13 December 20246 December 2024 Avantium and SCGC Advance the Development of PLGA Polyester Avantium’s Volta Technology uses electrochemistry to convert CO2 to high-value products and chemical building blocks including glycolic acid. Glycolic acid, combined with lactic acid, can be used to produce PLGA polyester in existing manufacturing assets
22 November 202419 November 2024 Avantium and Kirin collaborate to explore the use of Avantium’s PEF for packaging of the Kirin product portfolio Over the past three years, Avantium and Kirin have engaged in a productive collaboration, working on many PET-applications PEF monolayer evaluation - the results have been promising
15 November 202412 November 2024 Parfums Christian Dior Embraces Avantium’s Releaf for its eco-designed packaging Dior will be the first in the cosmetics industry to use this cutting-edge, 100% plant-based material for its primary packaging
7 November 20242 November 2024 Avantium and SCGC to Accelerate the Market Adoption for FDCA and PEF in Asia Building on their strategic intent letter from January 2024, the companies have decided to take the next step in their collaboration in further developping FDCA and PEF applications
6 November 202431 October 2024 Avantium and Royal Vezet collaborate on PEF-based packaging trays for Albert Heijn’s salad bowls Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is a 100% plant-based, fully recyclable polymer and offers a renewable and circular packaging solution for Royal Vezet’s salad bowls
30 October 202425 October 2024 Avantium Celebrates the Official Opening of its FDCA Flagship Plant Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymers, today celebrated the Official Opening Ceremony of its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant opening was officiated by Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, in the presence of (intern)national and local dignitaries, partners and Avantium employees
29 October 202425 October 2024 Avantium CTO Gert-Jan Gruter Receives Royal Decoration Gert-Jan Gruter received this Royal Decoration from the Minister of Climate and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, during the Official Opening Ceremony of Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant
28 October 202424 October 2024 Avantium Launches Releaf – Transforming Plant-Based Feedstock into Revolutionary Packaging and Textiles Releaf stands for relieving the planet from fossil plastics by plant-based solutions (symbolized with the leaf) and embracing the principles of recycling, renewing, and rethinking
23 October 202418 October 2024 Avantium and Plastipak sign offtake agreement for the use of PEF for beverage and food packaging Plastipak has successfully demonstrated the enhanced performance of PEF in monolayer and multilayer bottle applications as an effective barrier layer to ensure product shelf life when a single PET layer is insufficient
21 October 202415 October 2024 FDA Approves Avantium’s PEF for Food Contact Applications in the United States Underground fungal network restoration, insect protein, fermented marine protein. The biobased portfolio of tech venture studio Deep Science Ventures reads like a roll call of some of the trendiest areas in climate tech
16 October 202410 October 2024 Her Majesty Queen Máxima to open the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant This festive event will take place on 22 October 2024, in the presence of approximately 250 guests including Commissioner of the King René Paas and Eemsdelta’s Mayor Ben Visser
14 October 20248 October 2024 Avantium Receives €3.5 Million EU Grant for CO2 Conversion Project In the ICONIC project, Avantium will further scale up the electrochemical cell to convert CO2 from refinery gases into formic acid
7 October 20244 October 2024 Stakeholder Perspectives Along the Entire Value Chain – Interview with the WaterProof partner IZES gGmbH Alena Jahns and Jan Hildebrand answer four questions on consumer perception of CO₂-derived consumer goods
20 September 202419 September 2024 Interview with the Renewable Carbon Plastics Magazine on PEF, Avantium’s FDCA flagship plant and the PEF World Congress The editors of the Renewable Carbon Plastics Magazine answer questions about Avantium and its FCDA-flagship plant, the PEF World Congress and more
9 August 20247 August 2024 Microbes, Microwaves, and Mixes: Eco-friendly Plastics Solutions Amanda Jasi speaks to innovators striving to improve plastics sustainability and reduce their environmental impact
5 August 20242 August 2024 FEATURE: CO2-derived plastics could trump bio-based plastics on GHG footprint, resource usage CO2-derived plastics could reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of plastics under a clean energy grid scenario and reduce pressure on biomass resources, which will become increasingly in-demand as the world pivots towards a more circular economy, say plastic experts
30 July 202431 July 2024 PEFerence announces the official opening of the world’s first commercial FDCA flagship plant and highlights the PEF World Congress Both the flagship plant and the PEF World Congress are milestones on the road to utilising sustainable renewable feedstocks and to defossilise the chemical and materials industry
26 July 202422 July 2024 Avantium partners with leading textile innovators to create PEF fabrics for Auping mattresses Together with Monosuisse and Antex, this collaboration demonstrates the broad potential of fibers and yarns made from Avantium’s PEF across different application areas
17 July 202416 July 2024 EU and CBE JU funded project HICCUPS: Website relaunched and leaflet with infographic produced HICCUPS - Highly Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2 Capture and Utilization for production of bulk plastics applications
28 May 202428 May 2024 Join the first PEF World Congress in October 2024 The European project PEFerence is proud to support the Renewable Carbon Plastics Magazine in organising the very first PEF World Congress, which will take place in Düsseldorf (Germany) on 30 and 31 October 2024 (with Online Livestream)
27 May 202424 May 2024 Online survey on consumer perception of cleaning products made from CO₂ by the European project WaterProof The WaterProof project partner „Institute for Future Energy and Material Flow Systems (IZES) gGmbH“ developed a concise online survey to analyse the public perception of cleaning products using carbon emissions from waste and wastewater treatment plants
14 May 20247 May 2024 PHAs: why does it take so long? PHAs are attractive biologically downgradable plastics – but why does their development take so long?
