in the construction and packaging sector. We are the inventors of EPS and have constantly developed our product and adapted it to market requirements. 

over100

We have produced and sold more than 100 million tons of EPS raw material since the invention of Styrofoam® in 1951. From this, many square meters of insulation material could be produced, houses insulated and valuable goods transported safely in a polystyrene packaging. 

up to80%

savings in CO emissions are already possible in the construction sector with our conventionally produced insulation raw material Neopor®. With the latest production methods developed by BASF, we continue to protect the climate and the environment.