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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


28 August 201923 August 2019

Avantium First Half 2019 Results

"Company is progressing its technologies towards commercialization"


14 June 201911 June 2019

Avantium Technology & Markets Day: “Entering the Commercialization Phase for PEF”

Company to build 5 ktpa FDCA, PEF flagship plant


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


7 February 20195 February 2019

Avantium takes full ownership of Synvina

Marcel Lubben appointed as Synvina’s Managing Director


17 January 201914 January 2019

The top ten bio-economy stories of 2018… revealed!

Some major breakthroughs and announcements and a glut of brands have been turned to bio-based and seek to make their products more sustainable


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


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 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


28 June 201826 June 2018

Avantium begins construction of plant that spells good news for bio-plastics

Demonstration plant to advance the development of a key ingredient for the production of plastics and polyester textiles, derived from renewable sugars


24 May 201822 May 2018

5 Minutes Wth… Gerald Michael, global business manager at Synvina

The company site in Antwerp, Belgium, has a capacity of 50,000 metric tonnes of PEF bio-plastic


17 May 201817 May 2018

Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” goes to Arctic Biomaterials from Finland for degradable glass fibre reinforced PLA

The “International Conference on Bio-based Materials” is with more than 200 participants one of the biggest conferences in Europe


Der Innovationspreis „Bio-based Material of the Year 2018“ geht an Arctic Biomaterials aus Finnland für mit abbaubaren Glasfasern verstärktes PLA

Die „International Conference on Bio-based Materials“ ist mit mehr als 200 Teilnehmern eine der größten Konferenzen zu bio-basierten Materialien in Europa


25 April 2018

Six candidates are nominated for the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018”

From cashew nut residuals and cellulose fibrils over roof shingle sealer from soy-bean oil up to innovative composite and packaging materials


Sechs Kandidaten für den Innovationspreis “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” nominiert

Von Nebenprodukten der Cashewnuss-Produktion und Zellulosefibrillen über eine Dachschindelversiegelung aus Sojaöl bis hin zu innovativen Verbund- und Verpackungsmaterialien


20 April 201818 April 2018

Doing Dutch biobased business in Midwest USA

Availability of biomass, knowledge on agriculture and biotechnology combined with relatively low costs of doing business could provide openings for Dutch industry


18 January 201816 January 2018

Avantium: PEF pilot phase set to be extended

Synvina intends to extend the pilot phase, which will in turn extend the timeline to start up the Reference Plant


30 November 201729 November 2017

World Bio Markets returns in 2018 to focus on recent developments in the bio-based sector

Bio-based chemicals, bio-fuels and sustainable products


17 November 201715 November 2017

DuPont, Corbion, and Synvina pilot furan-based polymers made from sugar but must confront PET’s dominance

Companies are piloting new supply chains based on the sugar-derived furan ring


25 October 201727 February 2018

Five-year EU flagship project to establish an innovative supply chain for FDCA and PEF

PEFerence, a €25 million EU project was officially launched Wednesday, September 20th 2017


13 September 201711 September 2017

Plastic Stretches Towards the New: Top 10 Trendlines in Bioplastics

What’s the promise, who’s making progress? And when, where, how, and costing how much?


1 August 201728 July 2017

„European Joint Undertaking on Bio-Based Industries (BBI)“ fördert Konsortium „PEFerence“.

Förderung soll innovative Wertschöpfungskette von bio-basierten Rohstoffen bis zu Chemikalien und Materialien auf Basis von Polyethylenfuranoat (PEF) etablieren helfen


17 July 201713 July 2017

Global Bioplastic Packaging Market is Projected to be Valued at USD 34.24 Billion By 2024

New report from Hexa Research shows that growth is mainly being driven by rising consumer demand for resource efficient and eco-friendly products


6 July 20174 July 2017

Inside story: Synvina – the joint venture of BASF and Avantium

BASF veteran Patrick Schiffers giving an exclusive insight into this partnership


21 June 201721 June 2017

Rockin’ PEFormance: €25M for Synvina-led consortium for biobased materials

The partners will jointly work on establishing an innovative supply chain for FDCA and PEF


8 June 20176 June 2017

European PET Bottle Platform says existing recovery systems can handle PEF

Interim approval constitutes a major step towards integration of packaging from Synvina’s PEF in the circular economy


2 June 201731 May 2017

PEF to be integrated in European PET recycling

PEF has been touted with having improved barrier properties for gases like carbon dioxide and oxygen which leads to a longer shelf life of packaged products


The bioplastic produced by Synvina is recyclable in the European bottle recycling market

Major step towards integration of packaging from Synvina’s PEF in the circular economy


Synvina erhält vorläufige Genehmigung von „European PET Bottle Plattform“: PEF in Kreislaufwirtschaft integrierbar

Wichtiger Schritt zur Integration von PEF-Verpackungen von Synvina in Kreislaufwirtschaft

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