1:26 min Cosmetics & Medical, Enzymatic recycling, Biobased Material
Enzymatic recycling

CARBIOS signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders

CARBIOS has signed two multi-year commercial contracts for biorecycled PET from its Longlaville plant, with L'ORÉAL and L'Occitane en Provence, and has moved forward with the execution of this future plant’s strategy These initial commercial contracts confirm market demand for ...
1:23 min Management, Biobased Material
Management

Avantium announces changes to its management

Boudewijn van Schaïk has resigned as CFO and Management Board member effective as of 9 May 2025 to pursue his career elsewhere. Bert Cornelese will start as interim CFO as of 1 April 2025. Bram Hoffer has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Finally, ...
1:13 min Facts & Figures, Biobased Material
Review

Avantium's 2024 Full Year Results: Avantium advances towards commercial production and sale of PEF

Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer of Avantium, said: "I am proud of our achievements in 2024. Our crowning accomplishment was completing the construction of our first-of-its-kind commercial-scale FDCA plant in Delfzijl (the Netherlands), which we celebrated with a grand opening ...
1:32 min Management, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Biobased Material
Partnership

Avantium and Amcor Rigid Packaging partner to advance more sustainable packaging with plant-based polymer Releaf®

Avantium has signed a joint development agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA. ...
1:43 min Management, Biobased Material
Partnership

Avantium and EPC Engineering & Technologies collaborate to commercialize continuous PEF Production Technology

Avantium has signed a collaboration with EPC Engineering & Technologies GmbH, an ...
2:90 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Biobased Material
Biodegradable plastic

Fortum: World’s first biodegradable plastic produced from CO2 emissions in Finland

Fortum Recycling & Waste, a waste management and circular solutions company from ...
2:10 min Asia Pacific, Biobased Material
Partnership

Avantium and Kirin collaborate to explore the use of Avantium’s PEF for packaging of the Kirin product portfolio

Avantium announces the collaboration with Kirin Holdings, the Japanese beer, beverage, and wine company known for brands such as Kirin Ichiban (beer), Nama Cha, Gogo no Kōcha (teas), and Bon Rouge (wine). This partnership focuses on R&D activities to explore the application of ...
3:16 min Asia Pacific, Biobased Material, Bottle development and design
Bio-based PET bottles

Indorama Ventures collaborates to launch PET bottles using Bio-Paraxylene for Suntory

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, as part of a supply chain collaboration with Suntory, ENEOS Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Iwatani and Neste, will launch the world’s first1 bio-PET bottle for commercial scale, made from ISCC+ certified bio-paraxylene2. This ...
2:10 min Asia Pacific, Biobased Material, Bottle development and design
bio-based PET bottles

Suntory introduces PET bottles using Bio-Paraxylene

Starting this November, Suntory Group will begin introducing PET bottles using ...
1:38 min Cosmetics & Medical, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Biobased Material, …
Wood-based PET

UPM, SELENIS and BORMIOLI PHARMA introduce the world's first pharmaceutical bottle partially made with wood-based PET

UPM Biochemicals, Selenis and Bormioli Pharma have partnered to ...