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19 May 202220 May 2022

Many advanced and proven solutions to replace fossil carbon in chemistry and materials already available

Electrochemical transformation of CO₂, a natural polymer for paper and cardboard coating and material-to-material molecular recycling of plastic waste are the winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2022”

Viele fortschrittliche und bewährte Lösungen zur Substitution fossilen Kohlenstoffs in Chemie und Materialien bereits verfügbar

Elektrochemische Umwandlung von CO2, ein natürliches Polymer zur Beschichtung von Papier und Pappe, und molekulares Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen sind die Gewinner des Innovationspreises "Renewable Material of the Year 2022"

10 May 202210 May 2022

Ed de Jong, Vice President Development at Avantium Technologies (NL), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

5 May 20223 May 2022

EPBP gives 3-year endorsement to allow multilayer PET/PEF packaging in PET bottle recycling stream

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)1 has awarded an interim endorsement to Avantium, allowing recycling of multilayer PET/PEF packaging in the European bottle recycling market.

4 May 20224 May 2022

Next Week: Renewable Materials Conference, 10-12 May, Cologne (Germany) – all information here

List of participants, panel discussions, exhibitors and the nominations for the Renewable Material of The Year 2022 are launched

29 April 202226 April 2022

Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards

Avantium: Bau von FDCA-Anlage gestartet – Kooperation mit Sukano

Dem Unternehmen liegen bereits Abnahmezusagen für etwa die Hälfte der Produktionskapazitäten von ca. 5.000 Tonnen/Jahr vor

19 April 202212 April 2022

Avantium and Sukano sign offtake agreement to develop PEF film masterbatches

With PEF from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, Sukano will develop masterbatches for PEF resins, facilitating fast adoption in many diversified markets and thus acceleratin the growth of PEF

13 April 202221 April 2022

Six Innovations are Nominated for the “Renewable Material of the Year 2022” Award

Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners

7 April 20221 April 2022

Avantium reaches Financial Close for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Engineering company Worley and the Groningen Consortium have become minority shareholders in the Avantium subsidiary

30 March 202225 March 2022

Avantium Announces 2021 Results: Significant business progress with green light to construct the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant

Avantium Renewable Chemistries recorded a number of promising developments in 2021, including the construction of a bioasphalt test road using lignin from Dawn Technology™

11 March 20228 March 2022

LVMH Beauty joins Avantium’s PEFerence consortium to develop sustainable packaging for Perfumes and Cosmetics

LVMH Beauty will be the first luxury cosmetic company to join the PEFerence consortium, further enabling the commercial introduction of PEF to the Cosmetics market

2 March 20222 March 2022

Life Cycle Assessment study demonstrates the potential of Avantium’s FDCA and PEF technology to curb global warming

Use of renewable feedstock in PEF results in clear reductions in GHG emissions throughout the entire life cycle

14 February 202215 February 2022

The stars of Renewable Materials meet in Cologne, May 10-12

46 Speakers from leading companies in bio-based, CO2-based and Recycling already confirmed their participation – preliminary program already available, innovation award submission by 15 March

2 February 202226 January 2022

Avantium shareholders give green light for the construction of the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant

Shareholders adopt all resolutions at Extraordinary General Meeting

14 January 20228 January 2022

Avantium: Grünes Licht für FDCA-Anlage

Das neue Werk soll am Standort Delfzijl im Nordwesten der Niederlande errichtet werden rund 5.000 Tonnen FDCA im Jahr produzieren

13 January 20227 January 2022

Higher Performance, Carbon Negative Plastics, Maybe for Less

ReSource developing FCDA from furfural - a technology which a number of companies are chasing for

10 January 20226 January 2022

Avantium and Tereos announce Strategic Supply Agreement

Tereos to supply High Fructose Syrup, a locally produced bio-based raw material, to support Avantium’s production capacities in advanced bio-based polymers production

16 December 202113 December 2021

Advances in converting CO2 into polymers

Sreeparna Das, independent specialist consultant to the chemicals industry and contributor to materials database Matmatch, outlines some key advancements in the market

Avantium takes a positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant

A pivotal milestone for the further development and commercialisation of Avantium’s sustainable PEF plastic, with the construction of the Flagship Plant expected to be completed by the end of 2023

14 December 202113 December 2021

Avantium’s bioasphalt road update, IKEA’s biopackaging, Shark Tank winning plant-based laundry sheets and more

The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of December 2nd

2 September 202131 August 2021

Just out: new report on bio-based chemicals, polymers and materials

Developing bio-based chemicals, polymers and products in a sustainable manner allows for substantial new business opportunities

20 August 202117 August 2021

Nils Björkman nominated as a new member of Avantium’s Supervisory Board

His last position was Executive Vice President of all commercial operations of the Tetra Pak Group

18 August 202117 August 2021

Avantium Announces First Half 2021 Results

Company Makes Commercial Progress while Financing Discussions for the FDCA Flagship Plant Continue

17 August 20219 September 2021

Tackling plastic pollution for a greener future

Gert-Jan Gruter, Chief Technology Officer, Avantium, discusses how the chemical industry can become more sustainable, reduce plastic pollution and achieve net-zero

