5 March 202429 February 2024 Neue biobasierte Hartschäume aus Ligninsulfonaten für die Automobilindustrie Forschungsverbund mit Beteiligung der Volkswagen AG entwickelt Schäume mit einem Ligninanteil von über 90 Prozent für Kernelemente von Pkw-Stoßfängern
25 January 202425 January 2024 Interview with Samira Choupin about LVHM’s appplication of Avantium’s bio-based Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) The Packaging Materials Innovation Manager at LVMH Beauty answers questions about the company's sustainability goals, the motivation to join the PEFerence project and LVMH’s planned applications of PEF to replace fossil feedstock
12 January 202411 January 2024 Free PEFerence webinars in February: PEF in bottle applications and for textiles PEF is an aspiring new bio-based material aiming at replacing fossil PET in a variety of applications such as PEF bottles and as a new and sustainable material in the textile industry
11 January 202410 January 2024 Renewable formic acid derived from captured CO₂ as a replacement of fossil feedstock in consumer goods The Horizon Europe project WaterProof releases a catchy and informative project video describing its innovative carbon capture and utilisation process aiming at a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular EU economy
Erneuerbare Ameisensäure aus abgeschiedenem CO₂ als Ersatz für fossile Rohstoffe in Konsumgütern Das Horizon Europe Projekt WaterProof präsentiert ein überzeugendes und informatives Projektvideo, in dem das innovative Verfahren zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -nutzung beschrieben wird, mit dem ein klimaneutrales Europa und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU erreicht werden sollen
4 January 202420 December 2023 Avantium focuses on maximising the potential of its FDCA and PEF technology In order to cover its share in the financing package and to remain properly capitalised until the FDCA Flagship Plant is fully operational, the company intends to raise €50 million in equity capital
7 December 20234 December 2023 PANGAIA and Avantium partner to bring sustainable apparel collection based on Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF to the market PEF fits current polyester infrastructure for both production and recycling; presenting a scaleable future for renewable alternatives to fossil-fuel derived PET
4 December 20232 December 2023 Albert Heijn to use Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF for packaging of own-brand products Refresco, the global independent beverage solutions provider, produces Albert Heijn’s new fruit juice bottle made out of PEF from Avantium
Für die Verpackung von Eigenmarkenprodukten: Albert Heijn setzt pflanzenbasiertes PEF ein Avantium N.V., ein Technologieunternehmen für nachhaltige Chemie, arbeitet mit Albert Heijn zusammen, um Verpackungen nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Zu diesem Zweck wird das zu 100% pflanzliche und kreislauffähige Material PEF (Polyethylenfuranoat) von Avantium für verschiedene Verpackungsformen eingesetzt
28 November 202329 November 2023 Renewable Carbon-based Materials Show Significant Lower CO2 Footprint Than Fossil Counterparts The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) published their latest report “Case Studies Based on Peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessments – Carbon Footprints of Different Renewable Carbon-based Chemicals and Materials”. The brochure-style report was put together by sustainability experts from nova-Institute
15 November 20239 November 2023 Avantium awarded Gold Medal in sustainability for the second consecutive year by EcoVadis This award places Avantium in the top 2% of companies globally (cross sector) rated by EcoVadis
9 November 20239 November 2023 HICCUPS: Turning CO2 gained from wastewater sludge into bio-based polymers for packaging materials by using electrochemical conversion Twelve partners of seven countries will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2 gained from wastewater to polymer end-use in the 4-year Horizon Europe project
6 October 20232 October 2023 Turning pulp mill residues and sugars from biorefineries into high-value products By-products from pulp mills contain organic compounds that have so far been largely unprocessed. An EU-funded project is repurposing this leftover material from the manufacturing process into valuable materials and chemicals
Zellstofffabrikrückstände und Zucker aus Bioraffinerien in hochwertige Produkte umwandeln Nebenprodukte aus Zellstofffabriken enthalten organische Verbindungen, die bisher kaum weiterverarbeitet wurden. Im Rahmen eines EU-finanzierten Projekts wird nun dieses Restmaterial aus dem Herstellungsprozess in wertvolle Materialien und Chemikalien umgewandelt
20 September 202316 October 2023 Free PEFerence webinar on 7 November: Furanic Humins – 100% bio-based side stream of PEF production, as basis for thermoset and other binder applications Tom Claessen (Avantium) will show the audience how side stream furanic humins can be used as a basis for thermoset and other binder applications. After his 30-minute presentation, he will answer the audiences questions in a live discussion.
