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20 November 202514 November 2025

Avantium and Logoplaste Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Accelerate High-Performance Packaging Innovation

Collaboration beyond the paper bottle and into Logoplaste’s core business of high-performance bottles for beverages, food, pharma, home care, and personal care

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14 November 202510 November 2025

Avantium’s Releaf® Receives CPBR Approval for Recycling in Japan

This approval represents an important condition for the adoption of PEF in Japan’s beverage packaging industry

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6 October 202530 September 2025

Avantium, LVMH and Tereos form strategic alliance to scale releaf® production across Europe

This alliance unites Avantium as the inventor of releaf® with trailblazers Tereos and LVMH to scale bio-based plastics from plant-based resources

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Turning CO₂ Waste into a Resource: The ICO2NIC Project

The European Union (EU) awarded €14 million to a new EU-funded project, ICO2NIC (Innovative electrochemical CO2 Conversion to Versatile Feedstock), which aims to transform industrial CO2 waste into valuable materials through innovative climate technologies. Launched in January 2025, the project represents a key step in the EU’s goals for a more sustainable industrial future

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15 September 202515 September 2025

The Future of Chemical Industry in Europe: Defossilised and Competitive, how this can work?

This is the key question that will be addressed at the Renewable Materials Conference, 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), and online

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Avantium Announces the Launch of a fully Committed and Underwritten Rights Offering of €65 million

This equity raise is expected to cover Avantium’s financial needs and help keep the Company well-funded until it reaches group-level EBITDA break-even, which is expected in 2027

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9 September 20253 September 2025

Avantium Successfully Starts Up First Part of its FDCA Flagship Plant

This marks a key technical achievement in the phased commissioning and start-up of the world’s first commercial facility dedicated to the production of FDCA

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8 September 20259 September 2025

LCA and sLCA in support of sustainability goals of the EU-funded project WaterProof

In a recent interview, Dr. Nadja Wulff, sustainability expert at nova-Institut, shared her role in assessing the environmental and social impacts of the WaterProof process through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)

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3 September 20252 September 2025

Avantium Secures €10 Million Financing from Invest-NL

This short-term debt is expected to be repaid through the proceeds from a future planned equity raise

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27 August 202521 August 2025

Avantium Provides Update on a Proposed Comprehensive Funding Package

Company secures investments and outlines further funding

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29 July 202528 July 2025

Scaling CO₂ Conversion: Advancing the HICCUPS-Process from Lab to Industry

Interview with Mariana Araújo from the EU and CBE JU funded HICCUPS project

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22 July 202516 July 2025

Avantium Announces Offtake Agreement with PLIXXENT for FDCA in Insulation Foams

As a 100% plant-based and high-performance monomer, FDCA is emerging as a promising building block for sustainable materials

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21 July 202516 July 2025

Implementation of Japan’s “Positive List” Confirms FDCA Approval for Food-Contact Use

Japan introduced its Positive List (PL) system for synthetic resins in 2020 to ensure that only safe, approved substances are used in food-contact materials

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10 July 20254 July 2025

RecyClass Validates Avantium’s PET/PEF Bottle as Fully Recyclable in PET Stream

Due to its excellent barrier properties and its close resemblance to PET, a PEF layer is an excellent alternative to nylon

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7 July 20251 July 2025

Avantium and Hordijk Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for PEF in Packaging Applications

Hordijk has secured volumes of Avantium’s 100% plant-based and recyclable polymer PEF for use in trays and injection-molded packaging

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3 July 202527 June 2025

Avantium announces €10 million financing to secure its short-term financial position

Aligned with the strategic prioritization of its FDCA and PEF technology, the Company has initiated a comprehensive review of all other business units

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17 June 202511 June 2025

Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

Hoogesteger will purchase the 100% plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyetehylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant for the use in bottles for its fresh juices

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4 June 202528 May 2025

Avantium Awarded Grant to Participate in Michelin-Led Consortium for Biobased Chemical HMF Production

The consortium, led by Michelin Engineered Polymers, aims to construct and operate an HMF Flagship Plant to demonstrate the wide range of applications for HMF

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30 May 202526 May 2025

Avantium Signs Capacity Reservation Agreement with BIOVOX for PEF in Pharmaceutical Applications

The multi-year capacity reservation ensures BIOVOX preferred access to PEF volumes produced by Avantium's future licensee network

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27 May 202521 May 2025

Avantium Partners with the Bottle Collective to Launch Innovative Fiber Bottles

The Bottle Collective was launched in 2023 by PA Consulting and PulPac, which propriate technology uses renewable pulp and cellulose resources to produce low-cost, high-performance fiber-based packaging

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19 May 202519 May 2025

From Emissions to Innovation: Webinar on CO₂-Derived Chemicals

Recent advances and innovations in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies are making it feasible to transform CO₂ into a wide range of products, ranging from base chemicals to advanced fuels

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14 May 20259 May 2025

New methodology to transform CO2 emissions into feedstock for chemical industry

EU-project VIVALDI's proposal consists of capturing, purifying and transforming CO₂ emissions of key bioindustry sectors (food, paper, bioethanol and biochemical products)

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5 May 202528 April 2025

Avantium Advances PEF-Based Spacer Fabric For Auping Mattresses With Consortium Of Textile Innovators

The consortium has completed the initial proof of concept study and is now progressing towards prototype development

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24 April 202516 April 2025

From CO₂ to Sustainable Materials: CO₂SMOS Delivers Key Results for Circular Bio-Based Industries

The CO₂SMOS project concludes its EU-funded research, marking a significant step forward in the development of CO₂-based bioproducts and sustainable materials

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28 March 202521 March 2025

Avantium’s 2024 Full Year Results: Avantium Advances Towards Commercial Production and Sale of PEF

"Our top priority for 2025 is the safe and successful start-up of the FDCA Flagship Plant", Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer of Avantium, said

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7 March 20254 March 2025

ICO₂NIC Project Kicks Off in Brussels: Transforming CO₂ Waste into Value

The project’s ultimate goal is to make Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) more economically viable, reducing energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, and supporting industrial sustainability

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4 March 20254 March 2025

Unlocking CCU Potential Through Electrochemistry 

Free Webinar on 25 March 2025, 13:00-14:30 CET

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Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), February 2025

Let's take a look at what happened in February 2025 at RCI

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26 February 202520 February 2025

Avantium: Kooperation mit Amcor bei PEF-Anwendungen

Gemeinsam mit der Konzerntochter Amcor Rigid Packaging USA sollen die Möglichkeiten für die Verwendung von "Releaf" PEF zur Produktion von festen Verpackungsmitteln getestet werden

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21 February 202517 February 2025

Avantium and Amcor Rigid Packaging Partner to Advance More Sustainable Packaging with Plant-Based Polymer Releaf®

Releaf® is a 100% plant-based, high-performance polymer that can be recycled in existing PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycling streams

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18 February 202513 February 2025

Avantium R&D Solutions to provide adsorption testing units to Climeworks for the capture of carbon dioxide from air

This strategic step aims to accelerate the large-scale deployment of DAC technology, a critical component in the fight against climate change 

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14 February 202511 February 2025

Avantium and EPC Engineering & Technologies Collaborate to Commercialize Continuous PEF Production Technology

The collaboration will combine the expertise of both companies to commercialize continuous polymerization of PEF (“PEF cPol Technology”)

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6 February 20253 February 2025

Avantium Finds Important Solution for Polycotton Textile Waste Recycling

The first effective method for recycling both polyester and cotton components with high efficiency

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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