26 April 202423 April 2024 Avantium and TNO partner to manufacture electrolyser test stations for green hydrogen production Under the partnership with TNO, Avantium will get access to TNO’s technical knowledge and expertise on single-cell and multi-cell lab-scale electrolysis test stations to sell these to customers worldwide
19 April 202417 April 2024 Next free PEFerence webinar with a market update on bio-based building blocks and polymers Pia Skoczinski from nova-Institute will give a sophisticated insight into the dynamically growing market of bio-based building blocks and polymers on the 6th May (10 to 11 am CET)
8 April 20243 April 2024 Avantium publishes its 2023 Annual Report The report also features sections on Risk Management, Corporate Governance, and the consolidated financial statements and company financial statements
3 April 20243 April 2024 Avantium: Well Capitalised and Continued Good Progress in the Execution of its Strategy Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, today reports its unaudited 2023 full year results
28 March 202422 March 2024 UvA chemists develop new type of bio-based plastic: “Strong, recyclable and biodegradable” UvA chemists have now developed a strong, heat-resistant plastic that breaks down in the nature after six months
21 March 202415 March 2024 Avantium: Finanzierung des neuen FDCA-Werkes gesichert 80 Prozent des Erlöses aus der Kapitalerhöhung werden für die Fertigstellung und Inbetriebnahme der FDCA-Anlage und der dort genutzten YXY-Technologie an Dritte verwendet, verbleibende Mittel fließen u.a. in die Gewinnung von Glycolsäure und anderer Rohstoffe aus CO2
5 March 202429 February 2024 Neue biobasierte Hartschäume aus Ligninsulfonaten für die Automobilindustrie Forschungsverbund mit Beteiligung der Volkswagen AG entwickelt Schäume mit einem Ligninanteil von über 90 Prozent für Kernelemente von Pkw-Stoßfängern
25 January 202425 January 2024 Interview with Samira Choupin about LVHM’s appplication of Avantium’s bio-based Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) The Packaging Materials Innovation Manager at LVMH Beauty answers questions about the company's sustainability goals, the motivation to join the PEFerence project and LVMH’s planned applications of PEF to replace fossil feedstock
12 January 202411 January 2024 Free PEFerence webinars in February: PEF in bottle applications and for textiles PEF is an aspiring new bio-based material aiming at replacing fossil PET in a variety of applications such as PEF bottles and as a new and sustainable material in the textile industry
11 January 202410 January 2024 Renewable formic acid derived from captured CO₂ as a replacement of fossil feedstock in consumer goods The Horizon Europe project WaterProof releases a catchy and informative project video describing its innovative carbon capture and utilisation process aiming at a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular EU economy
Erneuerbare Ameisensäure aus abgeschiedenem CO₂ als Ersatz für fossile Rohstoffe in Konsumgütern Das Horizon Europe Projekt WaterProof präsentiert ein überzeugendes und informatives Projektvideo, in dem das innovative Verfahren zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -nutzung beschrieben wird, mit dem ein klimaneutrales Europa und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU erreicht werden sollen
4 January 202420 December 2023 Avantium focuses on maximising the potential of its FDCA and PEF technology In order to cover its share in the financing package and to remain properly capitalised until the FDCA Flagship Plant is fully operational, the company intends to raise €50 million in equity capital
7 December 20234 December 2023 PANGAIA and Avantium partner to bring sustainable apparel collection based on Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF to the market PEF fits current polyester infrastructure for both production and recycling; presenting a scaleable future for renewable alternatives to fossil-fuel derived PET
4 December 20232 December 2023 Albert Heijn to use Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF for packaging of own-brand products Refresco, the global independent beverage solutions provider, produces Albert Heijn’s new fruit juice bottle made out of PEF from Avantium
