Borealis GmbH - Company Profile
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Business Description
Borealis GmbH (Borealis), a subsidiary of Borouge Group International AG, is a provider of polyolefin and base chemicals. It manufactures and market various products such as acetone, carbon black feedstock, phenol, crude acetophenone, and propylene, plastomers and elastomers, PO compounds, polyethylene, polypropylene, compounds, recyclates, and specialty copolymers, among others. Its products are used in the automotive, energy, textiles, healthcare, packaging, pipe, appliance, and houseware industries, among others.
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R&D Overview
Borealis is actively engaged in research and development initiatives to drive innovation and transformation across its business endeavors. The company focuses on expanding its offerings in advanced specialty polyolefins, targeting niche applications in renewable energy, mobility, healthcare, consumer packaging, and the circular economy. Borealis collaborates with customers and partners to co-develop and test recycled plastics, facilitating their use in high-value applications. The company employs proprietary technologies like Borstar and Borstar Nextension Technology to address societal and environmental issues such as decarbonization and waste reduction. Borealis is also integrating artificial intelligence and digital technologies into its R&D processes to enhance efficiency and product quality. The R&D units of Borealis include innovation centers in Porvoo, Finland and Stenungsund, Sweden, and the main Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. These units are responsible for spearheading breakthroughs in design for recyclability and managing the company's R&D activities. Borealis also operates Borstar pilot plants for PE in Porvoo, and for PP in both Porvoo and Schwechat (Austria), along with catalyst manufacturing plants in Linz and Porvoo. As of December 2025, Borealis has three innovation centers, holds around 7,400 patents, and has approximately 3,200 patent applications within 1,500 patent families and had a professional R&D team of 530 employees. During FY2025, the company has also filed new 115 patent applications at the European Patent Office. In FY2025, the company incurred an expense of EUR24.5 million in its R&D activities, which grew by 67%YoY and stood at 0.3% of the company’s total revenue.
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Overview
Manufactures a wide range of products including ethylene, propylene, C4 hydrocarbons, hydrogen, phenol, and acetone for various industries. The products find applications in aviation, mobility, renewable energy, consumer appliances, advanced packaging, healthcare, and many others. Brands offered under it are Borvida, Borouge, and Baystar, among others.
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Manufactures and markets value-added polyolefins with various plastic applications areas Mobility, Energy, Consumer Products, Infrastructure, Advanced Products and Business Development. Offers its products to various industries such as consumer products, energy, healthcare, infrastructure and mobility. It is also available for virgin and circular economy solutions. Brands offered under it include Ambicat, Borclean, Borcoat, Borcycle, BorECO, Daplen, Fibremode, Quentys, Queo, Borlink, BorPure, BorSafe, Visico, and Stamylex, among others.
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Includes fertilizers, technical nitrogen, and melamine products.
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It combines all other investments in associated companies and joint ventures except Kilpilahden Voimalaitos Oy, Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar), and BlueAlp Holding BV.
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