Borealis creates new science and technology board

25 February 2008 09:57  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Borealis has set up a science and technology advisory board to help bring plastics innovations to market, the polyolefins producer said on Monday.

The new board’s activities will be co-ordinated by former Borealis board memberWalter Kadl. Its members include plastics experts Professor Paolo Galli, Professor Manfred Raetzsch and Professor Hans-Gerhard Fritz.

The board will focus on catalyst, process and application-driven research and development.

“We are investing substantially in our innovation centres and technical know-how and the creation of a science and technology advisory board will stimulate and challenge our own thinking so that we go beyond the level of innovation we have today,” Borealis CEO Mark Garrett said in a statement.

“The competencies of the members of this board are also invaluable in ensuring that we bring value-added solutions onto the market as quickly as possible,” he added.

By: Staff Reporter
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