Styropek joins Styrenics Circular Solutions

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), a Brussles-based joint value chain initiative, has welcomed Styropek, an expandable polystyrene producer with U.S. headquarters in Houston.  

Styropek is the largest expandable styrenics (EPS) producer in the Americas for use in construction, thermal insulation, industrial and food packaging and automotive applications, with manufacturing sites in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, SCS says. 

Jens Kathmann, secretary-general of SCS, says, “We warmly welcome Styropek. Their active involvement extends our geographic reach beyond Europe and further boosts the representation of the EPS industry within our alliance. EPS is an important contributor to the significant role styrenics will play in the circular economy. We look forward to uniting forces with Styropek on our shared goals, from improved collection and sorting to scaling up our recycling technologies.” 

Andreas Plettner, president of Styropek, says, “We are delighted to join SCS. We are fully committed to realizing the intrinsic circularity of styrenics as shown by our commitment to increase recycled content in selected products to at least 30 percent by 2030. We believe accelerating the transition to the circular economy requires the entire styrenics value chain working closely together across geographies, and so we welcome the opportunity to be part of SCS.”