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Article | January 31, 2002

HIPS resin

BASF Corp.’s (Mount Olive, NJ) 496N high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) resin is designed for extrusion thermoforming and injection molding. Can be blended with cost-saving, general-purpose polystyrene.

It also gives the processor the flexibility to “dial-in” different blending ratios to meet a variety of packaging applications thus eliminating the need to carry specific products for certain applications. Suitable for applications in food packaging cups lids plates and containers.

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