31 August 202328 August 2023 Avantium awarded €0.76 million EU funding for its participation in the Rebiolution project This programme aims to design and synthetize biobased and biodegradable polyester blends based on FDCA to be used as plastic coating for food packaging and for mulch films for agricultural applications
7 July 20234 July 2023 BioBased Circular Proposal with Avantium selected by National Growth Fund for funding to make plant-based materials The Dutch cabinet announced that the National Growth Fund (Nationaal Groeifonds) has selected the BioBased Circular (BBC) proposal[i] for funding
6 July 20234 July 2023 Avantium and SCGC partner to bring CO₂-based polymers to pilot phase Avantium is a frontrunner in developing and commercialising innovative technologies for the production of chemicals and materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon from plants or carbon from the air (CO₂)
3 July 202327 June 2023 Avantium receives Critical Guidance Recognition for its bioplastic PEF from the US-based Association of Plastic Recyclers Avantium earned the recognition for the use of PEF, produced with Avantium’s YXY® Technology, in a multilayer PET bottle
26 June 202319 September 2023 Interview with Dr. Adrian Brandt about Henkel’s use of Avantium’s FDCA, a bio-based aromatic building block The head of the Bio-Renewable Materials Platform at Henkel answers questions about the company's sustainability goals and ambitions to support the PEFerence project
23 June 202320 June 2023 A Carbon Capture Utilisation future Avantium’s Chief Technology Officer Gert-Jan Gruter makes a case for Carbon Capture Utilisation as the “golden ticket” for a net-zero future
13 June 20237 June 2023 IMPRESSive achievements in sustainable manufacturing Innovative biorefinery gets a step closer to commercialization, thanks to Sulzer Chemtech
6 June 20231 June 2023 Avantium awarded €1.5 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into sustainable plastic materials The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023
1 June 202331 May 2023 Free Webinar on the Life Cycle Assessment of Avantium’s PEF On 22 June, the PEFerence project team will organise a free webinar with the title: "PEF – A Circular Bio-Based Polymer with Improved Properties – LCA"
3 April 202330 March 2023 The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2023 The Digest slideshow of the top 50 bioeconomy companies
30 March 202327 March 2023 Avantium and Kvadrat sign offtake agreement for the development of PEF for interior textiles The offtake agreement gives Kvadrat the advantage of being first mover in creating PEF-based textiles for both commercial and residential interiors
27 March 202324 March 2023 Six Materials Nominated for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023” New materials will enable sustainable products in areas such as textiles, cosmetics, packaging, as well as elastic and biodegradable materials for a variety of applications. Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners
Sechs Materialien für den Innovationspreis „Renewable Material of the Year 2023“ nominiert Neue Materialien ermöglichen nachhaltige Produkte in Bereichen wie Textilien, Kosmetik, Verpackungen sowie elastische und biologisch abbaubare Materialien für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen. Teilnehmende der „Renewable Materials Conference“ stimmen über die Gewinner ab
Value from waste(water) CO₂ – Invitation to the First Stakeholder Workshop on LCA and S-LCA of the WaterProof Project Free online webinar – 30 March 14:00-17:00h CET
1 March 202324 February 2023 Avantium and Origin Materials to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for advanced chemicals and plastics Strategic partnership will produce FDCA from Origin’s carbon-negative platform for producing chemical intermediates from sustainable wood residues and Avantium’s YXY® Technology
28 February 202328 February 2023 Free PEFerence Webinar on 21 March: From bio-based feedstocks to FDCA and PEF – And how can we keep PEF in the loop? Ed de Jong and Roy Visser (Avantium) will give a deep insight into the PEFerence project on 21 March 2023, 10:00 CET.
