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Coating additives for expandable polystyrene (EPS)

Palsgaard's Einar® series of bio-based and food-grade coating additives for EPS offers efficient, safe and sustainable solutions for manufacturers looking for alternatives to their conventional amine and amide-based additives.

EPS coating additives made simple

Palsgaard’s Einar® series include everything you’ll need to create successful EPS products: Plant-based and food-grade anti-static additives and cooling time enhancers and blends of these.

We also offer all-in-one solutions complete with anti-static protection, cooling time enhancement and zinc stearate, offering a convenient way to apply EPS coatings.

Our services include full technical support based on many years in the industry of fine-sprayed glyceride esters.

Key features

Highly effective plant-based replacement for anti-static and cooling time enhancing amines and amides
High quality fine particle sized glyceride esters of fatty acid esters from vegetable oils
Custom designed for EPS applications
FDA and EU approved for food-contact applications
Produced in CO2-neutral factories

Key benefits

Excellent anti-static protection via coating
Ready-to-use coating blends
Fine powders with high coating efficiency
Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration
Suitable for both EPS and XPS beads
Consultancy and technical support available from our applications team

Einar® coating additives

With fine-powdered additives Einar® 501 and Einar® 511 Palsgaard offers the standard GMS and GTS commonly used in the industry for processing control. This enables manufacturers to create their own tailored blends to match their specific production set-ups.

Einar® anti-static EPS coating additives

Einar® 501 is an efficient vegetable-based GMS anti-stat that will help improve flow properties of EPS beads during storage, transportation and through the pre-expansion step as well as during screening and moulding by reduction of agglomerates and attraction to processing equipment.

Einar® 501 is a fine powder with excellent coating properties and the recommended use level is 0.1 - 0.6% depending on EPS bead size. Smaller beads require higher concentrations due to a higher specific surface area.

Einar® EPS cooling time enhancers

Einar® 511 is a plant-based GTS cooling time enhancer which will help reduce cycle times by facilitating a faster exchange of foaming agent and air in the moulding process.

Einar® 511 is a very fine powder and has high coating efficiency and should be used at loading levels of 0.1 - 0.4% to obtain the best performance on cooling time.

Einar® coating additive blends

Blends offer a very convenient way to apply EPS coatings. It is an all-in-one solution where there is no need to handle several different individual products. The complete coating formulation is a ready-to-use pre-blended formulation offering easy dosing and accuracy, better and faster handling and options for additive inventory optimization.

EPS anti-stat and cooling time enhancer blends

As blends of cooling time enhancers and anti-static additives Einar® 531 and Einar® 533 offer a very convenient way to apply EPS coatings. They offer all-in-one solutions where there is no need to handle several different individual products.

The complete coating formulation is a ready-to-use pre-blended formulation offering easy dosing and accuracy, better and faster handling and options for additive inventory optimization.

EPS full blends of GMS/GTS/Zinc Stearate

Einar® 543 and Einar® 544 are the perfect solution for EPS producers looking to optimise their production processes and add a more sustainable profile to their products in one go. These all-in-one solutions complete with zinc stearate eliminate the need to handle several different individual products.

The complete coating formulations are ready-to-use pre-blended formulations offering easy dosing and accuracy, better and faster handling and options for additive inventory optimization.

Einar® 543 and Einar® 544 are blends with GMS, GTS and varying zinc stearate content. It is often a matter of the producers specific processing and handling whether more lubrication in the form of a higher zinc stearate content is needed.

Our solutions

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) coating additives

Einar® 501
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 501 is a fine-sprayed distilled GMS that serves as an anti-stat when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and provide anti-static coverage resulting in a controlled and safe production. The recommended level is 0.1 - 0.6% depending on EPS bead size.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality monoglyceride esters of fatty acid esters from vegetable oils

Custom designed for EPS applications

FDA and EU approved for food-contact applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent anti-static protection via coating

Available as a fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Einar® 511
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 511 is a fine sprayed GTS that serves as a cooling time enhancer when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and facilitate optimal exchange of blowing agent and air during processing resulting in faster and optimized production. The recommended level is 0.1 - 0.4% depending on EPS bead size.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality triglyceride esters of fatty acid esters from vegetable oils

Custom designed for EPS applications

FDA and EU approved for food-contact applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent anti-static protection via coating

Available as a fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Einar® 531
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 531 is a fine sprayed GMS and GTS blend that serves as both an antistat and a cooling time enhancer when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and provide a ready to use solution that reduces handling of coating additives during processing. The recommended level is 0.2 - 0.5% depending on EPS bead size.

Einar® 531 has a high GMS content compared to the other GMS and GTS blend Einar® 533.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality GMS and GTS blend from vegetable oils

Custom designed for EPS applications

FDA and EU approved for food-contact applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent anti-static protection and cooling time enhancement via coating

Available as a fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Einar® 533
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 533 is a fine-sprayed GMS and GTS blend that serves as both an antistat and a cooling time enhancer when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and provide a ready to use solution that reduces handling of coating additives during processing. The recommended level is 0.2 - 0.5% depending on EPS bead size.

Einar® 533 has a high GTS content compared to the other GMS and GTS blend Einar® 531.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality GMS and GTS blend from vegetable oils

Custom designed for EPS applications

FDA and EU approved for food-contact applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent anti-static protection and cooling time enhancement via coating

Available as fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Einar® 543
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 543 is an all-in-one fine-sprayed GMS, GTS and zinc stearate blend that serves as both an anti-stat, a cooling time enhancer and lubricant when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and provide a ready to use solution that eliminates unnecessary handling of coating additives during processing. The recommended level is 0.2 - 0.5% depending on EPS bead size.

Einar® 543 has a lower zinc stearate content compared to the other GMS/GTS/Zn. St. blend Einar® 544.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality GMS and GTS blend from vegetable oils with zinc stearate

Custom designed for EPS applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent all-in-one solution for reduced complexity

Available as a fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Einar® 544
DESCRIPTION
Einar® 544 is an all-in-one fine-sprayed GMS, GTS and zinc stearate blend that serves as both an anti-stat, a cooling time enhancer and lubricant when coated on EPS beads. The fine powder will efficiently cover the surface of the beads and provide a ready to use solution that eliminates unnecessary handling of coating additives during processing. The recommended level is 0.2 - 0.5% depending on EPS bead size.

Einar® 544 has a higher zinc stearate content compared to the other GMS/GTS/Zn. St. blend Einar® 543.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
High quality GMS and GTS blend from vegetable oils with zinc stearate

Custom designed for EPS applications

Can be used for various EPS bead sizes by adjusting concentration

Excellent all-in-one solution for reduced complexity

Available as fine powder
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Request access to view additional product details.