20 Oct 2004
New Borcom™ polypropylene from Borealis offers significant weight savings for interior automotive applications
Borealis has launched a new Borcom™ microcomposite, the first generation of a new polypropylene (PP) product family designed to bring significant weight reduction to a range of interior automotive applications. Based on an innovative PP base resin with 10% selected micro-scale filler and utilising advanced compounding technology, Borcom WG 140AI can provide weight savings up to 8% compared with traditional 20% mineral filled PP compounds used by the industry.
20 Oct 2004
New Borealis Borcom™ polypropylene solution delivers higher level of weight savings for appliances
Borealis has launched the new Borcom™ WG 140AI microcomposite, the first generation of a new polypropylene (PP) product family that significantly reduces the weight of moulded applications for white goods. This innovative PP base resin has 10% selected micro-scale filler and utilises advanced compounding technology and provides weight savings of between 8-24% compared with traditional PP compounds currently used by the appliance industry.
20 Oct 2004
New Borealis Borpact™ polypropylene is set to deliver transparency and low temperature impact for deep freeze display packaging
Borealis has introduced Borpact™ SG930MO, a clarified polypropylene (PP) plastic, to satisfy shoppers’ growing demand for transparent packaging that is deep freeze resistant. This new Borpact is just completing two years of development and trials and represents a significant expansion of packaging materials available to serve producers of deep freeze products, such as ice cream.
8 Oct 2004
Borealis sells petrochemicals site in Portugal to Repsol YPF
Repsol YPF announced that its Chemicals Division has signed an agreement with Borealis A/S to purchase Borealis Polímeros Lda. that includes all assets of the petrochemical complex at Sines, Portugal. The completion of the transaction is subject to authorisation by the European Commission.
10 Sept 2004
Rotation of Borealis’ Board Chairman
Erling Øverland moves from Vice Chairman to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Borealis, a leading provider of plastics solutions. Erling Øverland, an Executive Vice President on Statoil’s Executive Committee, has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Borealis since 2001.
13 Aug 2004
Ambicat™ MB60 and BorPEX™ ME2510 innovations offer unique benefits for silane PEX heating pipes
Ambicat™ MB60 catalyst system by Borealis has added a new dimension to the manufacture of silane PEX pipe for domestic hot and cold water pressure pipes. Using the new catalyst, in combination with Borealis’ new base material, BorPEX™ ME2510, silane crosslinking can be achieved at ambient temperature within a few days for typical plumbing and heating pipes. This represents significant cost and time savings compared with the regular high density (HD)-PEX using a traditional catalyst, where crosslinking cannot be achieved at room temperature in a practical time.
11 Aug 2004
Borealis announces 2nd quarter operating profit of EUR 49 million
Borealis today announced its second quarter results, reporting an operating profit of EUR 49 million. This is a significant improvement compared to the same period last year but EUR 7 million lower than the first quarter of 2004, as a result of higher feedstock prices. The second quarter operating results benefited from strong demand for polyolefins with higher sales volume compared to both the preceding quarter and the same period last year.
10 Aug 2004
Borealis creates new zero-gap Daplen™ grades for BMW Series 1 bumpers and rocker panels
BMW Group, seeking a zero-gap thermoplastic for its BMW Series 1 bumpers and rocker panels, turned to Borealis to create a material for its needs. BMW wanted easily moulded parts that presented a paintable, Class A surface with an extremely small gap between car body and part. At the same time, the parts had to be strong enough to meet or exceed impact specifications. On top of all this, the material had to be recyclable to conform to end-of-life requirements. By formulating application-specific Daplen thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs) to meet BMW’s requirements, Borealis provided the carmaker with a multi-faceted solution for its high-design, high-engineering component needs in time for the Series 1's expected launch later this year.
10 Aug 2004
New opportunities for PE film converters: Borclear™ and Borsoft™ polypropylene
Borealis has developed a range of polypropylene (PP) blown film materials designed for production on conventional blown-film machinery traditionally used for polyethylene.
10 Aug 2004
New Borealis polypropylene film grades for medical applications
Borealis has developed a range of new innovative polypropylene grades for extruded film applications such as medical pouches and monoblister packaging as an alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), glass, and other polymers. They offer low migration into medical products and liquids and provide high security and integrity during transportation and handling.
10 Aug 2004
New Borealis biaxially oriented polypropylene reduces weight and improves transparency of plastic bottles
The new Borealis RF926MO polypropylene (PP) injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) grade provides enhanced performance owing to its biaxial orientation. The new grade can reduce weight by more than 30% compared with extrusion blow-moulded high-density polyethylene (HDPE) grades. The new PP grade provides excellent transparency and gloss levels, can save up to 30 to 50% on energy costs in production, and RF926MO’s processing window is significantly broader than other PP materials.
10 Aug 2004
Automakers adopt new scratch-resistant TPOs from Borealis for car interiors
With the introduction of Borealis thermoplastic olefin grades, (TPOs) EE137AE and EE137HP, Borealis has created an innovative, scratch-resistant injection-moulding compound specifically designed for automotive interiors and similar demanding applications. The scratch-resistant nature of the polypropylene (PP) compounds is the result of engineering as much performance as possible into the base resin while minimising fillers and additives. In addition, the remaining fillers and additives benefit from proprietary formulations to further enhance properties of the new grades.
