Borealis announces the appointment of His Excellency Suhail Al Mazrouei, Managing Director of International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), to its Supervisory Board and the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Together, Borealis and Borouge now have an annual polyolefin production capacity of 8 million tonnes. 89, Six Yale Societies Elect 90 Members, New York Times, May 8, 1936, Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1937, pg. At the hospital, she worked in a unit for older patients and, to her surprise, enjoyed it. Peter Denifl has distinguished himself throughout his professional life by his high scientific capabilities.Alfred Stern, Borealis Senior Vice President for Innovation and Technology. [7][12][13], Before the founding in 1780 at Yale of the Connecticut Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the second chapter established after that society's founding in 1776 (which still practices a secret handshake among members),[14] Yale College students established and joined literary societies. The new Borealis ownership becomes 64% IPIC and 36% OMV. Two new members join the Board: Martin Kuzaj, EVP of the newly-formed Base Chemicals business group, and Daniel J. [1] The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale, along with Skull and Bones and Wolf's Head. Next milestone in the strategic cooperation of Borealis, Covestro and Neste for the use of alternative raw materials. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis have signed a framework agreement, under which the companies will advance two key projects that will expand both ADNOC and Borealis downstream petrochemicals business and support the delivery of ADNOCs integrated smart growth and partnership strategy. Theyre malleable. [7] The surviving ca. [33] The New Haven Register reported in 1886: "Wolf's Head is not as far out of the world, in respect to its public doings, as are [Bones and Keys]. Borealis supplies services and products around the globe through Borealis and two important joint ventures: Borouge Rainer Seele, CEO of OMV, is appointed as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Borealis is one of 29 major businesses who issued a call for a UN treaty on plastic pollution supporting the existing call from leading NGOs including WWF & the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for this important international agreement. Perhaps women are less easily impressed by silly costumes and creepy chanting. Borealis introduces the Borealis Ethics Policy, providing guidance on how to do business according to high ethical standards and in alignment with company values. Within two turnarounds, Borealis temporarily takes its plants in Porvoo, Finland, and Stenungsund, Sweden, off stream to carry out maintenance. Could a society undertake such a mission? The new plant would be one of the largest and most efficient facilities of its kind in the world. The society has been reputed to tap the gregarious "prep school type". The older Academical Department societies met originally for decades in rented quarters near campus. Our international Innovation Headquarters in Linz strengthens our leadership position as a strong partner in innovation, with comprehensive know-how in the development of value creating solutions. Among other leadership roles, Suhail Al Mazrouei is also Energy Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Chairman of several other UAE and international companies. The company already has a long-term collaboration with Ecoplast and this acquisition is the next logical step in building our mechanical recycling capabilities. Borceed technology enables flexible materials exhibiting both plastic and elastomeric properties and is the platform supporting Borealis' Queo products. (with ADNOC, headquartered in the UAE); and Baystar (with TotalEnergies, based in the United States). A look inside Yale's secret societies and why they may no longer matter. But the sad truth may be that, after a long slide into irrelevance, Yale secret societies are not important enough to be worth banning. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skull-and-Bones-Yale, National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Yale, Skull and Bones, and the beginnings of Johns Hopkins. High voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission supports long-distance electricity transport without significant losses, providing higher efficiency and increased sustainability. Those selected become Bonesmen and Boneswomen. Borealis is a global leader in providing ground-breaking chemical and polyolefin solutions. All rights reserved, Pharmaceutical Packaging, Medical and Diagnostics Devices, Polymer Solutions for Masterbatches & Compounds. This important investment in our European assets fully supports our strategy to be a leading supplier of innovative polypropylene solutions and propylene to our customers in Europe. The college was becoming an institution of national rather than regional importance. The incident prompted Dr. Levy to contemplate how cultural values and peoples own ideas about age might affect them. It also announces the rebranding of the Compact technology, which will now be known as Borceed. [16] Calliopean, Linonia, and Brothers in Unity existed respectively: 18191853, 17681878, and 17351868. It recognises that Borealis has successfully managed to transfer the principle 'safety is our first priority' to our new family member. Male society members are called Bonesmen, and many have ascended after graduation to positions of prominence in business or government. European roll-out of the N-Pilot, an innovative new diagnostic tool to help optimise nitrogen fertilizer application, begins. They also boost Stenungsund as a hub for wire and cable expertise and production. The dedicated automotive polypropylene (PP) compounding plant will help Borealis secure its position as a local supplier to automotive