From bio-based feedstocks via di-acids to multiple advanced bio-based materials with a preference for polyethylene furanoate

Project Information

PEFerence

Grant agreement ID: 744409

DOI

10.3030/744409

Project closed

EC signature date 8 May 2017

Start date 1 September 2017

End date 31 October 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 45 188 712,99

EU contribution

€ 24 999 610,00

Coordinated by

AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV
Netherlands

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Documents, reports (1)

Information materials

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

The global warming potential and the material utility of PET and bio-based PEF bottles over multiple recycling trips

Author(s): Paul Stegmann, Ties Gerritse, Li Shen, Marc Londo, Ángel Puente, Martin Junginger
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 395, 2025, Page(s) 136426, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136426

Solution electrospinning and properties of poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) fibers

Author(s): Mariia Svyntkivska; Tomasz Makowski; Ele L. de Boer; Ewa Piorkowska
Published in: Polymer Testing, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 0142-9418
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107677

The origin, composition, and applications of industrial humins – a review

Author(s): Ed de Jong, Mark Mascal, Sandra Constant, Tom Claessen, Pierluigi Tosi, Alice Mija
Published in: Green Chemistry, 2025, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4gc06244b

The Road to Bring FDCA and PEF to the Market

Author(s): Ed de Jong, Hendrikus Visser, Ana Dias, Clare Harvey, Gert-Jan Gruter
Published in: Polymers, Issue 14, 2022, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14050943

Crystallization-Controlled Structure and Thermal Properties of Biobased Poly (Ethylene2, 5-Furandicarboxylate).

Author(s): Pluta, Miroslaw; Bojda, Joanna; Svyntkivska, Mariia; Makowski, Tomasz; de Boer, Boer; Piorkowska, Ewa
Published in: Polymers, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 3052, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym16213052

Molecular structure and composition elucidation of an industrial humin and its fractions

Author(s): Sandra Constant, Christopher S. Lancefield, Willem Vogelzang, Rajeesh Kumar Pazhavelikkakath Purushothaman, Augustinus E. Frissen, Klaartje Houben, Peter de Peinder, Marc Baldus, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Daan S. van Es, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 26, 2024, Page(s) 7739-7751, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4gc00429a

From rags to riches: Converting cellulose containing waste to 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF)

Author(s): Jorge Bueno Moron, Gerard P.M. van Klink, Gert-Jan M. Gruter
Published in: Waste Management Bulletin, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 58-68, ISSN 2949-7507
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.wmb.2024.06.006

Cytotoxicity studies and antibacterial modification of poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) nonwoven

Author(s): Mariia Svyntkivska, Tomasz Makowski, Roza Pawlowska, Dorota Kregiel, Ele L. de Boer, Ewa Piorkowska
Published in: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2024, ISSN 0927-7765
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113609

The Opportunities and Challenges of Biobased Packaging Solutions

Author(s): Ed de Jong, Ingrid Goumans, Roy (H. A.) Visser, Ángel Puente, Gert-Jan Gruter
Published in: Polymers, Issue 17, 2025, Page(s) 2217, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/polym17162217

Other (1)

PEF bottles – a sustainable packaging material. ISO Certified LCA of Avantium’s PEF products

Author(s): Avantium, nova-Institut
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Avantium

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (10)

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID FROM ETHERS OF 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL

Application/Publication number: 20 20087052
Date: 2020-12-18
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

ORGANIC ACID AND THERMAL TREATMENT OF PURIFIED 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID

Application/Publication number: 20 20087072
Date: 2020-12-18
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

PREPARING POLYESTER COMPRISING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLATE UNITS WITH GERMANIUM CATALYST

Application/Publication number: 20 21073750
Date: 2021-08-27
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

WATER AND THERMAL TREATMENT OF PURIFIED 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID

Application/Publication number: 20 20087075
Date: 2020-12-17
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYESTER AND POLYESTER PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD

Application/Publication number: 20 21006400
Date: 2021-02-19
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV

PREPARING POLYESTER COMPRISING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLATE UNITS WITH GERMANIUM CATALYST

Application/Publication number: 20 21073750
Date: 2021-08-27
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

ORGANIC ACID AND THERMAL TREATMENT OF PURIFIED 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID

Application/Publication number: 20 20087072
Date: 2020-12-18
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID FROM ETHERS OF 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL

Application/Publication number: 20 20087052
Date: 2020-12-18
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

WATER AND THERMAL TREATMENT OF PURIFIED 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID

Application/Publication number: 20 20087075
Date: 2020-12-17
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV

METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYESTER AND POLYESTER PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD

Application/Publication number: 20 21006400
Date: 2021-02-19
Applicant(s): AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV