WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS. As a classic among plastic resins, styrene copolymers offer a wide range of applications. At the same time, however the rules associated with mature markets apply to materials based on styrene and acrylonitrile. While plastics such as ABS are considered commodities, in the meantime, polymers related to ABS, e.g. ASA, MABS, ABS blends and heat-resistant ABS, follow the rules associated with specialty business.