Borouge

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name = Borouge

type = Private
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foundation = 1998
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location_city = Abu Dhabi
location_country = UAE
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owner = ADNOC and Borealis
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slogan = Shaping the Future with Plastic
homepage = www.borouge.com
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Borouge, a manufacturer of polyoleofins, was founded in 1998, and is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austria's Borealis. It has two complementary ventures: Abu Dhabi Polymers Co Ltd (Borouge) - a production company based in Abu Dhabi - and Borouge Pte Ltd based in Singapore.

Borouge is a leading supplier of environmentally superior polyolefin plastics -polyethylene and polypropylene. They focus on differentiated high end applications in the Middle East and Asia Pacific with Borstar Enhanced Polyethylene produced in Abu Dhabi, UAE and the full range of Borealis specialities.

Borouge is undergoing an expansion programme (Borouge 2) that will raise polyolefins production capacity from the current 600,000 tonnes per annum to 2 million tonnes per annum by 2010.

Borouge, in Arabic, means "towers" and relates to the high towers that support the loop reactors used in some of Borouge's polymer plants at its Ruwais. The company's headquarters are located in the Sheikh Khalifa Energy Center on the Corniche Road.

External links

* [http://www.borouge.com Official site]