The Elusive Quest for Green Plastic Avantium's flagship project, a factory in Delfzijl, Netherlands, is touted as a game changer in plant based plastics – producing PEF (polyethylene furanoate), an eco friendly polymer derived from renewable biomass.
However, the company's recent financial woes and delay ridden commissioning process raise questions about the viability of this dream.
The latest development is that Avantium now expects commercial deliveries from its FDCA plant to begin at the end of 2023, after a series of setbacks.