Borealis Fast-Tracks Innovation with University of Leoben

25-Sep-2006

Borealis is strengthening its commitment to innovation with the development of new material testing methods and software systems in co-operation with the University of Leoben and the Polymer Competence Centre Leoben (PCCL) in Austria. As a result of the company's enhanced responsiveness towards customer's needs, the automotive, infrastructure and advanced packaging sectors shall be benefiting from the accelerated time it takes to bring products onto the market.

As part of the ongoing partnership, a four-year material characterisation and software development programme to characterise the mechanical behaviour of heterogeneous polypropylene (PP) compounds used in automotive applications, was introduced in June 2006. The software tool was based on extensive mechanical testing performed by the team at the University of Leoben and the PCCL to characterise constituents. The tool allows for the simulation of thermal expansion and mechanical material response when certain components or characteristics of a PP compound are changed. By generating more precise material data, Borealis plans to be able to achieve a faster and more competitive approach to material development.

Professor Reinhold Lang comments on the University of Leoben's and the PCCL's involvement in the partnership: "Our partnership with Borealis provides us with an important link to the commercial world which many of our students will be supporting in the future. We are delighted to be able to combine our expertise in polymer engineering and science with the know-how at Borealis to develop innovative concepts that increase the company's ability to support its customers in improving their efficiency and the final products they deliver. We believe that ultimately this research will contribute to the overall competitiveness of the plastics industry."

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