StyrenicsPrice data available since 1984
Material price data: styrenics
Styrenics price data brings together the cost base of the PS and EPS types and helps place packaging, insulation, and moulded-part markets in context.
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What are the styrenics?
In this overview, the styrenics comprise polystyrene (PS), and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is also styrene-based, but is held as a separate material group in pricenxt.
For procurement, pricing, and commercial teams, this page brings the styrenics price series together in one place.
For procurement, pricing, and commercial teams, this page brings the styrenics price series together in one place.
Where are styrenic materials used?
PS and EPS are used above all for packaging, insulation materials, moulded parts, and sheet, which ties them closely to the consumer and food packaging markets and to construction.
In pricenxt, the individual styrenics types can be set side by side and brought together on boards.
In pricenxt, the individual styrenics types can be set side by side and brought together on boards.
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Material types within the styrenics
This subgroup brings together the styrenics types polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Each tile leads to the relevant price series.
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polystyreneMonitor polystyrene prices for GPPS and HIPS in pricenxt, compare the price series and save analyses quickly onto boards of your own.Learn more
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EPSAnalyse EPS price data for expandable polystyrene in pricenxt and keep insulation and packaging markets in view.Learn more
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What sets the styrenics apart?
The styrenics combine economical processing with packaging and insulation performance. Price series make the individual types comparable in detail.
Packaging and insulation
From rigid PS through to foamed EPS, the styrenics cover packaging, and insulation applications.
- Polystyrene (PS): clear to impact-resistant, for packaging, moulded parts, and sheet.
- EPS: foamed, lightweight, and thermally insulating for construction and protective packaging.
- Market relevance: tied to packaging, construction, and consumer goods cycles.
Market relevance
Styrenics prices are relevant to companies that purchase styrene-based materials, cost them or have to account for them in price negotiations.
- Procurement: teams can factor price movements into their purchasing plans at an early stage.
- Pricing: price series support structured discussions on material costs and price adjustment mechanisms.
- Controlling: price histories help document cost assumptions in a traceable way.
Analysis in pricenxt
In pricenxt, styrenics price data can be evaluated in a structured way using configurable filters, interactive charts, and boards.
- Variant comparison: different price series can be set against one another in a single chart.
- Period analysis: you choose the observation period freely and add trend lines or regressions.
- Saving to boards: relevant analyses can be saved as a card on a board and shared.
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