In the consumer electronics industry, product returns cost brand owners $10 billion annually. The protective properties of ARCEL resin enable customers to receive the prouct damage-free — and brand owners enjoy lower total costs and increased customer satisfaction.
Performance Styrenics includes ARCEL® advanced foam resin, our expandable polystyrene (EPS) business and several downstream ventures that market EPS-based product and technology innovations around the world.
A large portion of our Performance Styrenics portfolio of premium products and ventures is built on the energy-efficiency benefits of EPS. Sustainability is a key business driver today, and our unique high-efficiency, energy-saving offerings help our customers reuce their costs and environmental impact.
We are now largely past the investment phase and are positioned for rapid revenue growth.
Elemix™ Concrete Additive
accelE™ Composite Wall System
IMx™ Technology Cups
Elemix Concrete Additive
- Direct to North American markets
- Globally through partners
- Up to 25% lighter than traditional concrete
- Superior durability with the same structural strength
- Global concrete production totals 1.6 billion cubic yards annually
- Approximately 10 pounds of Elemix concrete additive per yard of ready-mix lightweight concrete
- Direct to North American markets through Accelerated Building Technologies
- Faster installation time
- More cost effective and thermally efficient than traditional materials
- Point contributor for the LEED® "Green Building" rating system
- U.S. market for light commercial and industrial construction 700 million square feet annually
- Enables builders to meet rapidly growing demand for sustainable buildings while reducing overall costs
Structural Insulating Panels (SIPs)
Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs)
- ICFs sold in Mexico through NOVIDESA
- SIPs sold in Chile through NOVA Chile
- Excellent thermal insulation
- Reduced construction time
- Lower labor costs for builders
- Opportunity within residential construction market in Mexico and Chile approximately $750 million annually
- Premium alternative to traditional paper cups for high-end coffee market
- Superior thermal benefits eliminate wasteful paper sleeve or double cupping
- Industry-leading graphics
- Global Market 400 billion cups annually
- U.S. market 120 billion cups annually
