The present invention concerns a high melt strength propylene polymer or
copolymer suitable for manufacturing foams and thermoformed product
exhibiting a melt strength of at least 3 g and comprising a high molar
mass portion and a low or medium molar mass portion. The polymers are
produced by subjecting propylene and optionally other olefins to
polymerization in a plurality of polymerization reactors connected in
series, employing different amounts of hydrogen as a molar mass modifier
in at least two of the reactors, and carrying out the polymerization
reaction in the presence of a catalyst system capable of catalyzing the
formation of a high molar mass polymerization product having a MFR.sub.2
of less than 0.1 g/10 min and a low or medium molar mass polymerization
product having a MFR.sub.2 of more than 0.5 g/10 min.