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(PlastEurope) -- Europe’s third
largest EPS producer Sunpor is more than tripling production
capacity for grey EPS (“Lambdapor”) by 2013 in response to the sharp rise in
demand. Capacity for this new generation of foam with up to 30% better
insulating properties will be raised to around 170,000 t/y. The additional
machinery has already been ordered. Including conventional white EPS, the
company’s total production capacity will rise from 175,000 t/y at present to
240,000 t/y.
Capacity at the Austrian St. Polten headquarters will remain at around 75,000
t/y while capacity at the new plant opened last year in nearby
Radlberg will be expanded from 100,000 t/y to 165,000 t/y. A spokesperson
for Sunpor told that both types will be produced at both sites, using reactor
technology for white EPS.
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