Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge) demonstrated its Borstar technology at the recently held 4th Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Research and Innovation Summit in Bahrain.

The technology enables the company to provide a broad range of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) grades that contribute significantly to the quality of the plastics end products, said a Wam news agency report.

Ahmed Omar Abdulla, CEO of the company and Dr Thorsten Loehl, vice president innovation, attended the summit, held under the theme ‘Managing Technology for Growth and Profitability’. The company showcased its Research and Development (R&D) capabilities and the role that innovation plays in driving success and sustainability in the plastics industry.

Speaking at the summit, Abdulla said: “Innovation is synonymous to Borouge, and due to the state-of-the-art Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi and our team of UAE national and international researchers and scientists, the company is able to provide the market with innovative and sustainable plastics solutions that create value to our customers benefiting from the many useful properties of our solutions produced using the most advanced proprietary technologies.

“With the current global changes and the challenges they impose on the petrochemicals and plastics industries, we shall continue to expand our investments in R&D activities to maintain our competitiveness, reinforce our technology and innovation leadership and strengthen our market positioning in the region as a leading provider of value added innovative solutions,” he added.