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We are one of the leading suppliers of specialty polypropylene (PP) resins to the white goods industry, helping the industry deliver durable end-products that add convenience and comfort to people's everyday lives.

Our decades of experience in plastics technology ensure that customers in the entire value chain can depend on high quality materials that meet the toughest requirements, including high impact and temperature resistance, high stiffness, and strong aesthetic properties.

Today, our broad product portfolio includes materials for white goods, such as:

Washing machines
Dishwashers
Freezers

We also offer a range of materials for household appliances, such as:

Kettle housings
Coffee machine covers
Iron covers
Barbecue covers

Aesthetic Parts	Frames	Household Appliances

Pump Housing	Tubs	White Goods Basements

1. Aesthetic Parts

Borouge and Borealis offer highly stabilized, unfilled polypropylene for functional components. such as water/detergent containers, heat exchangers, injection and blow moulded parts inside:

Washing machines
Soap dispensers
Motor housings
Filter covers for vacuum cleaners.

For water / detergent containers and heat exchangers, we have designed BC612WG. This product grade is high heat stabilised and detergent resistant. It is also a yellowing-free material.

Injection and blow moulded parts are best produced using our HB601WG, which offers high heat stabilisation and detergent resistance. This grade is used for parts in the liquid circuit.

Our PP 20% talc compounds give soap dispenser manufacturers the benefit of high heat and detergent resistance. Our PP solutions also include a more sophisticated 10% microcomposite compound, Borcom WG140AI, that delivers high flow and detergent resistance.

Our ME266U natural is a PP copolymer with 20% talc that is well-suited for motor housings and filter covers for vacuum cleaners. This copolymer provides high heat stabilisation, good impact/stiffness balance and is easy to colour via masterbatch.

All these grades are UL listed: UL94HB, UL 764B and UL 746 A.

2. Frames

A key challenge for appliances producers is to remain cost competitive without sacrificing the high quality of their equipment.

Since metal and stainless parts are usually the most expensive components inside white goods, significant savings can be made by converting metal to plastics.

The demands for polyolefin solutions are high as they have to withstand aggressive thermal and chemical environments.

Borouge and Borealis have developed GB266WG, a unique stabilized polypropylene filled with 20% glass fibre to replace metal dishwasher front frames.

In addition to a lower part cost, this material offers.

Excellent detergent stabilization
Low heat expansion
Corrosion free

Another potential area of cost saving for the appliance OEMs is storage: up to 5 dishwasher units can be stacked.

3. Household Appliances

Borouge and Borealis offer a wide range of polypropylene homopolymers, copolymers and random copolymers for many typical small appliances like:

Kettle housings
Coffee machine covers
Iron covers
Barbecue covers

The largest segment we are currently addressing is materials that are used in the outer housing of common household appliances.

Our HF700SA is a PP homopolymer that offers outstanding surface quality and high gloss. This grade contains antistatic agent and long-term heat ageing stabilizers.

HF700SA is extensively used by Philips and SEB for kettle housings, visible parts on coffee machines and for appliances. This grade exhibits the UL rankings UL94HB, UL746B and UL746A.

Our BF335SA is a high fluidity PP copolymer that combines excellent dimensional stability with high gloss. This grade is used by Miele and Philips for vacuum cleaner covers, and exhibits the UL ranking UL94HB.

BG 055AI is a high fluidity HCPP copolymer with very high stiffness and outstanding surface properties. It is used to replace ABS, allowing cost savings, ease of par sorting and recycling. This grade exhibits the UL rankings UL94HB and UL746B.

In addition to these speciality grades, Borouge and Borealis offer a wide portfolio of PP homopolymers and copolymers for functional components. Our random copolymers are used extensively where translucency is required. Level indicators, for example, are made of RF365MO.

4. Pump Housing

In an effort to aid equipment manufacturers in increasing their production efficiency by lowering costs, Borouge and Borealis have developed GB366WG, a polypropylene (PP) designed to replace stainless steel parts in washing machines.

GB366WG delivers long-term performance. This is due to the absence of corrosion, its outstanding impact resistance and the special detergent stabilization system that preserves the colour of pump housing. Moreover, the parts are easier to integrate than their steel counterparts.

In addition to applications like washing machine drums, GB366WG is now used by BSH on pump housings.

5. Tubs

Our glass filled polypropylene and Borcom product grades are select materials that effectively fulfill the requirements of washing machine tub producers.

Plastics as a choice material for washing machines is largely due to:

Part cost reduction
Greater flexibility in design than with stainless steel
Easier recycling of plastic parts

Our 30% glass filled polypropylene GB366WG meet the stringent requirements of tub manufacturers. Its detergent stabilization system has been specifically developed to replace stainless steel in washing machines.

Using our GB366WG, manufacturers can lower production costs and increase production efficiency. The parts are easier to integrate than their steel counterparts, so the number of manufacturing steps is reduced.

The absence of corrosion along with the high stiffness and outstanding impact resistance of GB366WG assure long term durability. Thanks to the excellent detergent resistance of this grade, discolouration or part degradation is avoided.

Our survey on the influence of recycled GB366WG on the mechanical performance of washing tubs is available upon request. This material has also been approved by Whirlpool.

Another cost and weight saving opportunity is the replacement of highly filled PP compounds by our new Borcom WG140AI microcomposite. This innovative PP base resin contains 10% selected micro scale filler and utilizes advanced compounding technologies. It offers weight savings of up to 20%, compared to traditional PP chalk filled grades traditionally used in the appliance industry.

Borcom WG140AI improves impact resistance by 30%, at comparable stiffness and similar shrinkage compared to traditional PP compounds. This makes Borcom WG140AI compatible with most existing tools.

The high fluidity of Borcom WG140AI brings easier processing to converters and increased productivity.

6. White Goods Basements

Appliance producers often strive to remain cost competitive and ensure the high quality of their products. Since metal and stainless steel parts are usually expensive components inside white goods, significant savings can be made by converting metal to plastics.

Understanding the needs of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) helps our team to develop customised solutions that fit our customers' individual needs.

We, together with BSH, for example, have worked together to develop MB350WG, a 30% talc filled PP with outstanding impact/stiffness behaviour combined with an excellent stabilization package against rinse aids, hot water and detergents. MB350WG is our most suitable polypropylene grade for washing machine basements.

MB350WG transmits less heat and is less noisy than stainless steel. The highly moulded surface quality enhances the basement's looks. The scratch resistance of the material make sure those looks will last, as will the non-oxidation properties. Oxidation is caused by exposure to heat and water. It shows by the yellowing colour of the material and may impair the mechanical and chemical properties of polypropylene by reducing its molecular weight.