13 August 20219 August 2021

Chemical industry in the north of the Netherlands leads in climate transition

As about 10 years ago all industry moved out of Western Europe to low-wage countries, the Netherlands are playing now a significant role again, partly thanks to the examples they are conducting in the field of sustainability and greening of chemistry

21 July 202116 July 2021

Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock

6 July CBBD network meeting biorefinery

1 July 20219 September 2021

Umschwung für die chemische Industrie: VIVALDI verwandelt CO2-Emissionen in nachhaltige Bioprodukte

Die Europäische Union hat 7 Millionen Euro für das VIVALDI-Projekt bewilligt, um die biobasierte Industrie in einen neuen, umweltfreundlicheren und wettbewerbsfähigeren Sektor zu verwandeln. Die BOKU erhielt dabei den zweitgrößten Anteil am Projektvolumen

A change of tune for chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO2 emissions into sustainable bio-products

Starting from June 2021, the EU Horizon 2020 project VIVALDI – innoVative bIo-based chains for CO2 VALorisation as aDded-value organIc acids, will develop a set of breakthrough biotechnologies

14 June 202116 June 2021

Lignin leads the way – World’s first lignin bio-asphalt road, lignin’s array of applications and more

In today’s Digest, all about the new bio-road, the tech behind it, lignin’s markets, applications, tech and other recent lignin news

11 June 202116 June 2021

Avantium and Roelofs construct the world’s first test road with lignin produced in the Netherlands

The 250-metre-long lignin-based test road will be constructed in the north of the Netherlands, on the N987 between Siddeburen and Wagenborgen

9 June 20219 September 2021

Avantium awarded €1.78 million in total from EU grants for the development of electrochemical processes and CO2-based polymers

Company is currently working on scaling up the Volta Technology in pre-pilot units that will be demonstrated at industrial sites in 2021

17 May 20219 September 2021

How technology is weaning the world from plastics

Sustainable solutions of the future

5 May 202118 June 2021

They got the beets! Avantium, Cosun partner on 1st commercial plant to produce plant-based glycols

First commercial plant for the production of plant-based glycols, using Avantium’s Ray Technology

4 May 202118 June 2021

Cosun Beet Company and Avantium join forces with the ambition to produce plant-based glycols from sugars

Both companies entered into a Term Sheet to establish a joint venture in which Cosun Beet Companywill take a substantial share

26 April 202118 June 2021

Avantium successfully produces polyesters with its plantMEG™ from the Ray Technology™ demonstration plant

Both plantMEG and plantMPG are expected to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to their fossil-based equivalents

22 April 20219 September 2021

Avantium reaches key commercial milestone for its FDCA flagship plant with commitments for >50% of its output

The planned FDCA flagship plant is set to produce 5 kilotonnes of FDCA per annum, the key building block for the 100% fossil-free, recyclable polymer PEF

9 April 202118 June 2021

Avantium secures new offtake contracts for planned FDCA flagship plant

Final Investment Decision Progress Update

26 March 20219 September 2021

Chemicals and Materials for the Future: Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – Final Program

Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new “Renewable Materials Conference”, May 18–20, 2021, featuring a unique concept to present all renewable material solutions at one event: bio-based, CO₂-based and recycled.

9 March 20219 September 2021

Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event

Program already available – application period for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021” still open! The conference will take place as an online event.

3 March 20219 September 2021

Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event

Almost final program already available – application period for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year” still open! The conference will take place as an online event.

1 March 20219 September 2021

Bio-based polymers workshop on 29 March 2021: These 7 innovations bring us closer to a carbon-neutral economy

Atmospheric CO₂ will keep on climbing higher and higher if we don’t stop using fossil resources. How to make the switch to renewable carbon instead? The free online workshop on 29 March will present seven options.

Avantium in FDCA deal; releases 2030 Sustainability Plan

Avantium got the right to operate under Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio and hopes together with others to establish a fossil-free chemical industry by 2050

Avantium acquires the right to use Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio

The Company believes that this patent licence agreement further paves the way for the commercial production of FDCA and PEF from Avantium’s FDCA flagship plant

10 February 20215 February 2021

Avantium publishes its Sustainability Plan ‘Chain Reaction 2030’

– a pioneering roadmap for a fossil-free chemical industry

5 February 20212 February 2021

Avantium provides update on the FDCA flagship plant final investment decision process

Avantium's update on its final investment decision (FID) process concerning the construction of its FDCA flagship plant

2 February 202128 January 2021

World first: Bio-asphalt road in Vlissingen put into use

The fact that the Netherlands is leading the way in making road construction more sustainable is partly due to the unique collaboration of partners

8 January 20219 September 2021

Avantium awarded €5.4 million grant from Netherlands Enterprise Agency for expansion of FDCA pilot plant

This grant is solely designated for the expansion of Avantium’s FDCA pilot plant in Geleen

15 December 202010 December 2020

€7.5 million grant from National Programme Groningen confirmed

Avantium getting support for the construction of a 5 kilotonnes FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) flagship plant, to be built in Delfzijl, Netherlands

18 November 202016 November 2020

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