Borealis Group

The Borealis group net sales in 2005 were 4.814 billion, up from 4.628 billion in 2004, a rise of 4.0% although operating profits fell by 15.1% to 236 million in 2005 from 278 million in 2004. 

GC analyses of the pupal secretion of E. borealis have indicated the presence of vitamin E acetate and other tocopherol derivatives [49,50]. However, in tests with ants, these compounds proved to be essentially inactive, whereas the secretion itself was potently deterrent. To find and identify the active components in the pupal Epilachna borealis secretion, NMR spectroscopic studies on the fresh secretion were carried out. One and two-dimensional NMR experiments revealed that the tocopheryl acetates account for only a relatively small percentage of the beetles5 total secretion (20%), whereas the major components represented a group of previously undetected compounds. By analysis of the COSY, HSQC and HMBC spectra of the mixture, these components were shown to be esters and amides derived from three (co-l)-(2-hydroxyethylamino)alka-noic acids 44-46. HPLC analyses coupled to a mass spectrometric detector revealed that the secretion contain a highly diverse mixture of macrocyclic polyamines, the polyazamacrolides (PAMLs) 47-52 (Fig. 8). 

Kaneka has proposed flame retardants containing both silicon and boron, such as the reaction product of phenyl trichlorosilane and boric acid. Borealis has patented a polyolefin wire and cable composition containing metal hydroxides and a small quantity of an organosiloxane containing methyl, phenyl, vinyl or similar side-groups. 

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