# BASF launches biomass-balanced Styropor MB for Schaumaplast packaging

BASF and customer Schaumaplast launched a packaging solution made from Styropor MB, the first expandable polystyrene on the market produced with BASF's biomass balance method.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2017-12-15
- Status: completed
- Products: Styropor MB expandable polystyrene, particle foam packaging
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Schaumaplast](https://endata.com/companies/14882.md)
- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [inside-packaging.nridigital.com](https://inside-packaging.nridigital.com/packaging_jan18/news), 2017-12-19: "The Styropor MB is the first expandable polystyrene (EPS) on the market to be manufactured using BASF's biomass balance method."

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