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.
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.
November 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"
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
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
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.