24 Jun 2008
Borouge helps secure fresh water to every house in Malkapur village, India
Through their Water for the World™ initiative Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, are helping the State of Maharashtra in India to supply drinking water 24 hours per day, seven days a week to the residents of Malkapur village, 400km south of Mumbai.
2 Jun 2008
Borouge and Borealis launch Water for the World™ in Asia
Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will participate in the inaugural Singapore International Water Week Water Expo, June 24-26, 2008, and unveil a dynamic exhibition stand to introduce their Water for the World™ programme to address the global water challenge.
9 Apr 2008
Borouge and Borealis boost competitiveness of low-voltage cable producers with Visico FX - fast forwarding your production
Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, have launched a unique high- productivity, low-voltage cable insulation material that will boost the competitiveness of cable manufacturers. Making its debut at Wire 2008 exhibition [Dusseldorf, Germany], the new Visico™ FX LE8823 grade delivers all-round advances in productivity and cost efficiency, resulting in higher output and increased profitability at the manufacturing stage with knock-on benefits for grid owners and installers.
7 Apr 2008
Borouge announces further strategic expansion of polyolefins operations beyond Borouge 2
Borouge, the leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions today announced that it has initiated the feasibility study for Borouge 3: a further expansion of its polyolefin operations in Abu Dhabi to add approximately 2.5 million tonnes per year of capacity by end of 2014.
28 Aug 2007
Borouge corrosion-free pipe solution aids water supply in Shanghai
Highly-durable PE100 water pipes from Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, have helped to supply safe, clean drinking water for residents of Pudong in Shanghai. The use of pipes produced with BorSafe® HE3490-LS is a long-lasting alternative to the previous high-maintenance leaking iron pipe network. According to the United Nations, water conservation is one of the most urgent global challenges facing society today.
22 Aug 2007
Borouge to Invest In Automotive Market with New Compounding Facility In China
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, today announced that it plans to develop a compounding facility in China for the manufacture of high performance polypropylene compounds for applications in the automotive and electrical appliance sectors.
21 Aug 2007
Borealis and Borouge are co-founders of the Stockholm Water Prize
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastic solutions, have become co-founders of the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize, contributing to the promotion and reward of leadership and best practices in water and sanitation.
12 Jul 2007
Borealis and Borouge at K 2007
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastic solutions, will showcase exciting new developments at K 2007. Customers from the entire value chain are invited to their high profile stand, C58 in Hall 6 at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre. This is the world’s most renowned exhibition for the plastics industry and the two companies will present unique materials for the infrastructure, automotive, and advanced packaging markets.
19 Jun 2007
Borouge services Chinese growth with expanded office in Puxi, Shanghai
Borouge, the leading provider of innovative plastics solutions in the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa, today announced that it moves its Shanghai office to Plaza 66 Tower 2 at Nanjing Xi Lu, located in the heart of Puxi, Shanghai, with effect from June 18 2007.
13 Jun 2007
Borouge awards US$300 million Olefins Conversion Unit contract for Borouge 2 expansion project
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, today awarded a contract worth approximately US$300 million for the construction of a new olefins conversion unit (OCU) to Samsung Engineering for Borouge 2, the major expansion project at the company’s production facilities in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
4 Jun 2007
Borouge formally signs US$3.1 billion contracts for expansion project
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, today formally signed contracts valued at approximately US$3.1 billion for Borouge 2, the major expansion project at the company’s production facilities in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
21 May 2007
Borouge and Borealis’ Daplen achieves technological breakthrough in fully integrated fender
Borouge and Borealis, the leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe, have delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF341AE used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module. The material, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, has been specifically tailored to meet BMW’s exacting specifications for the new BMW X5 regarding improved production cost, safety, high quality aesthetics and environmental performance. The resulting TPO fender is the most complex and highly integrated, class A body application to be seen in production to date.
