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Avantium and Logoplaste Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Accelerate High-Performance Packaging Innovation

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium, a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a capacity reservation agreement for its plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate), branded as releaf®, with Logoplaste Consultores Técnicos, SA., a global packaging manufacturer. Logoplaste and Avantium are collaborating as strategic partners within the Bottle Collective, a consortium dedicated to developing recyclable fiber-based bottles. This agreement further strengthens their partnership and supports the joint development of next-generation packaging solutions, extending beyond the paper bottle and into Logoplaste’s core business of high-performance bottles for beverages, food, pharma, home care, and personal care.

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Avantium, LVMH and Tereos form strategic alliance to scale releaf® production across Europe

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Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands

Avantium, a Dutch leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed Memoranda of Understanding with Tereos, a global leader in sugar, starch, alcohol and bioethanol production, and with LVMH GAÏA, the scientific and environmental R&D division of LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world leader in luxury. Together, the parties will establish a strategic collaboration to accelerate the industrial-scale production of PEF (polyethylene furanoate), Avantium’s 100% renewable and circular performance polymer known under the brand name releaf®. Releaf® is made from plant-based feedstocks and can be applied across food & beverage packaging, cosmetic packaging, fashion and industrial fibers. This alliance unites Avantium as the inventor of releaf® with trailblazers Tereos and LVMH to scale bio-based plastics from plant-based resources, contributing to the transition away from fossil-based plastics.

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Avantium successfully starts up first part of its FDCA flagship plant

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium N.V., a Dutch company focused on renewable and circular polymer materials, successfully started up the sugar dehydration (SDH) unit and all auxiliary systems and utilities at its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl. This achievement marks a key technical achievement in the phased commissioning and start-up of the world’s first commercial facility dedicated to the production of FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), a key building block for the 100% plant-based and recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate), branded as releaf®. Avantium now expects to begin commercial sales under its existing offtake agreements in the first quarter of 2026.

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Avantium signed an offtake agreement with PLIXXENT for FDCA in insulation foams

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium, a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a conditional offtake agreement for five years with PLIXXENT, a leading producer of polyurethane systems. Under this offtake agreement, PLIXXENT will purchase FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, for the use in foams for insulation materials. 

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Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

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Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a conditional offtake agreement with Hoogesteger, a leading producer of fresh cold-pressed juices in the Netherlands. Hoogesteger will purchase the 100% plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyetehylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant for the use in bottles for its fresh juices made from ultra-fresh vegetables, fruit and fresh herbs.

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Avantium signed capacity reservation agreement with BIOVOX for PEF in pharmaceutical applications

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium, the Dutch company in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a capacity reservation agreement with BIOVOX, a pioneer in sustainable healthcare plastics. Under this agreement, BIOVOX has committed to using Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) in various pharmaceutical applications. This PEF is expected to be produced in a future industrial-scale facility, based on a technology license from Avantium. The multi-year capacity reservation ensures BIOVOX preferred access to PEF volumes produced by Avantium’s future licensee network.

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Avantium advances PEF-Based Spacer Fabric for Auping Mattresses with consortium Of textile innovators

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Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, announced significant progress in its collaboration with leading textile innovators to develop PEF (polyethylenefuranoate)-based spacer fabric for Auping mattresses. PEF is a plant-based, fully circular polymer material. Recently, a consortium comprising of Auping, Muller Textiles, ANTEX and Monosuisse has successfully developed a PEF-based spacer fabric, a key component in Auping mattresses.

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

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a joint development agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, a  leader in responsible packaging solutions. This partnership aims to explore the use of Avantium’s plant-based polymer PEF – branded as releaf® – in rigid containers for various products, including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home, and personal care.

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Avantium strengthened its partnership with SCG Chemicals to pilot the production of PLGA

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CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, strengthened its partnership with SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited, a leading chemical player in Asia and an innovator of chemical innovations and solutions. The companies signed a multi-year collaboration to pilot the production of PLGA (polylactic-co-glycolic acid). This partnership marks a significant milestone in the development and commercialization of sustainable materials.

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Avantium starts a collaboration with Parfums Christian Dior for 100% plant-based packaging

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Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymers, started a groundbreaking collaboration with PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR, a pioneer in luxury industry innovation, and iconic Maison from LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton). Following three years of close collaboration between Avantium and LVMH Recherche and under LVMH’s offtake agreement with Avantium, PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR will implement Releaf®, Avantium’s brand name for the polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate), in its packaging. Dior will be the first in the cosmetics industry to use this cutting-edge, 100% plant-based material for its primary packaging.

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