{"id":4662,"date":"2026-02-12T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:20:54","slug":"borealis-invests-eur-49-million-in-burghausen-germany-to-accelerate-design-for-circularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/?p=4662","title":{"rendered":"BOREALIS INVESTS EUR 49 MILLION IN BURGHAUSEN, GERMANY TO ACCELERATE DESIGN FOR CIRCULARITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vienna, Austria; January 20th, 2026 – Press Release by Borealis, Re-published by ABC Plastics News, February 17th, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borealis announces a EUR 49 million strategic investment to scale up production of Borstar\u00ae Nextension<\/a> polypropylene (PP) at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany. This will expand commercial production of next-generation single-site polypropylene (ssPP) grades that deliver enhanced purity, processability, and performance – supporting customers in key sectors including packaging, healthcare, mobility, and fibers, to meet evolving market and regulatory demands.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Borealis invests EUR 49 million in its production location Burghausen, to accelerate commercial scale-up of Borstar\u00ae Nextension polypropylene technology. \u00a9 Borealis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Enabling The Shift To Circular Design With\u00a0Monomaterials\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The investment will support the transition to high-performance monomaterial PP solutions. By integrating a tailored combination of performance properties into a single PP material, Borstar Nextension technology facilitates material substitution in complex multilayer structures \u2013 supporting design for circularity, reducing weight, and improving overall performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Recyclability Requirements\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In packaging, this innovation enables brand owners and converters to comply with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including the target of achieving 100% recyclable packaging by 2030. A growing portfolio of Borstar Nextension PP grades is already demonstrating these benefits in flexible packaging applications<\/a>, combining improved processability with superior sustainability and a step change in purity, clarity and sealing performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving Customer Growth And Sustainability\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy scaling up\u00a0Borstar\u00a0Nextension\u00a0PP production, we empower our customers to stay ahead in a rapidly changing regulatory and market landscape.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0another example of our commitment to increase the availability of innovative, recyclable polymer materials suitable for a wide range of applications across multiple industries,\u201d<\/em> says Craig Arnold,<\/strong>\u00a0Borealis EVP Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Base Chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Borstar Nextension PP technology enables the transition to high-performance and recyclable monomaterials supporting design for circularity. \u00a9 Borealis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Borealis Group Media Desk
<\/a>Virginia Wieser, Lena Lehner, Karin Schober
Tel: +43 1 22 400 899 (Vienna, Austria)
E-mail: media@borealisgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vienna, Austria; January 20th, 2026 – Press Release by Borealis, Re-published by ABC Plastics News, February 17th, 2026. Borealis announces a EUR 49 million strategic investment to scale up production of Borstar\u00ae Nextension polypropylene (PP) at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany. This will expand commercial production of next-generation single-site polypropylene (ssPP) grades that deliver enhanced purity, processability, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477],"tags":[219,338,475,474,124,84],"class_list":["post-4662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lehti-2-2026","tag-abc-plastics-news","tag-borealis","tag-borstar","tag-circularity","tag-in-plastics-we-trust","tag-polypropylene"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4662"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4883,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions\/4883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abc-plasticsnews.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}