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RIGID POLYSTYRENE FOAM [1 record]

Record 1 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Packaging in Plastic
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

We ... process more than 2,000 metric tons of raw materials into building insulation material and packaging/pre-formed parts made of expanded rigid polystyrene foam. Wannerit AG is one of the most modern polystyrene processing plants in Switzerland.

Key term(s)
  • rigid polystyrolene foam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Isolation thermique
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Mousse plastique obtenue à partir de granules de polystyrène expansé imbriquées.

CONT

[...] nous transformons plus de 2 000 tonnes de matière première par année en produits d'isolation pour le bâtiment et en emballages préformés, le tout à base de mousse rigide de polystyrène expansé. Wannerit AG se range parmi les fabricants les plus modernes de Suisse dans la partie du polystyrène.

OBS

polystyrène. Résine thermoplastique, haut polymère obtenu par polymérisation du styrène; synonyme : polystyrolène.

Spanish

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