Borealis CEO Mark Garrett has decided to leave the company “to pursue a new career path,” the company says. The Borealis supervisory board says it “regrets but accepts this decision” and has appointed Alfred Stern to succeed Garrett as CEO, effective 2 July.
Stern is currently executive vice president/polyolefin business and innovation at Borealis. He joined the company in 2008 and earlier worked at the former DuPont. Stern jointed the Borealis board in 2012.
By Ian Young
Source: Chemweek
Neste is announcing the conclusion of its first series of trials into processing liquefied waste plastic with chemical recycling technology at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The oil refining company says it has processed about 800 tons of liquefied waste plastic over the last two years – roughly the same amount generated annually by a European city with 500,000 people.
Sika performed well in a challenging environment in 2021. Despite the persistent COVID-19 pandemic and bottlenecks in the procurement of raw materials, sales rose significantly to a record CHF 9.24 billion, corresponding to growth of 17.1% in local currencies.
Ineos Olefins and Polymers Europe is joining the pioneering polypropylene (PP) recycling project Nextloopp, supporting its delivery of food-grade recycled content. The chemicals company will orchestrate a pivotal two-year project that will inform the building of a demonstration plant in the UK to produce 10,000 metric tons of recycled polypropylene (rPP) annually.
