Polidux - PS-E - Repsol S.A

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Structural Change: Styrene Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN and their Relatives)
...ound 1.2 million t at the end of 2004/beginning of 2005 (Fig. 1). The biggest producer is BASF with 32%, closely followed by Bayer/Lanxess with 31%. Dow is in third place with 16%, then come Polimeri (formerly Enichem) and GE Advanced Materials. Polidux (Repsol Group) has a fairly small nominal capacity of 2%. It is not possible to divide the production capacities into the individual copolymers, because the manufacturers generally only give their total capacities. Apart from GE Advanced Material...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Styrene Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN)
... Bayer 2000 was by far the biggest producer, with 325 000 tonnes (Fig. 1). BASF followed with 250 000 tonnes and GE Plastics with 200 000 tonnes. Enichem and Dow shared fourth place with 120 000 tonnes each. Another 30 000 tonnes was contributed by Polidux (Repsol Group). A separation of capacities into individual copolymers is not possible, since the manufacturers usually only quote total capacities. With the exception of GE Plastics, which does not market SAN, all companies manufacture both AB...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Styrene Copolymers (ABS, SAN, ASA, MABS)
...ction). Nevertheless, the SAN market has also undergone some restructuring in the past three years. For instance, BASF has acquired the SAN business of Lanxess. Likewise, the SAN and ABS products of Repsol, which were marketed under the name Polidux, are now part of BASF. While in the past SAN was considered primarily a material for household applications – from drinking water filters to mixing bowls – this resin is, because of its interesting combination of properties, increasingly becoming the...