0:56 min Biobased Material
Implementation

Implementation of Japan’s “Positive List” Confirms FDCA Approval for Food-Contact Use

Avantium is pleased to share that Japan has fully implemented its Positive List system for food contact plastics as of 1 June 2025. This list, part of the Food Sanitation Law, includes FDCA (2,5-furandicarboxylic acid) as an approved monomer.
1:13 min Biobased Material
Recognition

RecyClass validates Avantium’s PET/PEF bottle as fully recyclable in PET stream

Avantium announces that its innovative PET/PEF multilayer bottle has been recognized as fully compatible with the PET recycling stream following an evaluation by RecyClass, the European non-profit initiative dedicated to advancing plastics circularity.  
1:14 min Biobased Material

Avantium and Hordijk sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for PEF in Packaging Applications

Avantium has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, a Dutch producer of sustainable plastic packaging solutions. Under this agreement, Hordijk has secured volumes of Avantium’s 100% plant-based and recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) from future ...
1:14 min Fruit juices, Biobased Material
Partnership

Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

Avantium N.V. has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Hoogesteger, a ...
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 ...
0:50 min Additives
Additives

Avient unveils ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L: New shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive for PET packaging

Avient Corporation announces the launch of ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L, an advanced ...
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 ...