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Amsterdam’s renewable chemistry firm Avantium secures €70M to launch FDCA plant in the Netherlands
Amsterdam-based Avantium, a company specialising in sustainable chemistry technologies, has raised €70M through a capital increase, comprising a €50.5M fully underwritten rights offering and a €19.5M institutional upsize offering.
Founded in 2000 by Claude Stoufs, Avantium is a pioneering company focused on renewable polymer materials, using proprietary technologies like YXY to convert plant-based sugars into FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), a key component for sustainable plastic PEF (polyethylene furanoate). PEF, being 100 per cent plant-based and recyclable, finds applications in various products such as polyesters, polyamides, polyurethanes, coating resins, plasticisers, and other chemical products.