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EUMEPS is the association for European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene.
Its members cover the entire EPS value chain from raw material suppliers to EPS converters and recyclers as well as supporting industries including machinery and additive suppliers. Members include individual companies as well as 23 European national EPS associations. Altogether it unites more than 1000 small- and medium-sized companies.
When EPS beads are heated with steam, they expand to approximately forty times their original size. These beads can then be covered with steam once again and further processed in to different forms – for example, house insulation, bicycle helmets or fish boxes and much more. This type of EPS consists of 98 percent air. Their engineers are constantly working on new variations to improve its protection, its insulation properties and its recyclability.
















