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What does PEF bring to end applications?

  • 100 % bio-based
  • Transparent
  • Long shelf life
  • Light-weight
  • Recyclable
  • Thermally stable
  • Unbreakable: safer
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Objectives

  • Engineer and build the flagship plant for the production of purified FDCA (5,000 tonnes/year)
  • Demonstrate and validate at least three 100 % bio-based materials in end user applications
  • Commercialize the 100 % bio-based end products demonstrated in the project
  • Demonstrate and optimize the new local bio-based value chain from raw material sourcing to PEF end products
  • Evaluate the environmental and socio-economic performance of the developed products

Impact

  • Maximising the use of regional agricultural resources and decreasing dependence on oil imports while increasing added value to the European economy
  • Establishing a new bio-based value chain that will create jobs in rural areas while developing technological knowhow and translating it into industrial products
  • Best scenario to have an industrial scale MMF-FDCA plant (≥100,000 tonnes/year FDCA) built in Europe
  • Demonstrate new 100 % bio-based materials (PEF and polyurethanes) based on the diacid FDCA
  • Demonstrate cost efficiency and improved properties of PEF compared to PET and multi-layer PET/polyamide, and focus on applications where PEF brings most value
  • Using PEF: substantially reduce non-renewable energy use and carbon emissions compared to petroleum-based plastics and other materials
  • PEF is 100 % recyclable into other PEF applications
  • Reduce food waste and energy consumption of end products and increase the sustainability of coatings, elastomers and adhesives
  • Augment the drive towards bio-based industrial products for global markets and establish FDCA as a versatile furanics building block while developing PEF for packaging applications