Dutch biopolymer producer Avantium has won a new customer along the path to commercializing its renewable polyethylenefuranoate (PEF) as a replacement for fossil-fuel...
05.10.2017
- Eastman Chemical has agreed to license its proprietary 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and derivatives process to Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) under a non-exclusive...
25.05.2017
- The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has granted interim approval to the recyclability of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF) produced by Synvina, the BASF/Avantium joint venture. The...
11.10.2016
- After signing a letter of intent in March, BASF and Dutch renewables company Avantium have formed a joint venture named Synvina to commercialize the new polymer...
