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22 March 2023: Avantium and Kvadrat sign offtake agreement for the development of PEF for interior textiles

Press release by Avantium

 

1 April 2023: The global warming potential and the material utility of PET and bio-based PEF bottles over multiple recycling trips

Scientific article in the Journal of Cleaner Production by P. Stegmann (Utrecht University), T. Gerritse (Sweco AB) et al.
Ángel Puente (nova-Institute) from the PEFerence consortium contributed with the LCA of Avantium’s PEF bottles.

The net greenhouse gas (GH) emissions and the material utility of PET and bio-based PEF bottles over multiple recycling trips for PET (subst. PET), PEF (subst. PET) and PEF (subst. PEF)

 

21 February 2023: Avantium and Origin Materials to Accelerate the Mass Production of FDCA and PEF for Advanced Chemicals and Plastics

Press release by Avantium

 

24 January 2023: Avantium and Henkel sign offtake agreement on FDCA for adhesives to be used in electronics applications

Press release by Avantium

 

21 December 2022: Avantium and Monosuisse sign offtake agreement on PEF for industrial fibres

Press release by Avantium

 

7 December 2022: Plastic futures and their CO2 emissions

Scientific article in nature by P. Stegmann, V Daioglou et al. (Utrecht University)
Avantium and nova-Institute collaborated with the working group.

 

Plastic trash with a circular forest at the right hand sideNovember 2022: Growing in circles: A circular bioeconomy for plastics

PhD thesis P. Stegmann, Utrecht University

Ángel Puente (nova-Institute / PEFerence LCA work package lead) co-authored chapter 5: "Message in a bottle - The global warming potential and the material utility of PET and bio-based PEF bottles over multiple recycling trips"

 

PEF bottles compared with corresponding PET bottles
31 August 2022: New bio-based polymer PEF shows low CO2 footprint

Article and press release by nova-Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 August 2022: LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses signs offtake agreement with Avantium for the use of PEF for its cosmetics packaging

Press release by Avantium

 

Carlsberg glass with beer and a Carlsberg paper bottle on a wooden table, nature in the background

22 June 2022: Avantium and Carlsberg sign offtake agreement on PEF

Press release by Avantium

 

 

 

 

21 June 2022: Avantium forms PEF Textile Community with five leading companies to develop PEF yarn applications

Press release by Avantium

 

Red button at PEFerence FDCA flagship plant in Delfzijl: First pile eventPEFerence Consortium at FDCA flagship plant in Delfzijl: First pile event

20 April 2022: Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Press release by Avantium

 

3 March 2022: The Road to Bring FDCA and PEF to the Market

Scientific publication, Ed de Jong et al., Polymers

 

21 February 2022: Life Cycle Assessment study demonstrates the potential of Avantium’s FDCA and PEF technology to curb global warming

Press release by Avantium

 

9 December 2021: Avantium takes a positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant

Press release by Avantium

 

22 April 2021: Cosun Beet Company and Avantium join forces with the ambition to produce plant-based glycols from sugars

Press release by Avantium

 

24 March 2021: Carlsberg Group joins the PEFerence consortium and deepens collaboration with Avantium

Press release by Carlsberg

 

24 March 2021: Avantium secures new offtake contracts for planned FDCA flagship plant

Press release by Avantium

 

9 February 2021: Avantium acquires the right to use Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio

Press release by Avantium

 

3 February 2021: Avantium publishes its Sustainability Plan ‘Chain Reaction 2030’ – a pioneering roadmap for a fossil-free chemical industry

Press release by Avantium

 

27 January 2021: Avantium provides update on the FDCA flagship plant final investment decision process

Press release by Avantium

 

16 December 2020: Avantium awarded € 5.4 million grant from Netherlands Enterprise Agency for expansion of FDCA pilot plant

Press release by Avantium

 

23 September 2020: Avantium grants Kebony rights to use its patented technologies on humins for wood modification

Press release by Avantium

 

22 July 2020: This startup’s plant-based plastics promise circularity. Can it deliver?

Check out the article by GreenBiz.

 

21 May 2020: A New Plant-Based Plastic Will Degrade in a Year

The Weather Channel featuring the project. Click here to read.

 

18 May 2020: Coca Cola and Carlsberg to introduce new plant-based bottles

Article published in Evening standard, click here to read.

 

17 May 2020: New Plant-Based Bottles Backed By Coca-Cola And Carlsberg Will Degrade In Just A Year

Check out the article published in UNILAD. Click here.

 

17 May 2020: The end of plastic bottles? Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away to nothing within a year

Read the daily mail article here.

 

16 May 2020: The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year

Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles. Read the article in the Guardian. Click here.

 

15 January 2020: Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands

Article in Bio-based news. Read here.

 

8 January 2020: Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands

Avantium press release. Click here to read.

 

25 October 2017: Five-year EU flagship project to establish an innovative supply chain for FDCA and PEF

On September 20th 2017, the official kick-off was held for the PEFerence project in Geleen, the Netherlands. The consortium consists of 11 companies from 8 countries including Synvina, Avantium, BASF, Tereos (France), Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner (Austria), OMV Machinery (Italy), Croda Nederland (The Netherlands), Nestec (Switzerland), Lego System (Denmark), nova-Institut für politische und ökologische Innovation (Germany), and Spinverse Innovation Management (Finland). Read more here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

08 June 2017: EUR 25 million subsidy granted: Industry Consortium receives funds for polyethylenfuranoate (PEF)

The European Joint Undertaking on Bio-Based Industries (BBI), consisting of representatives from the European Union and the bio-based industry, granted 25 million Euro to “PEFerence”, a consortium of eleven companies. The grant supports the establishment of an innovative value chain for bio-based raw materials as well as chemicals and materials based on polyethylenefuranoate PEF. It includes the intended construction of a 50,000 tons FDCA reference plant, the main chemical building block for the production of PEF. Synvina will be coordinating the “PEFerence” project. Read more here.


This project receives funding from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 744409. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.


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