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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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10 February 20215 February 2021

Avantium publishes its Sustainability Plan ‘Chain Reaction 2030’

– a pioneering roadmap for a fossil-free chemical industry

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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

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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

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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

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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

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18 November 202016 November 2020

Competitive Edge: Avantium’s PEF, FDCA, MEG Hot Tech

Short company introduction

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2 October 202029 September 2020

Avantium grants Kebony rights to use its patented technologies on humins for wood modification

With these license rights, Kebony has the potential to successfully commercialise wood modified with a mix of humins and furfuryl alcohol

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11 September 20209 September 2021

Expert view: The future is in our hands – recognising the true potential of next generation carbon capture technology

While the EU wants to cut CO₂ emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels, consumer demand for materials with significant carbon footprint is increasing

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2 September 20209 September 2021

Spotlight on chemical recycling: Closing the loop in plastics recycling

To feed recycled plastic materials back into the same product cycle, will help to reduce feedstock demand for plastic goods

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27 August 202024 August 2020

Avantium first half 2020 results: losses in Catalysis business, good progress elsewhere

For the company, health and safety of their employees, partners and contractors has been their top priority throughout the coronavirus pandemic

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20 August 202017 August 2020

PEF as a multilayer barrier technology: a sustainable way to enable long shelf life in PET bottles

Performance of PET/PEF/PET multilayer bottles

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18 August 202014 August 2020

Scaling Up Renewable Chem: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium’s Plant-based Materials

Check out the newest slide guide from Avantium’s CEO, Tom van Aken’s presentation at ABLC Digital, where they dig into the latest on renewable polyesters

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7 August 20207 August 2020

What the oil crash means for bioplastics

The majority are happy to pay 5% extra for a green product, but this drops rapidly if the price difference grows any further

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8 July 202030 June 2020

From plants to plastics: bringing a next-generation sustainable plastic to the market

Worley has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering design) to develop Avantium’s flagship plant that will support the transition to a bio-based economy for plastics

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Avantium: Australische Worley erstellt FEED für FDCA-Anlage

Der australische Industrieanlagenbauer Worley übernimmt für das niederländische Chemieunternehmen Avantium die Projektierung eines neuen Werks zur Produktion von Furandicarbonsäure (FDCA)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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23 October 201918 October 2019

Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project

Announcement at the Paboco Pioneer Community Event in Copenhagen

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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

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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

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28 August 201923 August 2019

Avantium First Half 2019 Results

"Company is progressing its technologies towards commercialization"

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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