(Borealis) -- Borealis"
joint-venture Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics
solutions, was breaking ground for its new Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, on April 27, 2010. With a total investment in excess of
US$ 70 million in equipment and facilities, Borouge"s Innovation Centre in Abu
Dhabi will work together with the European innovation centres of Borealis as
well as with local and international educational institutions such as the
Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, to further develop the competence of polymer
science in the United Arab Emirates. It is expected to be completed at the end
of 2011.
More than 50 international researchers and engineers will focus on
innovations for compounding as well as innovative plastics solutions for the
pipe, automotive and advanced packaging industries in close cooperation and
partnership with Borouge"s customers throughout the value chain, ensuring that
specific customer requirements are met.
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