EU Funding to Design FDCA-based Polyester Blends for Plastic Coatings
Avantium, a technology provider in renewable chemistry, announces that it has been awarded a €0.76 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe program for its participation in the research and development program Rebiolution over a period of 3 years.
The program aims to design and synthesize bio-based and biodegradable polyester blends based on FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) and other bio-based monomers, to be used as plastic coating for food packaging and for mulch films for agricultural applications.
Avantium has developed the YXY® Technology that converts plant-based sugars into FDCA, which can be polymerized together with plant-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) into the sustainable plastic PEF (polyethylene furanoate). As a monomer, FDCA brings the opportunity to create a variety of polymers, from polyesters, polyamides and polyurethanes, to coating resins, plasticizers and other chemical products.
Avantium is currently constructing the world’s first commercial FDCA facility in Delfzijl (the Netherlands)