The "Polystyrene Industry Outlook to 2030 - Capacity and Capital Expenditure Forecasts with Details of All Active and Planned Plants" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The growth in global polystyrene production capacity from 2025 to 2030 presents significant market opportunities in packaging, construction insulation, and consumer goods. Key areas for development ...

Extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation is a rigid foam insulation commonly used in the construction industry to improve building energy efficiency. It is made of polystyrene resin and other additives ...

Although foam core insulation was a popular choice in the past, foam core made of extruded polystyrene insulation (XPS) is ...

Alex Wilson at Environmental Building News notes another significant problem with polystyrene insulation, found almost universally in structural insulated panels (SIPs) and ICFs: they are full of the ...

BBC’s Anna Holligan chronicles how a university lab is using dead trees and fungus to make an Earth-friendly insulation.

IKO Industries Inc. will build a new C$45 million (US$33.7 million) extruded polystyrene insulation plant in Brantford, Ontario. The Toronto-based maker of roofing, insulation and waterproofing ...

The University of Iowa built an 82,000-square-foot metal building large enough to hold a full-scale marching band practices. Since Iowa’s annual temperatures range from below zero to above 90 degrees, ...

In a recent post on a foam insulation system I noted that “I have been called an idiot so many times by people who point out that foam insulation works really well and that it pays back the carbon and ...