Visitors to Wire China 2010 can experience first-hand why wire and cable manufacturers
across the globe are choosing advanced insulation, semi-conductive and jacketing
materials from Borouge and
Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions
for the wire and cable industry.
In addition to their stand at the exhibition, Borouge and Borealis will be
presenting at the adjacent SECRI conference in Shanghai on September 22 and
promoting their complete solution for enhanced performance medium voltage cable
systems. In addition, they will be proving their superior track record for cross-linkable
polyethylene (XLPE) solutions in the power cables segment, particularly in the
high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable market.
Borouge and Borealis commit to the increasing global demand for XLPE through
their current and future investments. Borealis’ high pressure LDPE (low
density polyethylene) plant in Sweden was officially inaugurated in June 2010
and a similar plant producing 350,000 tonnes of LDPE per year will be built
in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, as part of the Borouge 3 expansion project. This investment
in LDPE production planned for the end of 2013 spearheads Borouge’s ability
to also manufacture innovative XLPE solutions for the global wire and cable
market.
At Wire China 2010, both companies will present a number of customer projects
that demonstrate the benefits of their Supercure™ and Superclean™
insulation and Supersmooth™ semiconductor XLPE compounds, and Borstar®
high density PE (HDPE) for jacketing. In combination, the materials offer superior
cleanliness, consistent electrical performance and protection from environmental
factors to assure continuous and high level cable performance of the power supply
network.
“Cable durability is especially important for those customers serving
the high voltage cable market where the need for cables that deliver consistent,
high performance under extreme electrical stresses is crucial,” comments
Michael Bjorn, Borouge’s Vice President for Wire and Cable. “Also,
we are excited about the addition of XLPE production capacity at our polyolefins
plant in the Middle East which will allow us to satisfy even more the growing
global customer demand for wire and cable products.”