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Borealis company history timeline

1994

Borealis was formed in 1994 through the merger of Statoil and Neste.

2001

Total recordable injuries (TRIs) per million working hours drop more than 50% to 4.0 from 8.4 in 2001, thanks to a group-wide focus on safety.

The award recognises Borealis’ successful business transformation since 2001, including a step change in safety across the Group (including contractors) which has contributed to overall operational excellence.

2003

Safety and environmental performance show marked improvement, with total recordable injuries (TRIs) of 2.4 per million working hours, down from 3.8 in 2003.

2010

First joint appearance for Borealis, Borouge and Nova Chemicals at the 2010 K Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany.

2014

Borealis announces it will cease production at its outdated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Burghausen, Germany, at the end of 2014, thus optimising and safeguarding the location as a polypropylene (PP) production site for the long run.

Introduced to industry partners at the 2014 Cigré Session in Paris, the new BorlinkTM grade supports extruded DC transmission at extra high voltages.

Borealis achieves an extraordinary record result improving further on the record result realised in 2014.

In 2014, the Borouge 3 mega-project saw the start-up of the world’s largest ethane cracker, one polypropylene (PP), and two polyethylene (PE) plants.

2016

Only one unit has yet to be started up in 2016.

Borealis realised a very strong safety performance in 2016.

2017

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that it will move to the FEED-phase for a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, after successfully concluding a pre-FEED feasibility study in June 2017.

Launched in 2017 by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ, Project STOP (Stop Ocean Plastics) works with cities to create effective waste management systems that eliminate plastics leakage into the ocean and creates circular systems in Southeast Asia.

2019

On 3 October 2019, Borealis and Ecoplast celebrated the successful conclusion of a strategic investment at their plastics recycling location in Wildon, Styria/Austria.

2020

In 2020, Borealis generated EUR 6.8 billion in sales revenue and a net profit of EUR 589 million.

2021

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Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar™) held its official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene unit at its production site in Pasadena, Texas, with an anticipated start-up in 2021.

2022

Borealis and Borouge showcase sustainable Wire & Cable innovations at the WIRE 2022

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