Joint appearance of Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals at K 2019
Borealis: The EverMinds™ approach as the key to developing groundbreaking solutions for the environmental service branch
Borouge: Continuation of growth journey with next expansion phase
NOVA Chemicals: Advancing solutions for a plastics recycling economy
Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals are committed to sustainable business growth through innovation. Their long-term commitment to focusing on the customer leads to collaborations along the entire value chain, driving growth and innovation. K 2019's motto "Building Tomorrow Together" means working even more closely with partners around the world to produce superior and differentiated polyolefin-based solutions for a more sustainable future. Switching from the current linear system to a closed-loop economy will be a challenging and complex but solvable task that requires innovation and cooperation along the entire value chain.
Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals belong to a global polyolefin family of companies and are leading suppliers of innovative solutions in the fields of basic chemicals and plastics. While all three companies operate as legally independent entities, they all benefit from the strong and stable backing of their joint owners: the Austrian company OMV, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Mubadala.
Each of the companies is committed to deepening existing customer relationships and building new ones. Their success is driven by a promise of performance based on the combination of global reach of operations, commodity integration, proprietary technologies and access to global markets. The combined commitment to innovation, application development and continued expansion through investment enables Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals to grow their global business.
Project STOP: Taking action at the forefront to stop the littering of the oceans
Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals also share a common commitment to use their expertise and global reach to drive the plastics industry forward. The frontline initiative Project STOP was co-founded in 2017 by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ and has since been joined by Borouge and NOVA Chemicals as strategic partners.
On September 23, the "Alliance to End Plastic Waste" joined the STOP project as a strategic partner. The Alliance's three-year cooperation with the STOP project will focus on the Jembrana region on the northwest coast of Bali, where a new STOP town twinning project is being launched. The Alliance will support a feasibility study to achieve a future without unmanaged plastic waste across the island and assess how the approach can be further developed. It will also provide financial support and technical expertise. NOVA Chemicals is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
The STOP project is helping to prevent thousands of tons of plastic from leaking into the marine environment of Southeast Asia. The project partners are working with the Indonesian local authorities to develop, implement and expand loop-oriented solutions. This also includes the development of effective systems for the collection, sorting and recycling of waste.
Groundbreaking loop-oriented solutions at Borealis through EverMinds™
Borealis welcomes the opportunity to present at K 2019 the many opportunities with which the company is driving the transition to a plastics recycling industry.
The K 2019 motto "Building Tomorrow Together" means working together with partners and customers, renewing its commitment to "Value Creation through Innovation" and drawing attention to and promoting the importance of recycling plastics. The new EverMinds™ platform embodies exactly this recycling-oriented approach - inspiring novel, polyolefin-based solutions that enable the reuse, recycling and recovery of plastics and promote the idea of "design for recyclability".
Presentation of Borealis Borcycle™, a constantly evolving recycling technology.
Combining state-of-the-art technology with Borealis' deep polymer expertise, Borealis Borcycle™ transforms plastic waste into versatile recycled polyolefins (rPO) with added value. Borcycle is thus expanding its existing range of new polyolefin products to include groundbreaking, loop-oriented solutions for a wide variety of demanding applications. The first of the many new rPO composites is Borcycle™ MF1981SY, which has a recycled content of over 80% and has been developed for use in household appliances. The Borealis K 2019 booth will also feature components of a Bosch vacuum cleaner made from this composite material. Already introduced post-consumer recyclates (PCR), which are currently sold as Daplen™ and include materials for automotive applications, will be available under the Borcycle™ brand in the future.
Borealis and Neste launch strategic collaboration to accelerate plastics recycling and bioeconomy
Through the collaboration between Borealis and Neste, Borealis will be able to use Neste's 100% renewable propane, produced using Neste's NEXBTL™ technology, as a renewable raw material in its Kallo and Beringen, Belgium plants from the end of 2019. Borealis' unique propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) production facility in Kallo allows the company to offer propylene from bio-based raw materials where the bio-based content can be physically verified and measured.
Shaping the future through global cooperation and innovation
Borealis and Borouge support the global automotive industry by developing lighter, high-performance solutions for a growing number of automotive parts. The NIO ES8 is at the center of the companies' joint K 2019 booth. The flagship model of the successful Chinese electric car manufacturer NIO combines highest material performance with slim design; numerous interior and exterior elements have been manufactured from innovative Daplen™ and Fibremod™ composites. Other automotive highlights at K 2019 include the presentation of the next Fibremod™ carbon generation based on used carbon fibres. The two new low-density material solutions Fibremod™ CG210SY and Fibremod™ CD211SY offer even better surface aesthetics and optimized mechanical properties.
Cooperation along the value chain results in novel, loop-oriented solutions for flexible consumer packaging
Borealis, Borouge and Henkel have worked together to develop innovative and highly recycling-oriented flexible packaging solutions: This resulted in two stand-up pouches consisting of a combination of virgin polyethylene (PE) and a high proportion of PCR. These solutions make the packaging even more loop-oriented, while at the same time providing excellent aesthetics and shelf appeal. One of the bags developed as part of this value chain cooperation contains 30% PCR produced by Ecoplast and will also be presented at the joint K 2019 stand.
