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9 June 20204 June 2020

„Ökologische Scheinlösung”: Getränkehersteller setzen auf Bioplastik

Im schlimmsten Fall kann Bioplastik mehr Schaden als Nutzen verursachen

30 April 20209 September 2021

Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt

The aim of the collaboration is to test a new approach to substantially reduce CO₂ emissions from road construction

15 April 20208 April 2020

PEF Joint Venture to Renewable Polymers and All In Between: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

Dive into the details

20 March 202017 March 2020

Biobased aromatics: Europe leads the way

Developing sector holds its promise that it will be able to produce aromatic compounds cheaper than the oil industry and more sustainable as well

4 March 20204 March 2020

Avantium sells bioaromatics patent portfolio to TNO

These technologies lie outside Avantium’s strategic focus and will now be further developed by TNO

3 March 20201 March 2020

Plant-based PEF Plan to Commercialization: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium’s Renewable Polymers

PEF is one of the most interesting plant-based polymers right now and Avantium is looking to PEF for the future of packaging

29 January 202027 January 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Avantium eyes easily recyclable, multi-layer packaging applications for PEF initiative

“We are looking to replace those multi-layer films with a mono-layer of PEF that brings all the functionalities that people are looking for in terms of barriers and physical and mechanical properties,” CEO van Aken said.

27 January 202022 January 2020

Michelle Jou nominated as a new member of Avantium’s Supervisory Board

Michelle brings extensive commercial experience from the chemicals and plastics industries together with a specialist knowledge of the Asian regio

21 January 202020 January 2020

Avantium: Neue FDCA-Anlage im niederländischen Delfzijl in Planung

Anlage wurde mit Hilfe des EU-Rahmenprogramms Horizon 2020 mit 25 Mio. Euro gefördert

15 January 202012 February 2020

Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands

The 5-kiloton facility will produce plant-based FDCA – a key building block for many chemicals and plastics such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate)

14 January 20209 January 2020

Is seaweed the solution to sustainable biofuel?

In a recent biofuel trial, a car reached 80 kph powered by seaweed-based fuel

Sind Meeresalgen die Lösung für nachhaltigen Biokraftstoff?

Im Testversuch zu Biokraftstoff hat ein Auto, das durch Kraftstoff aus Meeresalgen angetrieben wurde, eine Geschwindigkeit von 80 km/h erreicht

13 January 20208 January 2020

Avantium appoints Bart Welten as Chief Financial Officer

New CFO will bring 30 years of experience in finance to Avantium and has extensive knowledge of the chemical and life-sciences industries

11 December 201911 December 2019

Avantium secures financing milestone with €25 million EU funding for FDCA flagship plant

The PEFerence partners aim to replace a significant share of fossil-based polyesters with 100% plant-based PEF

9 December 20198 December 2019

The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs in 2019. Now choose the number 1

The bioeconomy is innovation, the result of the skills and passion of researchers and managers able to create value and new high-qualified jobs

28 November 201925 November 2019

Spanish Researchers Produce Straws Made of Bacterial Bioplastic

Although bioplastics such as PHA are more expensive than conventional plastics, European markets might increasingly welcome them

19 November 201914 November 2019

Avantium opens branch office in Japan to reinforce high-value market for PEF

Japan is considered to be the key market for introducing innovative and advanced materials - and the new Avantium Japan branch office will provide local support

15 November 201913 November 2019

Avantium advances its plant-based MEG technology with the opening of its demonstration plant

Company additionally announces the naming of this innovative technology to produce plant-based MEG: Ray Technology^TM

11 November 20196 November 2019

Avantium partners with R&F Chemical to market high-value PEF applications in Korea

Under this collaboration, Avantium expects to enter this market for high-value applications such as electronics and smart packaging

24 October 201921 October 2019

Carlsberg presses ahead with bio-based beer bottle development

Company is continuing to innovate across all their packaging formats to a biobased line

23 October 201918 October 2019

Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project

Announcement at the Paboco Pioneer Community Event in Copenhagen

9 September 20194 September 2019

Avantium awarded €6 million EU grant to accelerate its technologies

Company will lead a 4-year research programme 'IMPRESS' consortium containing ten industry and academic organisations across Europe

30 August 201927 August 2019

Avantium plans to open bio-MEG demo plant in November

Based on the results of a demo plant, Avantium will be able to validate the technical performance and refine its economic opportunities

28 August 201923 August 2019

Avantium First Half 2019 Results

"Company is progressing its technologies towards commercialization"

25 July 201922 July 2019

Avantium CFO Frank Roerink to step down at the end of 2019

This allowsthe company to start looking fora successor

15 July 201910 July 2019

Dutch soil as a game changer – Key role for biomass in climate plans

Cyclical management brings more variety and quality to the landscape, and the extraction of biomass as a residual stream makes the work affordable

