Borealis secures chemically recycled feedstock for production of base chemicals and polyolefins - Chemical Engineering chemengonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chemengonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Borealis starts up demonstration heat-recovery unit based on Qpinch technology
By Mary Page Bailey |
May 7, 2021
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its open-innovation collaboration with Qpinch, the creators of a revolutionary and patented heat recovery technology, has passed an important milestone. The first-ever application of the unique Qpinch technology at commercial scale has been achieved upon the technical completion and start-up of a new demonstrational unit. Located in an existing Borealis low-density polyethylene (LDPE) production location at Europe’s largest chemical cluster in the port of Antwerp (Belgium), the heat-recovery unit will test the technology’s capabilities as well as its scale-up potential for Borealis plants in other parts of the world. The collaboration is especially advantageous because it allows Borealis to take major strides in its efforts to lower CO2 emissions while at the same time increasing production efficiency and maintaini
Sulzer Chemtech and Borealis develop new extrusion process for expanded PP
By Mary Page Bailey |
April 7, 2021
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) have completed the development of an innovative process for the cost-effective extrusion of expanded polypropylene (ePP) beads.
Polypropylene (PP) is a highly effective material, offering advanced mechanical properties and being well suited for reusing and recycling. To support the large-scale adoption of ePP, Sulzer Chemtech is now launching a new and innovative production line. Developed together with raw material supplier Borealis, the resulting solution supports the end market efforts towards more circular solutions and is expected to cut manufacturing costs by up to 60%.
Borealis to invest in new RTO to reduce CO2 emissions at Porvoo polyolefins plant - Chemical Engineering chemengonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chemengonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Borealis and Bionerga commission waste-to-energy plant in Belgium
By Mary Page Bailey |
December 15, 2020
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) and Bionerga announced the joint commissioning of Biostoom, a new waste-to-energy plant constructed and operated by Bionerga in Beringen, Belgium. The long-term agreement between Borealis and Bionerga, a Belgium-based specialist in recovering energy from waste, has enabled Borealis to move closer to its goal of sourcing 50% of its total electricity consumption from renewable sources for operations in its major business areas by the year 2030. The new Biostoom Beringen facility is allowing Borealis to reduce the amount of natural gas used in operations by supplying steam and electricity recovered from processing of non-recyclable waste collected from nearby communities. The first electricity delivery took place in August, and the first steam was delivered in October 2020.