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2025-03-26 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, ...

2025-03-19 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 ...

2025-02-21 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 ...

Food grade PET

rPET pellets

Starlinger, Dentis: Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand REPETER

Partnership

ALBA Group Asia and VietCycle to jointly develop the largest food-grade PET/HDPE plastic recycling plant in Vietnam

Investment

D&W Fine Pack implements 100% recycled plastic products manufacturing

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Colorants

Exhibition

Milliken colorant, additive and sustainability solutions on full display at Fakuma 2021

Additives

New ColorMatrix™ Lactra™ dairy protection additives from Avient feature low TiO₂ and inorganic content

Liquid Color

Safety and circular economy can go hand in hand

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Dosing systems

Preview

PiovanGroup at Fakuma 2024

Installation

SGT invests €3 million in new material central facility

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Biobased Material

Partnership

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

Partnership

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

Biodegradable plastic

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

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PET processing

Installation

INEOS Aromatics reduces CO2 emissions and increases capacity with $70 million modernization of PTA facility in Merak, Indonesia

New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

Launch

First PET container for Ritual Multivitamins made from 100% PCR

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Barrier materials

Recognition

BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ recognized by The Association of Plastic Recyclers

PET barrier

Amcor introduces DairySeal™ featuring ClearCor™, a more sustainable packaging line for the ready-to-drink dairy market

PET/PEF Multilayer Recycling

EPBP gives 3-year endorsement to allow multilayer PET/PEF packaging in PET bottle recycling stream

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PET materials

PET marerials

Eight copolyester resins from Eastman receive RecyClass Approval

Collaboration

LanzaTech and Plastipak partner to produce world’s first PET resin made from waste carbon

Expansion

SCZONE is laying the cornerstone for the Indian factory Flex in Sokhna

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Additives

Acquisition

Chroma Color expands footprint with West Coast acquisition of Spectra Color

Colorant recycling

Utrecht University: New recycling techniques aim to give colorants a second life

Additives

Clariant leads the way in sustainable chemistry with complete PFAS-free additive portfolio

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