Plastics Museum
Cannon for the culture of plastics

MATERIAL: ABS

ABS resins are one of the most valued mixtures of a resin and elastomer and owe their extraordinary success to the excellent properties deriving from this marriage. The initials ABS stand for three base substances in their preparation: acrylonitryl, butadiene and styrene. The first ABS resins were produced in the fifties. Their properties are tenacity, crash resistance and a hard surface. They are therefore mainly used for furniture, car parts, television sets, radios etc.