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  1. Competitive advantages of SBS

    Voronezhsintezkauchuk: helping manufacturers of adhesives. SBS-based adhesives have several advantages: they offer an improved performance and feature an optimal proportion of polymer and adhesive content. Moreover, SBS has a strong potential for replacing styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) polymers in adhesives for packaging tapes and hygiene products. Compared to SIS, SBS is more frost-resistant and durable; however, high adhesion is harder to achieve. “With our formulation, we have managed...

  2. PRO Bitumen & PBBs: recap and outlook

    ... growth in the use of innovative PBBs. In 2020, their share in the total volume of bitumen produced in Russia stood at 9.9%, with SIBUR making a serious contribution to the growth in PBB production. “The size of the market for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), which are used to produce PBBs for road building, has increased by more than 1.5 times in the past five years. With the launch of our new TPE-100 production facility, SIBUR has ramped up its total TPE capacity to 135 ktpa,” commented Alexander ...

  3. SBS polymers in the adhesives industry

    ... stressed that despite the strong economic headwinds over the past year, a milestone event took place on the Russian market: at the Company’s Voronezh site, a plant with the capacity to produce an additional 50 thousand tonnes of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) was launched. As part of the launch, SIBUR brought seven new grades to market, some of which are targeting adhesives manufacturers. Our Elastomers R&D Centre, which now features an adhesives laboratory established as part of the launch of production ...