Media
Video describing the idea behind PEFerence
Time-lapse FDCA Flagship Plant
Construction time-lapse of Avantium's FDCA flagship plant. The plant will be a big step towards the transition to next-generation materials for a truly circular and sustainable future. Avantium plans to open the world’s first commercial FDCA plant in 2024. The first pile of this flagship FDCA plant was placed on 20 April 2022 in Delfzijl (The Netherlands).
Webinar on Bio-Based Polymers (29 March 2021)
Dr. Ed de Jong (Avantium, The Netherlands) is presenting the PEFerence project and its current status starting at 02:12:25. He is answering the audiences questions from 02:52:00 on and also takes part in the interesting discussion afterwards. (Information about the other projects and speakers can be found on www.afterlife-project.eu/bbi-workshop-2021)
Presentation of the PEFerence project (29 March 2021)
Presentation slides by Dr. Ed de Jong (Avantium, The Netherlands)
Presentation 29 March 2021
PDF download (2.4 MB)
Information Material
PEFerence brochure
4 pages (3.1 MB)
PEFerence rollup
(3.9 MB)
PEFerence flyer
2 pages (2 MB)
ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES
31 August 2022: New bio-based polymer PEF shows low CO2 footprint
Article and press release from 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 from Avantium
22 June 2022: Avantium and Carlsberg sign offtake agreement on PEF
Press release from Avantium
21 June 2022: Avantium forms PEF Textile Community with five leading companies to develop PEF yarn applications
Press release from Avantium
20 April 2022: Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant
Press release from 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 from Avantium
9 December 2021: Avantium takes a positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant
Press release from Avantium
22 April 2021: Cosun Beet Company and Avantium join forces with the ambition to produce plant-based glycols from sugars
Press release from Avantium
24 March 2021: Carlsberg Group joins the PEFerence consortium and deepens collaboration with Avantium
Press release from Carlsberg
24 March 2021: Avantium secures new offtake contracts for planned FDCA flagship plant
Press release from Avantium
9 February 2021: Avantium acquires the right to use Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio
Press release from Avantium
3 February 2021: Avantium publishes its Sustainability Plan ‘Chain Reaction 2030’ – a pioneering roadmap for a fossil-free chemical industry
Press release from Avantium
27 January 2021: Avantium provides update on the FDCA flagship plant final investment decision process
Press release from Avantium
16 December 2020: Avantium awarded € 5.4 million grant from Netherlands Enterprise Agency for expansion of FDCA pilot plant
Press release from Avantium
23 September 2020: Avantium grants Kebony rights to use its patented technologies on humins for wood modification
Press release from Avantium
22 July 2020: This startup’s plant-based plastics promise circularity. Can it deliver?
Check out the article from 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.