3 February 20237 February 2023 Taking Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X to the next level – Final Program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023” Leading international experts meet at one of the world’s key events on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X from 19-20 April 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) und Power-to-X auf erreicht die nächste Stufe – Das vollständige Programm der „Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023“ Führende internationale Experten und Expertinnen treffen sich vom 19. bis 20. April 2023 in Köln zu einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltungen im Bereich der CO2-Nutzung, Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), und Power-to-X
1 February 202331 January 2023 Avantium and Henkel sign offtake agreement on FDCA for adhesives to be used in electronics applications Henkel has tested and positively evaluated the feasibility of FDCA for the use of polyurethane adhesives and is making an important contribution to climate protection by embracing innovative solutions that facilitate recycling and enable CO2 savings across the value chain
23 December 202220 December 2022 The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO Avantium The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, the Dutch company that is a pioneer in the emerging industry of renewable and sustainable chemistry
21 December 202219 December 2022 Avantium and Monosuisse sign offtake agreement on PEF for industrial fibres Avantium’s PEF is a 100% plant-based and fully recyclable polymer with a wide range of applications such as packaging, film and textiles
7 November 20222 November 2022 Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates significantly lower carbon footprint of Avantium’s plantMPG™ For the plantMPG™ production process, electricity from wind power, green hydrogen based on wind power and thermal energy from natural gas was assumed
3 November 202231 October 2022 Biorefineries – the engine of the bio-based economy The European Union is investing billions of euros in biorefineries that can develop products based on organic materials and help decrease the bloc’s reliance on oil and gas
7 October 20225 October 2022 Biobased chemicals – market opportunities for small and large innovators Drawing data from NNFCC's own news reviews, this article looks at the chemical giants driving innovation in the biobased chemicals sector in recent years
23 September 202222 September 2022 Promising alternative to packaging lowers plastic industry’s carbon footprint A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use in bottles points to potentially major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Vielversprechende Alternative für Verpackungen senkt den CO2-Fußabdruck der Kunststoffindustrie Ein neues biobasiertes Polymer könnte eine gute Nachricht für die Umwelt bereithalten. Eine kürzlich durchgeführte Bewertung seiner Industrieproduktion und seiner Verwendung in Flaschen deutet auf eine unter Umständen erhebliche Verringerung der Treibhausgasemissionen (THG-Emissionen) hin
1 September 20221 September 2022 New bio-based polymer PEF shows low CO2 footprint Peer-reviewed LCA study with in-depth assessment of industrial PEF production and its use as raw material for bottles
31 August 202225 August 2022 LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses signs offtake agreement with Avantium for the use of PEF for its cosmetics packaging Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has signed a conditional offtake agreement with world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
29 August 202223 August 2022 Avantium First Half 2022 Results Avantium Begins The Construction Of Its FDCA Flagship Plant And Signs Additional Offtake Agreements
27 June 202225 June 2022 Avantium and Carlsberg sign offtake agreement on PEF Carlsberg further launches consumer test of the Fibre Bottle using PEF as a barrier
23 June 202222 June 2022 Avantium forms PEF Textile Community with five leading companies to develop PEF yarn applications The companies of the PEF Textile Community aim to further reduce CO2 emissions in support of the UN Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal objectives and explore sustainable solutions for various applications
22 June 202215 June 2022 Biobased monopropylene glycol: The bumpy road to a decarbonised world In the mid 2000s a PNNL researchers team discovered a metal catalyst with a soluble base co-catalyst, which converted plant-based, seed-oil-derived glycerol and plant sugar alcohols into MPG
24 May 202219 May 2022 Avantium awarded €3 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to consumer products Under the new WaterProof programme, Avantium will convert CO2, from wastewater purification and waste incineration into formic acid using its proprietary catalytic electrochemistry platform
23 May 20228 January 2023 Converting CO₂ through electrochemistry – The WaterProof Project Starting soon, the new research project WaterProof aims at closing the waste(water) carbon loop by creating a novel biorefinery concept converting CO2 emissions from urban waste treatment facilities into valuable green consumer-products. The objective is a technology resulting in a GHG reduction based on CO2 utilization, replacement of fossil feedstock and industrial electrification
19 May 202220 May 2022 Many advanced and proven solutions to replace fossil carbon in chemistry and materials already available Electrochemical transformation of CO₂, a natural polymer for paper and cardboard coating and material-to-material molecular recycling of plastic waste are the winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2022”