Avantium opens its first FDCA plant

The Dutch technology firm Avantium has opened its first plant for making biobased furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a precursor for the polymer polyethylene furanoate, in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the plant has a capacity of 5,000 metric tons per year. Avantium will use the plant to showcase the technology as part of its licensing strategy.

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C&EN Global Enterprise
Published
2024-10-28
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https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10234-buscon8
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Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
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Avantium opens its first FDCA plant

Alex Scott
C&EN Global Enterprise
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
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Avantium opens its first FDCA plant

Alex Scott
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Abstract

The Dutch technology firm Avantium has opened its first plant for making biobased furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a precursor for the polymer polyethylene furanoate, in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the plant has a capacity of 5,000 metric tons per year. Avantium will use the plant to showcase the technology as part of its licensing strategy.

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