Borouge to enhance supply of advanced PP in the Indian automotive industry with Machino Polymers

Source: Adsale Industry Portal 2456.com

Borouge, a provider of innovative plastics solutions, is exploring new opportunities to enhance the supply of advanced polypropylene (PP) materials to the Indian automotive industry by cooperating with Machino Polymers Limited, a leading supplier of PP compounds to the automotive industry in India.

Borouge is a joint venture between Borealis and ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company), one of the world's largest oil and gas companies.

The cooperation encompasses the use Borealis' proprietary Borstar technology resins to manufacture high performance, specialty polypropylene compounds in accordance with Machino Polymers' compounding technology. High performance polypropylene compounds are used in the production of exterior and interior automotive components, including bumpers, instrument panels, door trim panels and other interior applications. The cooperation will facilitate the introduction of innovative automotive applications into the Indian market as well as new technology and cost-saving solutions originally developed by Borealis for the European market to support India's increasing demand for automobiles.

Established in the year 1994, Machino Polymers is a supplier of polypropylene compounds for the automotive industry in India. The company has an installed capacity of 40,000 tons per year at its 5 acre plant in Gurgaon, Haryana, in North India. The company plans to be multi-location with facilities coming on line in Pune and Chennai within the next financial year.