{"id":177770,"date":"2026-06-22T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=177770"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:06:39","slug":"avantium-and-heynen-systems-explore-application-of-pef-in-bedding-and-upholstery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/avantium-and-heynen-systems-explore-application-of-pef-in-bedding-and-upholstery\/","title":{"rendered":"Avantium and Heynen Systems explore application of PEF in bedding and upholstery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces a collaboration with Heynen Systems B.V., a Dutch technical textile knitting company and interliner automation plant, to develop and assess applications of Avantium\u2019s plant-based and circular polymer PEF, marketed under the brand name releaf\u00ae, in the bedding and upholstery industry. As part of this collaboration, Tricover\u00ae – a brand of Heynen Systems – has developed a prototype cushion incorporating releaf\u00ae. This cushion will be showcased at the Interzum Forum Italy on 4\u20135 June 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. The prototype serves as a demonstration to explore the potential of releaf\u00ae in comfort foam applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over 40 years, Heynen Systems B.V. has provided a system solution for the comfort foam industry, serving both manufacturers and end users. Its business-to-business solutions are designed to automate the encapsulation process and reduce production costs. For end users, its technology helps prevent abrasion between comfort foam and outer covers, extending product lifetime. Heynen Systems\u2019 solutions are used by leading international brands such as IKEA and Tempur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration between Avantium and Tricover focuses on prototyping and exploration. The partners are assessing how releaf\u00ae can be applied in automated foam encapsulation, enhancing both performance and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAt Heynen Systems, we continuously explore new materials and technologies that support our customers and enable further development in our field. Innovation has been central to the company since its inception, as reflected in several EU patents registered by our founder, Chris Heijnen,\u201d said Gabriela Caraman, Communication and Sustainability Adviser.<\/strong> \u201cThis collaboration allows us to experiment with releaf\u00ae and explore how we can further reduce environmental impact while remaining competitive. We are pleased to share this first prototype cushion made with releaf\u00ae with our customers and to start the conversation on circular products \u2018Made in Europe\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExploring new application areas is essential as we scale releaf\u00ae,\u201d added Laleh Maleki, Business Development Manager at Avantium<\/strong>. \u201cWorking with Tricover\u00ae allows us to bring our material into direct contact with real-life applications in bedding and upholstery. This prototype is a valuable step to learn, test, and inspire the industry with what\u2019s possible using our plant-based material PEF.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces a collaboration with Heynen Systems B.V., a Dutch technical textile knitting company and interliner automation plant, to develop and assess applications of Avantium\u2019s plant-based and circular polymer PEF, marketed under the brand name releaf\u00ae, in the bedding and upholstery industry. As part of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":177772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"For over 40 years, Heynen Systems B.V. has provided a system solution for the comfort foam industry, serving both manufacturers and end users","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16527,5838,10416,26298,12468],"supplier":[742,28026],"class_list":["post-177770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bedding","tag-bioeconomy","tag-circulareconomy","tag-technicaltextiles","tag-textiles","supplier-avantium-technologies-bv","supplier-heynen-systems-b-v"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177773,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177770\/revisions\/177773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177770"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=177770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}