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Borouge – SHAPING the FUTURE with PLASTICS

Overview

Borouge is a leading provider of innovative value creating plastics solutions. Combining the most advanced technologies with world-class production facilities, Borouge is a unique company that brings together the very best of Europe and the Middle East.

With a heritage of reliable customer partnership and value creation through innovation, Borouge provides plastic solutions that make a real difference to everyday life.

Established in 1998 as a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s major oil company, and Borealis, a leading European plastics provider, Borouge is a groundbreaking international partnership at the forefront of next-generation plastics innovation. Together, Borouge and Borealis employ unique Borstar ® technology to produce innovative plastics solutions in end-use plastics application throughout the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Borouge’s state-of-the-art petrochemical complex is located at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

Borouge provides a range of differentiated products for high-value infrastructure applications, including water, gas and industrial pipe systems, power and communication cables, advanced packaging and automotive components. The advantages of Borstar are well recognised in the industry and are central to Borouge’s success – the technology facilitates the manufacture of high-performance, high-value plastic products that are vital to modern living. Borouge’s presence in key strategic locations throughout the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa facilitates speed to market, on-time delivery and customer support. Borouge is also the exclusive regional provider of the entire Borealis product line.

To meet ever-increasing market demand, Borouge plans a multi billion dollar expansion at Ruwais. The project, ‘Borouge 2’, is due to commence production in 2010. This world-scale project will triple existing production capacity to two million tonnes per annum, including for the first time, polypropylene.

At the forefront of one of the world’s most exciting industries, Borouge empowers its customers to create products that are vital to global development and has a vision of ‘Shaping the Future with Plastics’.

(Borstar is a registered trademark of Borealis A/S).