Für die Verpackung von Eigenmarkenprodukten: Albert Heijn setzt pflanzenbasiertes PEF ein Avantium N.V., ein Technologieunternehmen für nachhaltige Chemie, arbeitet mit Albert Heijn zusammen, um Verpackungen nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Zu diesem Zweck wird das zu 100% pflanzliche und kreislauffähige Material PEF (Polyethylenfuranoat) von Avantium für verschiedene Verpackungsformen eingesetzt
28 November 202317 December 2024 Renewable Carbon-based Materials Show Significant Lower CO2 Footprint Than Fossil Counterparts The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) published their latest report “Case Studies Based on Peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessments – Carbon Footprints of Different Renewable Carbon-based Chemicals and Materials”. The brochure-style report was put together by sustainability experts from nova-Institute
15 November 20239 November 2023 Avantium awarded Gold Medal in sustainability for the second consecutive year by EcoVadis This award places Avantium in the top 2% of companies globally (cross sector) rated by EcoVadis
9 November 20239 November 2023 HICCUPS: Turning CO2 gained from wastewater sludge into bio-based polymers for packaging materials by using electrochemical conversion Twelve partners of seven countries will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2 gained from wastewater to polymer end-use in the 4-year Horizon Europe project
6 October 20232 October 2023 Turning pulp mill residues and sugars from biorefineries into high-value products By-products from pulp mills contain organic compounds that have so far been largely unprocessed. An EU-funded project is repurposing this leftover material from the manufacturing process into valuable materials and chemicals
Zellstofffabrikrückstände und Zucker aus Bioraffinerien in hochwertige Produkte umwandeln Nebenprodukte aus Zellstofffabriken enthalten organische Verbindungen, die bisher kaum weiterverarbeitet wurden. Im Rahmen eines EU-finanzierten Projekts wird nun dieses Restmaterial aus dem Herstellungsprozess in wertvolle Materialien und Chemikalien umgewandelt
20 September 202316 October 2023 Free PEFerence webinar on 7 November: Furanic Humins – 100% bio-based side stream of PEF production, as basis for thermoset and other binder applications Tom Claessen (Avantium) will show the audience how side stream furanic humins can be used as a basis for thermoset and other binder applications. After his 30-minute presentation, he will answer the audiences questions in a live discussion.
31 August 202328 August 2023 Avantium awarded €0.76 million EU funding for its participation in the Rebiolution project This programme aims to design and synthetize biobased and biodegradable polyester blends based on FDCA to be used as plastic coating for food packaging and for mulch films for agricultural applications
7 July 20234 July 2023 BioBased Circular Proposal with Avantium selected by National Growth Fund for funding to make plant-based materials The Dutch cabinet announced that the National Growth Fund (Nationaal Groeifonds) has selected the BioBased Circular (BBC) proposal[i] for funding
6 July 20234 July 2023 Avantium and SCGC partner to bring CO₂-based polymers to pilot phase Avantium is a frontrunner in developing and commercialising innovative technologies for the production of chemicals and materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon from plants or carbon from the air (CO₂)
3 July 202327 June 2023 Avantium receives Critical Guidance Recognition for its bioplastic PEF from the US-based Association of Plastic Recyclers Avantium earned the recognition for the use of PEF, produced with Avantium’s YXY® Technology, in a multilayer PET bottle
26 June 202319 September 2023 Interview with Dr. Adrian Brandt about Henkel’s use of Avantium’s FDCA, a bio-based aromatic building block The head of the Bio-Renewable Materials Platform at Henkel answers questions about the company's sustainability goals and ambitions to support the PEFerence project
23 June 202320 June 2023 A Carbon Capture Utilisation future Avantium’s Chief Technology Officer Gert-Jan Gruter makes a case for Carbon Capture Utilisation as the “golden ticket” for a net-zero future
13 June 20237 June 2023 IMPRESSive achievements in sustainable manufacturing Innovative biorefinery gets a step closer to commercialization, thanks to Sulzer Chemtech