The capital city of Kenya, Nairobi, generates more than 2,400 tons of solid waste every day, in entire Kenya this is estimated to be more than 22,000 tons of waste per day. In such a context, Ecopost collects and recycles plastic waste through a replicable and scalable model, while at the same time...
Borealis, one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, has acquired a majority stake in Renasci, a Belgium-based provider of innovative recycling solutions and the creator of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept. Borealis announced the acquisition of a 10% stake in Renasci in July 2021; now...
Borealis announced the appointment of Jürgen Artner as Operations Manager Polyolefins and Location Leader for Borealis in Schwechat (Austria), Monza (Italy) and Wildon (Austria), effective February 1, 2022. He succeeds Rudolf Sukal, who will retire mid-year. Jürgen Artner joined Borealis in 2000 and has held various positions since then, including...
Effective January 1, 2022, Dirk Langhammer has been appointed as Vice President Strategy and Group Development of Borealis. Dirk succeeds Tom Asselman, who will move to OMV in the role of Vice President Strategic Planning and Projects. Dirk Langhammer joins Borealis from OMV where he has held various positions since...
Two new members entered the Cracker of the Future consortium, accelerating the development of a game changing technology for the electrification of the steam cracking process. This enables a revolutionary decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. They are the Italian Versalis and the Spanish Repsol, and now...
In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft appointed Alfred Stern as the new Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of OMV. He will assume the position with effect from September 1, 2021 for a three-year period with an extension option for further two years subject to mutual consent. Alfred Stern is currently...
Following the acquisition of the majority shares in Borealis by OMV and the intensified and close cooperation between OMV and Borealis, the Supervisory Board of Borealis has decided to appoint Thomas Gangl, currently Executive Board member of OMV, as CEO of Borealis. Alfred Stern, who has successfully led Borealis transformation...
Borealis and Tomra have announced the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany, the result of a partnership that marries chemistry with technology for unsurpassed results. The state-of-the-art plant processes both rigid and flexible plastic waste from households...