OEMs and their Tier partners in North America. These local facilities will allow us to step up collaboration with our global customers and value chain partners to become even more innovative. Skull and Bones was formed in 1832 by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft. 35. OMV, the Austria-based international oil and gas company, owns 75% of Borealis, while the remaining 25% is owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC, based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Wolf's Head Society is a senior society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Even though Yale University has admitted women since 1969, females were not granted membership into Skull and Bones until 1992. Juniors are notified of their selection by a society member who ritually claps them on the shoulder. We are happy to welcome our new colleagues in Geleen to the Borealis Group and look forward to a successful integration. New Borstar technology takes Borealis polypropylene (PP) to next level in terms of purity, processability and performance. 47, Yale University Banner and Pot The business model is also changed, with diversification of customers along the value chain. Its not good enough to just think about new solutions in the circular economy. [The graduating and rising seniors] were unanimous on this point." With its head office in Vienna, Austria, the company currently has around 6,800 employees and operates in over 120 countries. Berzelius is a secret society at Yale University named for the Swedish scientist Jns Jakob Berzelius, considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. The award recognises Borealis successful business transformation since 2001, including a step change in safety across the Group (including contractors) which has contributed to overall operational excellence. You cant create beliefs, but you can activate them, Dr. Levy said, by exposing people to words like active and full of life, instead of grumpy or helpless, to describe older adults. Borealis announces EUR 55 million investment in the turnaround of the Ottmarsheim, France, production location. The name "Borealis" reflects the company's early Nordic roots, and is taken from the Latin word for "from the north.". Kenneth MacLeish left school to join the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, deployed to France as a pilot and was shot down over Belgium on Oct. 14, 1918, less than a month before World War I ended. Borealis new Borstar-based Full PE Laminate solution gives polyethylene-based packaging materials a second life as valuable end products, without compromising on product efficiency or integrity. She writes their responses on the board. 1319. Yale's secret societies often seem shrouded in mystery. Borouge launches the Gulf Plastics Pipe Academy (GPPA) to promote the use of high-quality plastics pipe systems in the Middle East. In 2020, Borealis refreshed its Sustainability Strategy to support Borealis' new Group Strategy and Purpose, and to address the assessed concerns and expectations of its stakeholders. [40] In another example, Yale President A. Whitney Griswold's deprecated the rituals as "bonesy bullshit" and "Dink Stover crap" coloring undergraduate life. With an investment of EUR 140 million, the project is finished under budget and with a good safety record. Mere egalitarianism was never the problem, since left-wing political commitments rarely stopped anyone from accepting admission to a society, even when outsiders accused them of hypocrisy. I am sure that many people who started the journey with Borealis in 1994 would never have dreamt that one day, we would have a net profit in the 10-figure range. According to some accounts, the society was formed after a dispute over elections to Phi Beta Kappa. With its head office in Vienna, Austria, the company currently has around 6,800 employees and operates in over 120 countries. Centenarians were rock stars!. View [index.HTML] for frames version", "Tomb raiders: The clubhouses of Yale's secret societies", Yale's Fraternities, Sororities and Societies, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berzelius_(secret_society)&oldid=1114928253, Student organizations established in 1848, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking in-text citations from May 2017, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Vague or ambiguous time from January 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 00:35. Borealis has now passed another milestone on the way to continued expansion of global supply capabilities. The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. In 2014, the Borouge 3 mega-project saw the start-up of the worlds largest ethane cracker, one polypropylene (PP), and two polyethylene (PE) plants. Calliopean folded in 1853, and the others shut down after the American Civil War. 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Like most of the others, it chooses 15 new members every spring at a ceremony called tap day (or tap night). Borealis-OPP is owned 80% by Borealis and is operational in December. Borealis announces it will cease production at its outdated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Burghausen, Germany, at the end of 2014, thus optimising and safeguarding the location as a polypropylene (PP) production site for the long run. The International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi and OMV Aktiengesellschaft of Austria agree to purchase Statoils 50% shareholding in Borealis A/S. Indeed, many underclassmen have no contact with the societies until tap night. OMV now holds a 75% interest and Mubadala retains a 25% interest in Borealis. Borouge, a joint venture between Borealis and ADNOC, starts up a new, EUR 1.4 billion petrochemical complex in Ruwais, UAE. With the start-up of the new cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) plant, the Borouge 3 plant expansion project has now been brought to a