Expanded or extruded polystyrene insulation boards are best suited for floor insulation. As they will be installed underneath the supporting floor, the boards need good compressive strength to handle ...

Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF SE will sell its Styrodur business and brand of extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation materials to Karl Bachl Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG, which is ...

Although foam core insulation was a popular choice in the past, foam core made of extruded ... is one type of foam board insulation that has green potential. Expanded polystyrene insulation ...

which is an insulation material made from extruded polystyrene (XPS). The sale is a strategic move as BACHL has been one of the leading manufacturers of insulation materials in Germany ...

and EPS (extruded polystyrene) and how each product’s closed cell and open cell nature affects the final board. Starting with two pink sheets of XPS, he laminated them together with glue to form ...