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Avantium Raises €36M, ready for commercial-scale
I still have several interviews from last month that I need to post and I’m also receiving recent press releases so please bear with me as I try to juggle work and blogging. Next week, I will be at the ACSGCI Green Chemistry & Engineering conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Follow my tweets at @Dgreenblogger #gcande … Continue reading
Avantium’s 100% biobased T-shirts from recycled PEF bottles
The first time I covered Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) resin, which is being offered as an alternative to PET (polyethylene terephthalate), one of the industry concerns about this new bio-based material is if it can fit into the existing PET bottle infrastructure including its recyclability. This recent news from Avantium is proving that PEF bottles … Continue reading
Avantium, Wifag-Polytype on thermoformed PEF
Avantium and Wifag-Polytype Group agreed to collaborate on thermoformed products based from 100% polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a novel polymer produced by Avantium’s proprietary YXY technology — the brand name for Avantium’s technology platform that catalytically convert plant-based carbohydrates into chemical building blocks like furanics and levulinics. One of the current focus of the platform is … Continue reading