successful close. David Alan Richards admits at the beginning that there will be no secrets here that have not already, somehow and somewhere, been revealed at least once in print. Richards is a Bonesman himself, so he could divulge hidden secrets if he wanted to, but apparently he decided that his book didnt need to be spiced up with juicy insider details. Padlocks secure the front doors of the Skull and Bones societys meeting hall, known as the Tomb, on Yales campus in New Haven, Conn. (DAVID ROBERTS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST), Skull and Keys, by David Alan Richards (Pegasus Books). Contributions to undergraduate life has been historically among the criteria for membership in Yale societies. Yale officers: Founding Trustees and their successors,[www.guides.library.yale.edu], Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1957, pg. The acquisition of NOVA Chemicals share in Novealis supports Borealis global growth ambitions. This investment in our mechanical recycling capabilities at mtm is key in realising our growth ambitions in the circular economy and it underlines our continuing commitment to mtm. One could argue that she is his heir. "'Keep Discovering' encapsulates perfectly what we as a company already do well: pushing ourselves to new boundaries in order to create more value for Borealis partners and customers.". In Europe, Borealis is a market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers. developing new approaches, technologies and products for key industries. Borealis also announces it will donate water pipes urgently needed for the construction of such facilities. Borealis, Borouge and Henkel announce the development of two new flexible packaging solutions containing both virgin polyethylene (PE) and high amounts of post-consumer recyclate (PCR). This upgrade will improve the performance and energy efficiency of the cracker. Included among the supporters from the Class of 1883 were members touted as sure selections to Bones or Keys by the publishers of the Horoscope, an undergraduate publication that provided feature material on the most likely taps. Borealis and Borouge announce the launch of Quentys, the new umbrella brand created to empower and potentially revolutionise the solar energy industry by making applications more affordable, reliable, and durable. . Over the years, Borealis has developed from its early Nordic roots to an international company with a strong presence primarily in Central Europe and the Middle East. Both companies develop innovative solutions with added value for our customers; our products are complementary and will broaden our current product portfolio. [18] Star and Dart, Sword and Crown, Tea-Kettle, Spade and Grave, and E.T.L. That much is clear. Updates? Bush, and George W. Bushbecame U.S. presidents. Borouge was listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on 3 June 2022, following the completion of Abu Dhabis largest-ever Initial Public Offering and the Middle Easts largest-ever petrochemicals listing. The inauguration of the new Borouge Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi is one clear sign that Borealis and Borouge pursue Value Creation through innovation with the same dedication. 183, Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1952, pg. Strictly speaking, the Yale senior societies are not fundamentally different from the exclusive social clubs found at every other Ivy League school. Three of themWilliam Howard Taft, George H.W. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Borealis launches its official homepage, www.borealisgroup.com. [15] By the 1830s, the campus literary societies Linonia, Brothers in Unity, and Calliopean had lost stature. Neste, Veolia and Borealis have agreed to create a joint venture company to build a new combined heat and power plant and produce and supply steam and other utilities to Neste's refinery and Borealis' petrochemical plant in Porvoo, Finland. A persistent rumour has it that the stolen skull of the Apache leader Geronimo is among the relics that Skull and Bones keeps in its Tomb. At the Wire Dusseldorf trade fair, Borealis and Borouge launch Borlink, a step change innovation in the power and cable industry. 1873, pg. Borealis is one of the worlds leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European front-runner in polyolefin recycling. Water & Energy. Among the mementos in Dr. Levys small office at Yale is a treasured photo of her and Dr. Butler, who died in 2010. Padlocks secure the front doors of the Skull and Bones society's meeting hall, known as the "Tomb," on Yale's . As a founding partner of Project STOP we are happy to be able to continue our leading role. Borealis moves its head office from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Vienna, Austria, reinforcing its European footprint and positioning it strategically at the centre of Europe, and closer to its owners. [32], The two older societies suffered by comparison with Wolf's Head. Borealis and Borouge have developed a series of new, monomaterial pouch solutions based on polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). Skull and Bones, secret society of senior (fourth-year undergraduate) students at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, that was founded in 1832. A psychologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Levy has demonstrated in more than 140 published articles over 30 years and in a new book, Breaking the Age Code that ageism results in more than hurt feelings or even discriminatory behavior. Borealis announces the start-up of commercial operations of a new ethane cracker at its 50/50 joint venture with TotalEnergies, Baystar in Port Arthur, Texas, with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The bagginess of this 800-plus-page tome is made worse by the fact that Richards is not a natural storyteller. The message stayed with her, and it seemed to impact her behavior, Dr. Levy noticed. We are proud to offer truly cutting-edge testing equipment. The programme was launched as an umbrella programme supporting Borealis' improvement initiatives in its core innovation, operations and commercial areas. Borealis and Borouge announce the launch of Anteo, a new family of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) packaging grades for the global packaging market. The "Old Hall" was erected within months of the founding. 