The EPS industry holds a marketshare of 35% of the total insulation market for construction in Europe. EPS has been a well performing and sustainable insulating material over the past 40 years.
EUMEPS represents 95% of the EPS production capacity in the Western Europe of over one million tons.
Depending on the application, market shares of EPS solutions vary from 95% (ground floor insulation) to 10% (cavity wall insulation). In the Nordic countries, civil engineering applications represent 80% of the turnover.

What is EPS?

Expanded Polystyrene, or EPS for short, is a lightweight, rigid, plastic foam insulation material produced from solid beads of polystyrene. Expansion is achieved by virtue of small amounts of pentane gas dissolved into the polystyrene base material during production. The gas expands under the action of heat, applied as steam, to form perfectly closed cells of EPS. These cells occupy approximately 40 times the volume of the original polystyrene bead. The EPS beads are then moulded into appropriate forms suited to their application.

Who needs EPS?

Anyone who needs to thermally and acoustically insulate walls, roofs or floors will find EPS the ideal, cost-effective and easy-to-use material in all types of buildings, from houses and offices to factories and schools. EPS is used by civil engineers as a lightweight fill or void-forming material. It is also used as a flotation material.

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More information

For more information on EPS please look at our literature page on this site.

Or contact EUMEPS at:

EUMEPS Construction Av. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4/3 B-1160 Brussels Belgium

Contact persons: Edmar Meuwissen E-mail : e.meuwissen@eumeps.org Tel: +32 2 7927522