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Today, #Avantium launches #Releaf, a new brand name for our plant-based circular polymer PEF. With the upcoming opening of our FDCA Flagship plant in Delfzijl, The Netherlands, this is the right time to introduce Releaf! Please check the website: releaf.bio
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We are pleased to announce that Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for food contact applications in the United States. newsroom.avantium.com/fda-ap…
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Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant on October 22, 2024. This event marks a crowning moment in the journey toward plant-based plastics, with global leaders and innovators gathering to celebrate this milestone. 🌱
More details: newsroom.avantium.com/her-ma…
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Avantium-ceo Tom van Aken: ‘In de trein naar Londen voel ik me wel een beetje gekke Henkie’ fd.nl/samenleving/1519777/av…
Proud to announce that @Avantium has successfully completed its fundraise and has secured EUR 70 million. This is a major vote of confidence by our existing shareholders (institutional and retail) and new shareholders to ensure that we are well capitalized for the next phase!
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We are very pleased that we have successfully completed our €70 million capital raise, exceeding the €50 million equity capital that Avantium was initially targeting. Read the press release here: avantium.com/press-releases/…
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Plastic pollution is projected to triple by 2060. We need international rules to turn the tide @Unilever @BizForTreaty #wef24 weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/p…
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Een bevlogen CEO van @Avantium in onze studio gisteren. Interview met @TomvanAken over kantelpunt, Delfzijl, PEF, Albert Heijn en uiteraard de upcoming kapitaalverhoging.
CEO-Talk: Tom van Aken (Avantium) youtu.be/d8unjIWraC8?si=JS_8… via @YouTube
Naar aanleiding van de column van @JoostvanKuppeveld in het @FD_Nieuws wil ik mijn oprechte verbazing uitspreken over hoe het @FD-Nieuws bericht over het nieuws dat Albert Heijn en Avantium gaan samenwerken 🧵 fd.nl/financiele-markten/149…
In plaats van te berichten over deze samenwerking, wat de impact hiervan is, wat het betekent voor de consument, schrijft het @FD_Nieuws alleen een stukje over de koersbeweging van het aandeel Avantium in de context van speculerende investeerders. Teleurstellend!
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We’re thrilled to receive the @ecovadis Gold Medal in #sustainability, placing Avantium in the top 2% of EcoVadis-rated companies globally. Learn more avantium.com/2023/avantium-a…
#renewablechemistry #bioplastics
Article in @nrc (leading Dutch newspaper), translates into: are you scared by petroleum? Wait for plastic, that will be the real horror.
Unfortunately no reference to renewable and circular solutions to remedy our oil addiction!
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/09/27/van…
If you look at biopolymer materials like #PEF, there are near term, high-performance, fossil free solutions coming to the market that can help to decouple plastic materials from petroleum and other fossil feedstocks
Interesting article in @FT about @LEGO_Group abandoning recycled PET to replace fossil-based ABS bricks. Conclusions:
1- Performance is key
2- Avoid a narrow focus on recycled plastic materials
3 - Radical innovation is required
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on.ft.com/46nYE7T
Radical innovation will come from new players in the plastics industry. Where petrochemical companies champion incremental improvements and focus on tiny efficiency gains, we need radical innovation to deliver the real solutions to address our plastic problem.
A good example of this radical innovation is the collaboration between @LEGO_Group, @Avantium and @UVA to develop and test FDCA and isosorbide based plastic materials as replacement of ABS and as a future proof material. The future of plastics is above the ground!