Borealis AG is an Austrian chemical company which is the world’s eighth largest producer of polyethylene and polypropylene.
With corporate headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Borealis operates in over 120 countries around the world and employs approximately 6,900 employees
Borealis was formed in 1994 through the merger of Statoil and Neste. The Latin word “Borealis” means “from the north” and reflects the company’s early ties to the Nordic region. The first Borealis head office was located in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Over the years, Borealis has developed from its early Nordic roots to an international company with a strong presence primarily in Central Europe and the Middle East. Since 2006, its headquarters have been in Vienna, the capital of Austria.
In a world of finite resources, the circular economy model offers a path to reinvent the economy in the interest of natural capital conservation and waste minimisation.
A transition must be made from the linear model of “take-make-dispose” to the circular model of recycling, re-use, and designing for recyclability (DfR). For the polyolefins industry, this paradigm shift holds both opportunities and challenges. The move to the circular economy must be made as eco-efficiently as possible but circularity has to be the priority. As a leader in the polyolefin industry, we aspire to show commitment and to inspire partners and customers by designing sustainable solutions for a better future. This is why we created EverMinds™, a platform that brings stakeholders together to constantly innovate our technologies and product portfolio with circularity of plastics at the core.
Embrace circularity with our new Bornewables™ portfolio
Introducing the Bornewables™, our new portfolio of circular polyolefin products. Manufactured with renewable feedstocks, these premium polyolefins offer the same material performance as virgin polyolefins, yet decoupled from fossil based feedstock.
Innovative Bornewables products may be used in a wide range of applications in various industries, and are even suitable for food-contact packaging and healthcare applications.
Unlike renewable feedstocks produced with agricultural crops grown for food and livestock feed, the Bornewables are made of renewably-sourced feedstocks derived solely from waste and residue streams: from vegetable oil production as well as oil waste and residues; the timber industry; the food industry – for instance, used cooking oil. From a sustainability perspective, re-using waste to manufacture renewable feedstocks further enhances the Bornewables appeal.
At the beginning of 2020, Borealis began producing polypropylene (PP) based on renewably-sourced feedstocks at our facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium, a milestone on the journey to replacing fossil fuel-based feedstocks in the large-scale commercial production of PP.
The Bornewables™ product portfolio
The Bornewables are ISCC PLUS certified polyolefins with reduced carbon footprint, enabling our customers to meet their sustainability targets while maintaining existing quality standards.
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