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Category Archives: Videos

Going ape for Styrofoam bananas ??

May 22, 2009 – 8:58 pm

The recession must be hitting hard in America as people are turning to desperate measures to make ends meet. But we can’t understand the logic behind this gorilla-suited woman stealing display bananas made from Styrofoam.
No, it’s not an April fool prank but something very weird and unusual. (Via Fox11 online)

So why would you dress in [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Marketing related, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (6)

Polystyrene protection at 180mph

May 19, 2009 – 3:45 pm

Polystyrene or Styrofoam is often most recognisable when it is used as a packaging material, whether it be for fast food containers or moulded protective pieces around DVD players and other electrical goods. It is widely-used because it is lightweight, inexpensive and can act as a shock absorber and insulator.
Some of these properties may have [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Polystyrene Uses, Sport related | Comments (1)

Expanded polystyrene video on “How it’s made”

May 1, 2009 – 7:16 am

In an earlier post, many readers commented that they would like to see a video on how polystyrene is produced. Here we have insight into the whole process.

I welcome any comments you may have after seeing the video.
One of my first impressions, years ago, was surprise by the size of the moulded blocks and the [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Polystyrene Uses | Comments (8)

Inflation and running a muck

April 8, 2009 – 10:15 pm

We are not economic commentators or political pundits, as there are plenty of them around at the moment, but what we do know is that we need inflation - and large scale inflation at that. Well, we did for this particular project.
Dena, from Kick Communications, approached us to create a giant phone for their client, [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Extended Portfolio, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (0)

As Seen On TV

November 13, 2008 – 2:13 pm

Yes, we can now use this cringe-worthy cliché yet again, as the letters we created for “Class Act” are on full display on the set of RTE’s Sunday evening programme. Working with Sideline, a TV and DVD production company, we created the large-scale 3D letters from polystyrene foam. Unusually, they were left in their original [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Extended Portfolio, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (1)