284 - 327. Dr. Levy and her team measure attitudes about aging in a variety of ways. Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. ADNOC selects Borealis as joint venture partner to build and operate a world-class petrochemical complex in the UAE. [17], From the mid-1840s until 1883, several societies were started, but each failed to sustain the interest of liberal arts students at Yale College, broadly known as the Academical Department. Skull and Bones, founded in 1832, Scroll and Key, founded in 1841, and Wolf's Head, founded in 1883, catered to students in the Academic Department, or liberal arts college. Undergraduates walk past the brownstone tomb on High Street with no more interest than they walk past Yorkside Pizza. He waits until nearly the end of the book to mention that one of the undergraduate ringleaders in favor of admitting women was future Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. I use that in practically every talk I give because its shocking, said Tracey Gendron, who chairs the gerontology department at Virginia Commonwealth University and credits Dr. Levys work in Ageism Unmasked, her own recent book. Launched in 2017 by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ, Project STOP (Stop Ocean Plastics) works with cities to create effective waste management systems that eliminate plastics leakage into the ocean and creates circular systems in Southeast Asia. : The Continuing Story of Buffalo Dick", "Funeral of E.J. Great opportunity to lead a strong team under a talented, high performing leader. Honorary members are elected. The company has established itself as a reliable partner and a global brand that creates ever more value for its customers and partners by Only one unit has yet to be started up in 2016. borealisgroup.com. Costumed bands of students hurtled across campus, going through the motions to gain acceptance into one of Yale's senior societies, the groups of roughly 15 students who meet every Thursday and Sunday evening in their last year of college. Each spring, the society admits fifteen rising seniors to . This process prepares its members whose diversity is highly valued for an active, intellectually vigorous, and moral life, giving them a place and time for contemplation and reflection so that they might rise boldly to the challenges of their lives, devoted to good character, tolerant of others, and willing to serve their communities, while forging links of mind to mind in a chain unbroken. It echoes sexism and racism, describing the stereotyping of and discrimination against older adults. The new sales office is part of the company's expansion programme into Southeast Europe. All rights reserved, Pharmaceutical Packaging, Medical and Diagnostics Devices, Polymer Solutions for Masterbatches & Compounds. Honorary members are elected. Insiders and Outsiders in American Historical Narrative and American History, R. Laurence Moore, Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the. As one of the leading fertilizer producers in Europe, Borealis continues to find innovative solutions to make agriculture more efficient and sustainable. Becca Levy, a psychologist, epidemiologist and professor at the Yale School of Public Health, argues that ageism can deleteriously affect ones mental and physical health. In 2009 Geronimos descendants sued unsuccessfully to get the skull in question turned over to them. Among 100 older people (whose average age was 81), those exposed to implicit positive age stereotypes weekly for a month scored better on tests of gait, strength and balance than control groups did. We absorb these stereotypes from an early age, through disparaging media portrayals and fairy tales about wicked old witches. In re-inventing essentials for sustainable living, Borealis builds on its commitment to safety, people, innovation and technology, and performance excellence. Skull and Bones opened its tomb in 1856, more than two decades after its founding. Scroll and Key, founded in 1842, hired Gilded Age favorite Richard Morris Hunt who had. Richardss microscopic view of his subject obscures the larger fact that Yales secret societies have long been in decline. He had not even been tapped by Skull and Bones, where, through Archie, he was a legacy. He describes collegiate secret societies as helpful, interesting and ultimately benign organizations. ", Architectural historian Patrick L. Pinnell notes in Yale University that Berzelius sold to the Scroll and Key Society the site on which the latter erected its own tomb. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Mark Garrett officially succeeds John Taylor as Chief Executive and Chairman of the Executive Board. Alas, without the juicy details, Skulls and Keys amounts to little more than a succession of anecdotes, some more interesting than others. 2023 - Borealis AG. Yale Library cannot provide high-resolution files, nor grant permission for use of copyrighted images. Resistance to going coed persisted surprisingly late. Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation ("NOVA Chemicals") signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture (JV) with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. ("Total") that will develop and own a new light feed cracker and a new Borstar polyethylene (PE) facility in Bayport, Texas. Aurora Borealis Creator: Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900 Published/Created: 1865 .
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