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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


6 June 20231 June 2023

Avantium awarded €1.5 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into sustainable plastic materials

The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023


1 June 202331 May 2023

Free Webinar on the Life Cycle Assessment of Avantium’s PEF

On 22 June, the PEFerence project team will organise a free webinar with the title: "PEF – A Circular Bio-Based Polymer with Improved Properties – LCA"


3 April 202330 March 2023

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2023

The Digest slideshow of the top 50 bioeconomy companies


30 March 202327 March 2023

Avantium and Kvadrat sign offtake agreement for the development of PEF for interior textiles

The offtake agreement gives Kvadrat the advantage of being first mover in creating PEF-based textiles for both commercial and residential interiors


27 March 202324 March 2023

Six Materials Nominated for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023”

New materials will enable sustainable products in areas such as textiles, cosmetics, packaging, as well as elastic and biodegradable materials for a variety of applications. Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners


Sechs Materialien für den Innovationspreis „Renewable Material of the Year 2023“ nominiert

Neue Materialien ermöglichen nachhaltige Produkte in Bereichen wie Textilien, Kosmetik, Verpackungen sowie elastische und biologisch abbaubare Materialien für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen. Teilnehmende der „Renewable Materials Conference“ stimmen über die Gewinner ab


Value from waste(water) CO₂ – Invitation to the First Stakeholder Workshop on LCA and S-LCA of the WaterProof Project

Free online webinar – 30 March 14:00-17:00h CET


1 March 202324 February 2023

Avantium and Origin Materials to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for advanced chemicals and plastics

Strategic partnership will produce FDCA from Origin’s carbon-negative platform for producing chemical intermediates from sustainable wood residues and Avantium’s YXY® Technology


28 February 202328 February 2023

Free PEFerence Webinar on 21 March: From bio-based feedstocks to FDCA and PEF – And how can we keep PEF in the loop?

Ed de Jong and Roy Visser (Avantium) will give a deep insight into the PEFerence project on 21 March 2023, 10:00 CET.


3 February 20237 February 2023

Taking Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X to the next level – Final Program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023”

Leading international experts meet at one of the world’s key events on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X from 19-20 April 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online


Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) und Power-to-X auf erreicht die nächste Stufe – Das vollständige Programm der „Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023“

Führende internationale Experten und Expertinnen treffen sich vom 19. bis 20. April 2023 in Köln zu einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltungen im Bereich der CO2-Nutzung, Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), und Power-to-X


1 February 202331 January 2023

Avantium and Henkel sign offtake agreement on FDCA for adhesives to be used in electronics applications

Henkel has tested and positively evaluated the feasibility of FDCA for the use of polyurethane adhesives and is making an important contribution to climate protection by embracing innovative solutions that facilitate recycling and enable CO2 savings across the value chain


23 December 202220 December 2022

The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO Avantium

The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, the Dutch company that is a pioneer in the emerging industry of renewable and sustainable chemistry


21 December 202219 December 2022

Avantium and Monosuisse sign offtake agreement on PEF for industrial fibres

Avantium’s PEF is a 100% plant-based and fully recyclable polymer with a wide range of applications such as packaging, film and textiles


7 November 20222 November 2022

Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates significantly lower carbon footprint of Avantium’s plantMPG™

For the plantMPG™ production process, electricity from wind power, green hydrogen based on wind power and thermal energy from natural gas was assumed


3 November 202231 October 2022

Biorefineries – the engine of the bio-based economy

The European Union is investing billions of euros in biorefineries that can develop products based on organic materials and help decrease the bloc’s reliance on oil and gas


7 October 20225 October 2022

Biobased chemicals – market opportunities for small and large innovators

Drawing data from NNFCC's own news reviews, this article looks at the chemical giants driving innovation in the biobased chemicals sector in recent years


23 September 202222 September 2022

Promising alternative to packaging lowers plastic industry’s carbon footprint

A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use in bottles points to potentially major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions


Vielversprechende Alternative für Verpackungen senkt den CO2-Fußabdruck der Kunststoffindustrie

Ein neues biobasiertes Polymer könnte eine gute Nachricht für die Umwelt bereithalten. Eine kürzlich durchgeführte Bewertung seiner Industrieproduktion und seiner Verwendung in Flaschen deutet auf eine unter Umständen erhebliche Verringerung der Treibhausgasemissionen (THG-Emissionen) hin


1 September 20221 September 2022

New bio-based polymer PEF shows low CO2 footprint

Peer-reviewed LCA study with in-depth assessment of industrial PEF production and its use as raw material for bottles


31 August 202225 August 2022

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses signs offtake agreement with Avantium for the use of PEF for its cosmetics packaging

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has signed a conditional offtake agreement with world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)


29 August 202223 August 2022

Avantium First Half 2022 Results

Avantium Begins The Construction Of Its FDCA Flagship Plant And Signs Additional Offtake Agreements


27 June 202225 June 2022

Avantium and Carlsberg sign offtake agreement on PEF

Carlsberg further launches consumer test of the Fibre Bottle using PEF as a barrier


23 June 202222 June 2022

Avantium forms PEF Textile Community with five leading companies to develop PEF yarn applications

The companies of the PEF Textile Community aim to further reduce CO2 emissions in support of the UN Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal objectives and explore sustainable solutions for various applications


22 June 202215 June 2022

Biobased monopropylene glycol: The bumpy road to a decarbonised world

In the mid 2000s a PNNL researchers team discovered a metal catalyst with a soluble base co-catalyst, which converted plant-based, seed-oil-derived glycerol and plant sugar alcohols into MPG


24 May 202219 May 2022

Avantium awarded €3 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to consumer products

Under the new WaterProof programme, Avantium will convert CO2, from wastewater purification and waste incineration into formic acid using its proprietary catalytic electrochemistry platform


23 May 20228 January 2023

Converting CO₂ through electrochemistry – The WaterProof Project

Starting soon, the new research project WaterProof aims at closing the waste(water) carbon loop by creating a novel biorefinery concept converting CO2 emissions from urban waste treatment facilities into valuable green consumer-products. The objective is a technology resulting in a GHG reduction based on CO2 utilization, replacement of fossil feedstock and industrial electrification


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 202230 August 2023

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

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


11 April 202215 June 2022

PEF as a barrier layer: does it influence the bottle blowing process?

Produced by Avantium Renewable Polymers, PEF is a polyester made from renewable resources and is very suitable as a barrier layer in PET-based multilayer bottles


8 April 202215 June 2022

Partnership between Avantium and Sukano opens door for industrial application of PEF in flexible packaging

PEF has a significantly improved gas barrier, while still maintaining the favorable properties such as good processability, transparency and mechanics, of its big brother PET

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