Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Borouge is honoured and proud to receive the prestigious “5-star” UAE Innovation Award ceremony today, which attracted more than forty submissions from across sectors in the UAE.

In its pioneer year, being picked by the esteemed selection committee as a cross-industry winner for its capabilities in innovation reinforces Borouge’s contribution as a pivotal front player in the UAE that enables boundary pushing polyolefin solutions that rely on innovation to make an impact on society today and tomorrow.

“We are honoured to receive this prestigious award, which further defines us a solutions partner that wins based on our capabilities in innovation.  It is our people who are behind such outstanding results in innovation, and we will continue to motivate our people to bring fresh ideas that make a difference in driving a sustainable future,” shared Mr. Wim Roels, CEO of Borouge Pte Ltd who was extremely pleased to receive the award.

Organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group, Dubai Quality Group, in collaboration with Team Power International, the UAE Innovation Award is a unique award that recognises innovation in private sector companies throughout the UAE.

In its first year, the award supports the UAE’s national innovation strategy by recognising and rewarding outstanding leaders of innovation, based on the award’s framework and standards. The result is a culture that promotes innovation as one of our key enablers of success for the UAE.

Dr. Thorsten Loehl, our Vice President of Innovation highlighted, “The Borouge Innovation Centre is rightfully placed in the heart of the UAE, the heartbeat of innovation.  Receiving this award motivates our team to generate and implement even more creative ideas that will seal our mission of value creation through people and innovation.”

An excellent opportunity to also build and maintain a strong network of innovation professionals and qualified assessors, present at the award ceremony were over 600 likeminded innovators from across the educational, energy, financial, health, arts, marketing, retail and hospitality sectors to name a few.

This is the second time in five months that Borouge has been recognised for its remarkable contribution to innovation In November last year, Borouge received the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management in its innovative portfolio management

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For further information, please contact

REHAB OMAR ATEEQ
Regional Communications Manager MEAE, Borouge

T +971 2 708 8666, Rehab.Ateeq@borouge.com 

About Borouge

A joint venture between ADNOC and Borealis, Borouge is a leading petrochemicals company that provides innovative plastics solutions for the energy, infrastructure, mobility, packaging, healthcare and agriculture industries. With 4.5 million tonnes of annual capacity, Borouge is the world’s largest integrated polyolefin complex, with the ambition to more than double its current capacity by 2025.

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Borouge at www.borouge.com 

ADNOC at www.adnoc.ae 

Borealis at www.borealisgroup.com 

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