Innovative Solutions for a Range of Packaging Applications. Packaging EMEA

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1 Innovative Solutions for a Range of Packaging Applications Packaging EMEA

2 Changing the Game in Packaging Packaging is a critical component of the final product. Protection, convenience, information and appearance are essential elements to achieve a successful consumer sale. Trinseo offers a variety of solutions for different packaging needs, including technologies that help to reduce both the use of raw material and cost while meeting stringent quality requirements. Plastic continues to be the most widely used material for packaging. It is light and easy to process to fit different packaging needs. Price pressure, differentiation, sustainability and weight reduction (both for cost savings and sustainability) are all challenges in doing business in the packaging arena. Safety, environment, cost savings, and sustainability are important to Trinseo, our customers and the end-users. With these objectives in mind, Trinseo is committed to ongoing investment in research and development. Dairy We are aware that end-users have high expectations about food quality and safety but they increasingly value convenience, product visibility and packaging options. Polystyrene is best-in-class when it comes to dairy products. Our polystyrene resins are the leading materials on the market with high processing speeds and optimal thermoforming properties. Our STYRON C-TECH resin has a good balance between clarity, stiffness and toughness, differentiating it from SBS resins on taint & odor performance and product cost. STYRON C-TECH s improved stiffness enables downgauging, offering additional cost savings through product substitution. STYRON A-TECH 1200 features our leading rubber technology with enhanced stiffness, toughness and thermoformability balance, which allows for raw material and fabrication cost savings through product weight reductions and increased blending opportunities. For dairy bottles, our STYRON A-TECH 1200 offers you savings of up to 20% against PET due to its lower density, lower cost and easier processing and higher stiffness. Deli/Bakery Time starved, on-the-go consumers want to preview their product purchase, and therefore Trinseo has prepared an offer that integrates a cost-efficient portfolio to support the increased snacking on-the-go trend and the drive towards pre-packaged foods. STYRON C-TECH is a product that shows a balance between clarity and toughness, which differentiates it from SBS type resins on both product cost and taint & odor performance, allowing very significant cost savings. Ambient Plastic continues to replace traditional materials. The reason for this is driven by longer shelf life, lower cost and lighter weight, which contributes to energy savings in transportation. Ambient packaging solutions provide convenient products and increasingly healthy food products, such as baby food, ready meals, pet food, eggs, etc. STYRON A-TECH 1200 provides enhanced stiffness and processing in technical barrier solutions, offering further product weight reduction and blending opportunities over competition, allowing for overall raw material savings for the customer.

3 Food Service (Extrusion) The food service industry is characterized by an increased need for higher productivity, the arrival of new convenience products and disposable merchandise. Even though over 85% of the product cost is driven by raw material, there is still little product differentiation for this application. Raw material and technology improvements are therefore critically important in this industry. Trinseo addresses this important need with STYRON A-TECH The product features our leading rubber technology which enhances the balance between stiffness and toughness creating saving opportunities through product weight reduction and increased blending opportunities allowing for both raw material and fabrication savings. High Density Foaming Technology (HDFT) Trinseo has a licensing agreement with MuCell Extrusion to utilize our High Density Foaming Technology (HDFT) which responds to the growing market dynamics within packaging to increase cost competiveness and reduce product weight. HDFT can be used in Dairy and Food Service to improve carbon footprint, through a combined saving of material, energy and waste fees. For Ambient applications, Trinseo proposes HDFT in technical barrier solutions like EVOH to enhance stiffness and reduce cost.

4 Turning Ideas Into Reality About Trinseo Trinseo is a leading global materials company dedicated to innovate and deliver for its customers. Trinseo s unique product portfolio brings together plastics, latex and rubber businesses that share feed- stocks, operations, customers and end users. The company benefits from global scale, a long-standing tradition of unrivaled customer relationships and a robust innovation pipeline. Plastics Business Division Trinseo Plastics is a business division with a broad plastics portfolio including polystyrene, co-polymers (ABS, SAN), polycarbonate, compounds & blends and automotive plastics. Trinseo Plastics is anchored by a premier polystyrene franchise, a global marketplace leader in polystyrene production. Trinseo Plastics offers innovative and sustainable solutions to customers in industries such as home appliances, automotive, building & construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics/ information technology equipment (ITE), consumer goods, electrical & lighting, medical and packaging. Trinseo was founded on a unique combination of strong capabilities, including technology leadership, world-class production assets and a global team of technical experts. Building on more than seven decades of manufacturing, commercial and tech- nological expertise, we are passionately focused on delivering high-performance products and innovative thinking to our customers. Widespread Manufacturing Assets Stade, Germany Terneuzen, Netherlands Tessenderlo, Belgium Schkopau, Germany Norrkoeping, Sweden Hamina, Finland Midland, MI Allyn s Point, CT Zhangjiagang, China Boehlen, Germany Livorno, Italy Ulsan, South Korea Rheinmuenster, Germany Dalton, GA Hsinchu, Taiwan Tsing Yi, Hong Kong Merak, Indonesia Plastics Latex Synthetic Rubber Limao, Brazil Guaruja, Brazil

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