Category: PEF
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The History and Future of Avantium
After 26 years, hundreds of millions in investment and substantial public subsidies, Avantium is raising another €55 million. We examine…
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Avantium plant-based polymer granted PET stream compatibility
What’s the point of buying PEF if it ends up in the PET recycling stream?
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Implementation of Japans ‘Positive List’ Confirms FDCA Approval for Food-Contact Use
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RecyClass Validates Avantium’s PET/PEF Bottle as Fully Recyclable in PET Stream (FREE)
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Avantium and Hordijk Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for PEF in Packaging Applications (FREE)
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Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices (FREE)
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Christian Dior to test Avantium PEF in packaging
LVMH (Christian Dior) is owned by a greedy French billionaire who doesn’t pay any taxes, got covid subsidies while firing…
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Avantium and Royal Vezet collaborate on PEF-based packaging trays for Albert Heijn’s salad bowls
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Stora Enso white paper on PEF
Consumers’ current understanding of sustainable packaging. How brands can meet sustainability criteria through packaging. How FuraCore® PEF can help brand…
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Stora Enso and Kolon Industries Partner on bio-based materials
Stora Enso and Kolon Industries have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop and industrialise bio-based polyesters and their applications,…
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Free Distribution of PEF Samples (FREE)
We organised the distribution of free PEF samples and here’s the video of what it looked like. This is a…
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PEF Bottles Have Lower Carbon Footprint than PET Bottles Says LCA
A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use…
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MSU Granted for PEF Research
The project aims to find a better way of turning biomass sugars into FDCA
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New and Cheaper Method to Produce PEF
Efficient titanium-based catalyst used to produce PEF, the biobased alternative to PET
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McGill University on PEF
In order to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the plastic industry, polyethylene furanoate may soon be taking over.
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Stora Enso Launches Furacore Process to Produce FDCA
Plastic as we know it is at the edge of a revolution, and this is how FuraCore® by Stora Enso…
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PEF Not So Sustainable Says NGO
Wonder Plastic PEF Will Not Yet Help Solve The Plastic Soup says Plastic Soup Foundation
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Origin Materials and Kolon Industries Partner on PEF
Origin Materials and Kolon Form Strategic Partnership to Industrialize Advanced Carbon-Negative Chemicals and Materials
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New FDCA Process by Stora Enso
A new FDCA process by Stora Enso
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The PEF Fairy Tale
What if PEF was a Fairy Tale?
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Bioplastic Bottle from Citrus Peel
Plant-based and recyclable plastic bottles now enabled with VTT’s new FDCA technology using citrus peel as raw material
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Avantium Plans to Build New PEF Plant
Worley has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering design) to develop Avantium’s flagship plant that will support the transition to…
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PET and PEF
Poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) has a barrier that is reported to be up to 19x better on CO2 /1/ and up…
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Avantium CEO On Bioplastics in the Drinks Industry
Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, discusses the challenges and benefits of introducing plant-based plastics to the drinks industry.
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Korea Develops New PEF Technology
Researchers Develops Eco-friendly Plastic Production Technology.
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Avantium Renewable Polymers Partners with R&F Chemical To Market PEF in South Korea
This partnership is a further validation of Avantium’s strategy to focus on high-value applications for PEF (polyethylene furanoate) for its…
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Technology Profile: Polyethylene Furanoate Production (PEF)
This column is based on “Polyethylene Furanoate Production — Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec.
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Chinese Create PCF from FDCA and May Disrupt PET and PEF
The bio-based polyester demonstrated great potential and could be used as engineering plastic.
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Will Switzerland Disrupt the PEF Market?
Researchers at the ETH Zurich University have improved the method to produce PEF drastically.
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FDCA and PEF Production Becomes Cheaper and Faster
German Chemists Discover a Low Cost Catalyst for FDCA. Germany Remains at the top of Bioplastics.
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PEF Integrated in EU PET recycling
This is big news coming from Synvina (the JV between Avantium and BASF) as the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)…
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€25M Granted to PEFerence the Synvina-led European Consortium for PEF
In the Netherlands, a BBI subsidy of €25 million has been granted to “PEFerence,” a consortium consisting of 11 companies…
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From Lignocellulose to PEF by Ed de Jong
Leading research group in the Netherlands with 3 main focuses: furan platform, isohexide platform and sugar biotechnology platform.
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BASF and Avantium form Synvina, a Biobased Chemicals JV
BASF (Germany) and Avantium (NL) have formed a joint venture for the production and marketing of furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), which…
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PEF and Avantium Towards Replacement of PET
A big step forward for PEF and Avantium towards the replacement of petroleum based polyethylene terephtalate (PET): USD 50 Mn…
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Avantium Wins European Cleantech Company Award
Avantium (The Netherlands) among the leading technology companies known for its collaborations with iconic market players such as The Coca-Cola…
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Bottles from Furfural
Bioplastics PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is an alternative to PET and bio-PET for soft drink bottles, offering enhanced functionalities.
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