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Food Service and Packaging
From pharmaceuticals and food to electronics
Many temperature sensitive pharmaceutical and medical products use EPS because
of its excellent thermal insulation properties. Strongly relied upon in
the food distribution industry, EPS is ideal for long distance shipment
of perishable foods. EPS is highly resistant to heat flow and the cellular
structure of moulded polystyrene is essentially impermeable to water. Expanded
polystyrene is also used extensively to keep food cold without the need
for additional refrigeration, for example at fish markets, thus saving energy.
The average package can be handled by up to nine different people, passing
through shipping facilities handling hundreds of thousands of packages
a day… so the risks of the distribution environment can be great.
Millions of manufacturers over the past 40 years have relied on EPS transport
packaging because of its exceptional cushioning properties and strength.
When choosing EPS, original equipment manufacturers realise cost savings
across the board.
Styrene-based packaging is used to protect valuable electrical and electronic
goods and can be reused, recycled, where recycling facilities are available
in specific areas. One European company is turning rigid television packaging
into loosefill material for a second packaging use; Sony reuses EPS trays
up to ten times for transporting parts between the Far East and Europe;
and Sanyo turns EPS packaging into new electrical components.
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