Borealis

"Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2018": Six plastics producers awarded / Vynova gets special prize for polymer quality / Ceremony at EuPC conference in Milan

New jv of Total, Borealis and Nova complete / Cheap shale feedstock a draw

MoU with Adnoc for polyolefin compounding at Ruwais / Utilisation of production scrap

USD 45 bn investment at Ruwais includes cracker / Petchems output to triple

Kjetil Larsen appointed CEO of Norwegian polymer R&D centre

Q1 results decline on Borouge cracker maintenance / High margins at Europe polyolefins weaken

Feasibility study for EVA/LDPE plant in China / Speciality applications

CEO Mark Garrett steps down / Alfred Stern is appointed successor

New projects in Kazakhstan studied / Joint ventures for cracker and PE, PP

Petchems joint venture on US Gulf advances / New cracker and PE plant at Port Arthur

Stable net profits and higher sales in 2017 on healthy polyolefins margins and Borouge / Major projects over coming years to boost growth

Takeover of A. Schulman / Advanced Polymer Solutions' revenues will double turnover

Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017

Plan to aid Indonesian efforts to process locally-collected plastics waste into roads / Project could help reduce ocean plastics

Polyolefin catalyst business acquired from Albemarle / Talk of CB&I Technologies acquisition

James Stern appointed president of MedPharmPlast Europe

Q3 net profit fell 10% despite 3.9% revenue rise / Hurricane "Harvey" could affect polyolefins in short-term

Polyolefins: Borealis to lift force majeure next week

Polyethylene October 2017: Most producers factor in no more than ethylene cost increase / Improved supply has dampening effect on prices / C4 film grades still tight / Building season draws to an end / Buyers likely to hold back in November

Philippe Roodhooft now executive vice president Middle East & Growth Projects

"Anteo" bimodal LLDPE terpolymer family for flexible packaging / New technology / Better properties than previous metallocene grades / Production initially by Borouge in UAE

Polyolefins: Borealis declares force majeure on individual PE and PP grades from Schwechat

Initiative to fight marine litter / Aim to improve waste management in Southeast Asia / Pilot project in Indonesia

Plans for European PDH plant progress / Startup delayed to 2022 / Work on FEED phase to start

Strong demand for lightweight vehicles and eco-friendly packaging boost global growth / Grand View Research report