Production of a new family of lightweight linear polyethylene packaging grade Buruj UAE

Borealis and Borouge have announced the launch of a new family of packaging grade linear lightweight polyethylenes, Anteo. The grade offers the global packaging market with benefits such as lower extrusion pressure processing, better sealing integrity and higher puncture resistance.

The two companies have launched the new family of linear lightweight polyethylenes internationally simultaneously in three different cities: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Shanghai, China; and Linz, Austria. This marks the first time in the history of the Borealis-Borouge partnership that a joint product developed in one single location has been launched internationally.

Anteo is also produced using Borealis’ proprietary technology, BBT (Borstar Bimodal Terpolymer). The technology combines smart catalyst design with a two-reactor system and two comonomers.

“This is not a typical product,” said Maurits van Tal, Borealis’ senior vice president of innovation and technology. “This is a breakthrough in molecular engineering, a technology that is not currently available from any other manufacturer.”