2019

Introduction

Reviewing 2019

Reviewing 2019

Highlights 2019

• Safety first: Continued focus on safety with a TRI rate of 1.6 in 2019.
• Generation of 28 GWh power by windmills connected directly to internal grid at Borealis facilities in Kallo, Belgium.
• Decision to build new, worldscale 750,000 tonnes/year propane dehydrogenation plant in Belgium and propylene capacity increase in Belgium strengthen commitment towards European customer base.
• Borealis becomes Core Partner of the New Plastics Economy initiative led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
• Launch of circular economy-related product innovations at K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Introduction of new Borcycle™ brand delivers pioneering circular solutions for demanding applications.
• Record number of 120 priority patents filed.
• Scaled-up Project STOP receives prestigious ADIPEC award.
• Publication of “10 Codes of Conduct for Design for Recyclability” to promote plastics circularity in the industry.
• ReOil collaboration with OMV advances chemical recycling of post-consumer plastics.
• Strategic co-operation with Neste to produce renewable polypropylene.
• Production capacity increased by 60% at plastics recycling facility in Wildon, Austria, after strategic investment.
• Groundbreaking ceremonies in Kallo for world-scale propane dehydrogenation plant and in Texas, USA, for new Borstar® polyethylene unit.
• Inauguration of polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in North Carolina, USA, strengthens commitment to North American automotive industry.
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ADNOC, Adani and BASF to evaluate collaboration on chemical production complex in Mundra, India.
• Resolution of tax case in Finland by way of Mutual Agreement Procedure between Austrian and Finnish tax authorities.
• Borealis honoured as best European PP producer in 2019 by Polymers for Europe Alliance.