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As the first petrochemicals company in the Middle East to introduce the unique Borstar® technology, Borouge demonstrated the innovative features of this versatile polyolefin technology which enables the Company to provide a broad range of polyethylene and polypropylene grades that contribute significantly to the quality of the plastics end products.
Borouge’s Borstar® technology was highlighted during the Company’s participation in the 4th edition of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association’s (GPCA) Research & Innovation Summit held in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 7-9 March 2017. Attended by Ahmed Omar Abdulla, CEO of Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge), and Dr Thorsten Loehl, Vice President Innovation - Borouge, the Summit, held under the theme ‘Managing Technology for Growth & Profitability’ provided Borouge with an opportunity to showcase its Research and Development (R&D) capabilities and the role that innovation plays in driving success and sustainability in the plastics industry.
“Innovation is synonymous to Borouge,” said Borouge CEO. “Thanks to the state-of-the-art Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi and our team of UAE national and international researchers and scientists, Borouge is able to provide the market with innovative and sustainable plastics solutions that create value to our customers benefiting from the many useful properties of our solutions produced using the most advanced proprietary technologies.”
“With the current global changes and the challenges they impose on the petrochemicals and plastics industries, we shall continue to expand our investments in research and development activities to maintain our competitiveness, reinforce our technology and innovation leadership and strengthen our market positioning in the region as a leading provider of value added innovative solutions that contribute to addressing major global challenges,” he added.
In his presentation, Dr Thorsten Loehl, Borouge’s Vice President Innovation, highlighted the features of Borstar® which Borouge has first introduced into the UAE and Middle East and became a central pillar to Borouge’s competitive edge over its competitors. He pointed out that Borstar® offers the possibility to produce broad range of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) grades tailored for specific applications. The technology provides enhanced innovative polymers that combine excellent mechanical strength and product processability and allow material saving of 10% and more in selected applications.
“Borouge successfully started-up in 2001 its first two polyethylene plants in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, equipped with Borstar® bimodal technology. Today, Borouge operates the world’s largest integrated polyolefin complex with 5 Borstar® PE plants and 4 Borstar® PP plants and supplies value added plastics solutions in Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asian regions.” “Key to success has been a seamless collaboration with the Borstar® technology licensor, Borealis AG, which has evolved into an ongoing and mutual business and innovation partnership,” said Dr Loehl.
He gave examples of two of Borouge’s innovative plastics grades that bring value to customers due to their outstanding properties. RA140E is one of Borouge’s PP grades that are used to make hot and cold water pipes. The grade ensures 20% higher productivity, lower carbon footprint, product safety and cost efficiency and competitiveness. BorPure™MB5568 is another grade from Borouge that is recognised with its high stiffness, good processability and exceptional stress cracking resistance, as well as its weight reduction of up to 10% and lower carbon footprint. It’s used to make caps and closures.
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About Borouge
Borouge is a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative, value creating plastics solutions. A joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s major oil and gas companies, and Austria based Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, Borouge is a ground breaking joint venture at the forefront of the next generation of plastics innovation.
With its base in the United Arab Emirates and Marketing & Sales head office in Singapore, Borouge employs more than 3,000 people representing over 40 nationalities and serves customers in 50 countries across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Building on the unique Borstar® and Borlink™ technologies and over 50 years of experience in polyolefins, Borouge provides innovative, sustainable and value creating plastics solutions for infrastructure (pipe systems, and power and communication cables), automotive and advanced packaging applications that address global challenges such as climate change, food protection, access to fresh water, energy conservation, healthcare and waste management.
In 2010 Borouge tripled the annual production capacity of its plant in Abu Dhabi to 2 million tonnes, and with the further expansion that started in 2014 and increased the annual capacity to 4.5 million tonnes, Borouge and Borealis have a combined annual production capacity of approximately 8 million tonnes of polyethylene and polypropylene.
Borouge is expanding its commercial and logistics network in the Middle East and Asia and investing in its Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi and Application Centre in Shanghai. Focused on our company mission, Value Creation through Innovation, we ensure that our customers throughout the value chain, around the world, can rely on differentiated products and reliability of supply.
Borouge is committed to the principles of sustainability and is a signatory of the chemical industry’s Responsible Care® Global Charter. Together with Borealis, Borouge is proactively addressing the world’s water and sanitation challenges through the Water for the World™ initiative.
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For further information, please contact:
Rehab Omar Ateeq, Regional Communications Manager MEAE, Borouge
Tel. +971 2 7088666, Rehab.Ateeq@borouge.com
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