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

PEFerence, a €25 million EU project was officially launched Wednesday, September 20th 2017

Led by Synvina, the project consortium is comprised of 11 partners from 8 European countries.

PEFerence ConsortiumOn 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).

The partners will be cooperating for the next five years to establish an innovative value chain for FDCA (2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid) and PEF (Polyethylene furanoate), including the intended construction of a 50,000 tons reference plant in Antwerp. The “PEFerence” project will be coordinated by Synvina.

As background, FDCA is the essential chemical building block for the production of PEF. Compared to conventional plastics, PEF is characterized by improved barrier properties for gases like carbon dioxide and oxygen. This can lead to longer shelf life of packaged products. Due to its higher mechanical strength, thinner PEF packaging can be produced, thus a lower amount of packaging material is necessary. Therefore, PEF is particularly suitable for the production of certain food and beverage packaging, for example films and plastic bottles. After use, PEF can be recycled.

For more information about PEFerence please visit the website peference.eu.

PEFerence has received funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N° 744409

You can download the press release here.

Source

PEFrence, press release, 2017-10-25.

Supplier

ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG
Avantium Technologies B.V.
BASF SE
Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Croda International
Horizon 2020
nova-Institut GmbH
OMV Machinery s.r.l.
Spinverse Ltd.
Synvina C.V.
Tereos

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