It is well established that hard and strong but brittle styrenic plastics can be modified by the addition of rubber to give impact resistant materials, with only minor sacrifices in hardness and strength. HIPS (high impact polystyrene) and ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer) are two widely used styrenic plastics which are modified with rubber.

The Firestone Polymers Company's Diene^TM polybutadiene rubber has established a reputation as the elastomer of choice and is the predominant rubber used today. Stereon^TM butadiene styrene copolymer rubbers offer a wide range of properties and are the elastomers of choice for specialty applications and engineering resins.

Please vist our updated website to learn more about our plastics modifiers: Diene^TM polybutadiene rubber and Stereon^TM butadiene styrene copolymer rubbers.