Falco promotes Borouge’s sustainable packaging solutions
Borouge, is a leading petrochemicals company and a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Austria based Borealis, held a technical seminar to showcase its diverse portfolio of differentiated and sustainable polyolefin solutions for flexible packaging at Hilton Colombo recently.
The event was co-hosted by Falco International Trading Pte Ltd, the local agent for Borouge in Sri Lanka.
Shakir Lukmanjee, the Managing Director of Falco International Trading Pte Ltd, sole agents for Borouge opened the technical seminar by welcoming the invitees and introducing the visiting Borouge team.
“The Sri Lankan plastics market is important to Borouge. We have been serving this market for more than a decade, this seminar here gives us an opportunity not only to showcase our latest solutions, but also to connect with our customers, understand their needs and offer best possible sustainable solution,” said Anil Krishna, Borouge’s Vice President for Indian Sub-continent. “Borouge provides differentiated solutions that unlock value and create positive impact especially for a growing market like Sri Lanka.”
James Ong, Marketing Manager for Consumer Packaging, presented Borouge’s sustainable flexible packaging solutions.
James Ongalso shared on sustainability challenges and Borouge’s work on possible sustainable solutions like PE-PE laminate, which are fully recyclable.
Borouge also presented Anteo, a new family of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) packaging grades for the global packaging market. Anteo boasts a unique combination of end-use properties for high-performance, combined with strong optics for enhanced shelf appeal. This solution delivers easy process ability at lower extruder pressure, better sealing speed and integrity, and improved puncture resistance. In the presentation delivered, Borouge highlighted the features of Anteo that Borouge has introduced for the first time in October 2017. Becoming a central pillar of Borouge’s competitive edge over its competitors, Anteo has been developed in Linz, Austria and scaled up and produced at Borouge’sruwais plants using the Borstar Bimodal Terpolymer (BBT) technology for the global packaging market.
Borouge’s global reach and position as a provider of choice of reliable and sustainable plastics solutions that create value to customers’ business and competitiveness were also highlighted at the event. Borouge demonstrated its expansion investments,which will more than double the current capacity of 4.5 million metric tones per year of polyolefin by 2030.
Printed and published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. on Friday May 18, 2018 at No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 02