9 July 20194 July 2019

Kemira to participate in the development of 100% bio-based chemicals for paper and cardboard production as part of an EU funded project

In addition, the project aims to develop new means to improve production efficiency at pulp mills with higher utilization of wood biomass

5 July 201910 July 2019

Avantium awarded funding for ‘VEHICLE’

The consortium, coordinated by Avantium, works on developing 100% plant-based chemicals produced from renewable raw materials

28 June 201927 June 2019

Renewable Polymer Plant: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

Marcel Lubben, Managing Director of Avantium, shared the latest about their plant-based PEF and their way towards the flagship plant and licensing busines

9 April 20194 April 2019

Avantium: Demo-Anlage zur Produktion von Bio-MEG in Delfzijl

Bio-basierte MEG-Produktion gilt als Alternative mit einem hohen Wachstumspotenzial

4 April 20191 April 2019

Avantium makes steady progress in challenging year

Company opened a pilot biorefinery for their proprietary Dawn Technology^TM in Delfzijl, that converts non-food feedstock to industrial sugars and lignin

2 April 20191 April 2019

Avantium locates demonstration plant for third technology program Mekong in Delfzijl

The construction of the Mekong demonstration plant is part of Avantium’s strategy to invest in developing and scaling up breakthrough Renewable Chemistries technologies

27 March 201922 March 2019

Biobased socks made from PLA

This research may be useful in determining suitable manufacturing requirements of PLA based socks to accomplish precise thermo-physiological properties

1 March 201927 February 2019

BIOFOREVER Workshop: Feasibility of a European Lignocellulosic Biorefinery

17 May 2019, 9:00-12:30 h, Room Adelheid, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany

15 February 201912 February 2019

MEGA MEG – Braskem and Haldor Topsoe’s monoethylene glycol from sugar is in operation

Cooperation agreement between Braskem and Haldor Topsoe focusing a new technology for converting sugar into MEG at a single industrial unit

7 February 20195 February 2019

Avantium takes full ownership of Synvina

Marcel Lubben appointed as Synvina’s Managing Director

9 January 20197 January 2019

Avantium: BASF steigt aus JV Synvina aus

Niederländer werden Anteile von BASF an dem Joint Venture übernehmen und damit die vollständige Kontrolle über Synvina erlangen

BASF pulling out of bioplastics JV

Upon BASF’s exit, Avantium will acquire the German company’s equity interest in the JV and Synvina will continue its operations as a fully Avantium-owned company

7 January 201919 December 2018

BASF notifies Avantium of its exit from Synvina

Companies still discussing terms and conditions of an exit - Avantium continues to disagree with BASF’s interpretation of the joint venture agreement

6 December 20183 December 2018

New report global bio-based polyethylene terephthalate market

The global bio-PET market is expected to grow at the CAGR of 20.8% from 2018 to 2026

13 November 201810 November 2018

Avantium and BASF in dispute over Synvina

The companies disagree on the timing for the fulfilment of the criteria to invest in the commercial-scale plant for FDCA

31 October 201829 October 2018

Bio-plastic JV Synvina under threat over dispute about investment deadline

"We are determined to purse the commercialisation of FDCA and PEF - with or without BASF."

25 October 201822 October 2018

BASF, Avantium in Synvina dispute

Companies are said to be discussing possibilities for an amicable settlement to differences of opinion

31 August 201828 August 2018

European Bioplastics: Challenging misconceptions and building platforms

PackagingInsights speaks exclusively to Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director of European Bioplastics (EUBP), about the message his organization is working to promote

15 August 201829 October 2018

Plastics proliferation transitioning to bioplastics boost

Current market value of biodegradable plastics exceeding $1.1 billion in 2018, and potentially reaching $1.7 billion by 2023, according to IHS Markit’s report

31 July 201815 October 2018

Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) – The Rising Star Amongst Today’s Bioplastics

Next-gen polymer is renewable, non-toxic and a recyclable alternate with similar properties

20 July 201818 July 2018

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 11th

Biofuels Digest is going to highlight rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances weekly in future

9 July 201811 July 2018

Opportunity for industrial experts on zero waste biorefineries

Zelcor summer school: "Zero waste biorefineries: technical advances and sustainability assessment"

2 July 201828 June 2018

Avantium: Demo-Anlage zur Produktion von Bio-MEG

PET-Ausgangsstoff MEG soll in der Anlage mit dem von Avantium entwickelten Mekong-Verfahren aus Zucker gewonnen werden

29 June 201811 July 2018

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