10 Sept 2008
OMV and Borealis: Significant expansion of Burghausen site for leading position in petrochemical industry
• OMV and Borealis invest EUR 840 mn in the expansion of their petrochemical production capacities
5 Sept 2008
Borealis and Borouge stress partnership approach to global water challenge at IWA 2008
Borealis and Borouge will emphasise the importance of cross-sector cooperation by presenting their Water for the World initiative at the International Water Association’s (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition 2008 in Vienna, Austria. At the International Water Congress and Exhibition in Vienna from 7-12 September 2008, Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will present Water for the World, a programme that aims delivering sustainable solutions for the availability of safe drinking water and sanitation.
3 Sept 2008
Borealis boosts step change in innovation
• New R&D polymerization reactors to boost time-to-market for product solutions
1 Sept 2008
Herbert Willerth appointed Borealis Deputy CEO
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has announced that Herbert Willerth will assume the newly created role of Deputy Chief Executive, effective from September 1, 2008. In this position, Willerth will have a special focus on Europe and the overall competitiveness of the European plants and support Chief Executive Mark Garrett.
27 Aug 2008
Borealis and MCC agree to improve PP compound supply for the automotive industry
Borealis AG, a leading supplier of innovative value creating plastics solutions, and its U.S. subsidiary, Borealis Compounds LLC, have entered into manufacturing and supply agreements with affiliates of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) to improve the supply of polypropylene compounds (PP/CP) to the automotive industry in Europe and the United States. The agreements are intended to aid all companies in meeting demand and enhancing the competitiveness of their automotive customers, through localised production and supply of high quality, high-performance PP/CP materials.
20 Aug 2008
Borealis and Uponor launch first water footprint initiative in the plastics industry
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative value creating plastic solutions and Uponor, a leading supplier of plumbing and heating systems, have announced at the World Water Week in Stockholm a joint initiative to pilot for the first time the concept of water footprint to the manufacturing of a plastic application.
18 Aug 2008
Borealis and Borouge present latest developments for sustainable plastic pipe solutions at Plastics Pipes Conference XIV in Budapest
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative value creating plastic pipe solutions, will present a series of papers outlining their latest polyolefin technology developments and cutting-edge initiatives to delegates at the XIV Plastics Pipes Conference in Budapest, 22-24 September 2008.
13 Aug 2008
Borealis appoints Eberhard Dreher as third Chief Scientist
• Innovation in base chemical technologies is an important key to success of Borealis’ new business group
5 Aug 2008
Borealis announces a softening of its net profit in the second quarter of 2008
• Borealis reports net profit of EUR 71 million for the second quarter and EUR 201 million for the first half of 2008
22 Jul 2008
External power interruption in Borealis’ Schwechat plant led to complete plant shut down
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, suffered an external power interruption at its plant in Schwechat, Austria on Friday, July 18, at 5am. The shut-down was caused by problems with the external electricity line which fed the whole plant during construction work at the grid with no substitute line available.
9 Jul 2008
Borealis boosts innovation with new R&D investment
• Latest research tool enables high-speed polymerisation experimentation
3 Jun 2008
Borealis appoints Alfred Stern to head its Innovation and Technology programme
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Alfred Stern as Vice President (VP) for Innovation and Technology, effective June 1, 2008. He will be succeeding Wim Roels, who assumes leadership of the company’s Moulding business, and be based at the company’s Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria.
