Extrusion International USA 5-2022

10 Extrusion International 5/2022 INDUSTRY NEWS  Borealis is strengthening its EverMinds™ circular product offering with Borvida™, a range of sustainable base chemicals. The Borvida portfolio will offer base chemicals or crack- er products (such as ethylene, propylene, butene and phenol) with ISCC Plus-certified sustainable content from Borealis sites in Finland, Sweden and Belgium. The move is part of Borealis’ broader commitment to a Future-Pos- itive Revolution, in which the unrivalled benefits of base chemicals and polymers can be enjoyed at minimal impact to the planet. “We are committed to helping to solve the climate cri- sis through offering credible and sustainable solutions,” explains Thomas Van De Velde, Borealis Senior Vice Presi - dent Hydrocarbons & Energy. “With the Borvida portfolio, we’re enabling our cus- tomers to respond to the growing market demand for sustainably-produced base chemicals without compromis- ing on quality or efficiency. With launching our Borvida portfolio, we are continuously striving towards reinvent- ing essentials for sustainable living.” The portfolio will initially comprise Borvida B, from non-food waste biomass, and Borvida C, from chemical- ly-recycled waste. In the future, the range will evolve to include Borvida A, sourced from atmospheric carbon cap- ture. Borvida is complementary and is the building block to Bornewables™, a portfolio of polyolefins based on re - newably-sourced second generation feedstocks, and Bor- cycle™, which offers circular polyolefins produced from mechanically- and chemically-recycled plastic waste. Borealis produces a wide range of base chemicals for use in numerous industries based on various feedstock, such as naphtha, butane, propane and ethane. Through its olefin units (steam cracker and propane dehydrogenation), it converts these into the building blocks of the chemical industry: ethylene, propylene and C4 hydrocarbons (bu- tylenes, ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) and butadiene), and C5-6 hydrocarbons (pygas, phenol) among others. The basis of the Borvida portfolio is Mass Balance, a Chain of Custody model that enables sustainable content to be tracked, traced, and verified through the entire value chain, offering sustainability-assured products from feed- stock to end product. Using this model, circular alternatives can be offered in a cost-effective and environmentally-con- scious way, which can be scaled up quickly without com- promising on quality or efficiency. Borvida can be used for a wide range of different poly- mer and chemical applications, also beyond polyolefins (PO). Non-PO polymers, such as polycarbonates, acrylo- nitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), super absorbant polymer (SAP) and other chemicals, are utilised for various end applications. Borealis AG www.borealisgroup.com Borvida™will beproduced invarious Borealis ISCCPlus certified production locations, includingPorvoo, Finland (Photo:©Borealis) Portfolio of Circular Base Chemicals Introduced Two New License and Engineering Agreements for Confidential Client Signed  ECI Group has signed two li- cense agreements for Process Tech- nology and Engineering Design with a confidential client in China. The two lines will be capable of pro- ducing 50,000 tonnes per year of Ethylene Butyl Acrylate (EBA) and 100,000 tonnes per year of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) respectively, with the ability to produce other as- sociated high-pressure copolymers in the future. The plants will be part of the cli- ent’s refining and petrochemical in - tegrated project, a mega complex to be located in the Province of Jiangsu. ECI Group will provide the technol- ogy, design, and training for the two lines, as well as support through com- missioning, start-up, and production. Repsol, the multi-energy compa- ny, is the technology partner of ECI Group and will provide its extensive technical expertise on these kinds of plants and products. Repsol has sev- eral LDPE, EVA, and EBA plants in its industrial complexes in Spain and Portugal and has over 40 years of ex - perience producing polymers in high- pressure facilities.