PP- and PE-based monomaterial solutions for the most demanding consumer packaging applications
In cooperation with several partners along the value chain, Borealis and Borouge have developed a number of new monomaterial bag solutions based on PE and PP. These complement the range of more sustainable options in flexible packaging. The stand-up pouches, specially designed for recycling, are suitable for the most demanding consumer packaging applications. A range of pouch models, including a pouch with a PCR content of 35%, will also be on display at the K 2019 stand.
Launch of BorPure™ RF777MO: specifically designed for hinged lid applications
Borealis announces the launch of BorPure™ RF777MO. Based on the company's proprietary Borstar® nucleation technology, this new material meets the demand of the value chain for high-quality solutions with excellent organoleptics. BorPure RF777MO is a next-generation random polypropylene (PP) for use in flap closures, a growing market segment for caps and closures. Hinged caps manufactured with the new material are particularly robust and 100% recyclable as a monomaterial solution. For certain closure applications, cycle times have been reduced by more than 10 % thanks to faster crystallization behavior.
"Through our investment in working with our customers and partners along the value chain, we have been able to make great progress towards a more closed loop plastics industry," explains Borealis CEO Alfred Stern. "We are proud and happy to be able to present our latest success stories from our various collaborations at K 2019. In all our areas - from consumer packaging and automotive applications to mechanical recycling and beyond - we focus on a closed-loop approach: in the design, development and market launch of our innovative polyolefin-based and even more closed-loop solutions. We look forward to sharing these innovations with visitors to our stand at K 2019".
Borouge: Continuation of growth journey with next phase of expansion
As part of Borouge's growth strategy to more than double its current annual capacity of 4.5 million tonnes by 2030, Borouge is building the world's largest mixed feed cracker in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. The cracker will have an ethylene output of 1.8 million tonnes and a total capacity of 3.3 million tonnes of olefins and aromatics produced from various raw materials such as ethane, butane and naphtha from ADNOC's refining and gas processing facilities.
Construction of Borouge's fifth polypropylene (PP) plant with an annual capacity of 480,000 metric tons is on schedule. The new PP plant, due to come on stream in 2021, will increase the total polyolefin production capacity to 5 million metric tons per year.
In addition, Borouge will significantly increase production of pre-compounded black polyethylene for pressure line applications by 2020. This step is designed to meet the growing demand for pre-compounded piping materials in China and other emerging markets as they continue to invest in their supply infrastructure.
Borouge continues to deliver new mono-material solutions that add value to customers. A new bimodal HDPE material called FB5600 based on the Borstar® technology platform was recently introduced. FB5600 helps the packaging industry meet its commitments to sustainability and recycling. Its high stiffness enables the production of even thinner films, resulting in cost savings and reduced environmental impact, while the strength and barrier properties of the material help reduce food waste. FB5600 has proven to be a key component of PE/PE laminates and contributes to improved recyclability.
"Borouge's goal is to provide creative plastic solutions that provide a critical business advantage and help address global challenges. We are intensifying our efforts to realize a plastics recycling economy by working with our partners along the value chain throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East to develop and market new, revolutionary packaging designs that are reusable and recyclable, to promote the collection and recycling of used plastics, and to prevent the uncontrolled disposal of plastics into the environment," said Wim Roels, CEO of Borouge Pte Ltd.
NOVA Chemicals: driving plastics recycling solutions forward
NOVA Chemicals strives to be the innovation leader that enables its customers to deliver plastic products that make everyday life healthier, easier and safer. At K 2019, the company will unveil three new products and technologies that support this mission by helping processors and brand owners advance the development of a plastics recycling economy:
BONFIRE® Film Development Platform Version 4.0 - The latest version of the BONFIRE platform includes three new modules and an improved user interface. The BONFIRE platform uses predictive models and other virtual tools to enable film and packaging manufacturers to accelerate the development of thinner and recyclable multilayer film structures for high-performance food packaging and other flexible film applications.
Recyclable Resins - NOVA Chemicals offers a new range of octene and butene polyethylene (PE) resins designed to retain their physical and optical characteristics and processing properties after mechanical recycling. These resins are also ideal for use as virgin material in applications with a high recycled content.
VPs412 Sealing Resin - VPs412 is the latest addition to the NOVA Chemicals family of high performance sealing resins. The VPs412 resin, a rugged, sealable, fast-sealing resin, offers an unbeatable combination of optics, durability and processability; it provides seal integrity that helps extend shelf life and reduce food waste.
"I am proud to belong to an organization that helps shape a world where products that are essential to our health and satisfaction will be better tomorrow than they are today," said John Thayer, senior vice president of polyethylene at NOVA Chemicals.
"Today, this means developing more sustainable polyethylene solutions that help reduce food waste, reduce environmental impact, and preserve the value of used plastics. These new product offerings are all significant improvements that will help us make the transition to a plastics recycling economy."
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