Avantium Chemicals:
Carbohydrate based feedstocks for biobased chemicals
Ed de Jong
Peter Mangnus
Technology
Feedstock
Conversion
Bioplastics
Renewable sources
Superior economics
Broad range of materials
Feedstock flexible
Fit with existing assets
Improved properties
Delivering biobased performance products at a competitive price
Targeting multi-billion Euro markets
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Avantium’s Approach
Crops
Carbohydrates
Process
Products
Avantium catalysts
and process
Avantium Furanics
Sugar/Starch
Bio-based fuels
Cellulose
Sugar
Stream
Bio-based plastics
Bio-based chemicals
Moving to 100% green
• PET is the most widely used polyester made of PTA and EG
• Plantbottle launched in 2010 - PET with biobased EG and oil-based PTA
• PEF by Avantium: biobased FDCA + biobased EG = 100% green
PTA
PTA
FDCA
EG
EG
EG
100%
PET
0%
Renewable
Oil-based
Large market opportunity
bottles
$30 billion
per year
fiber
$60 billion
per year
film
$10 billion
per year
FDCA
Plant based
sugars
PEF
EG
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YXY PEF Polyesters
Bottles
Blown on a commercial ISBM line using
standard PET pre-forms and molds.
Fibers
Spun on commercial fiber line at max
speed
Film
Processed on a commercial film extruder
equipment
Results of Avantium – NatureWorks
collaboration
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The key questions
Compared to oil-based products…
• Can YXY compete on price?
• Can YXY compete on performance?
• Can YXY deliver a significantly better
environmental footprint?
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PEF
The next generation bioplastic
• 100% Biobased (e.g. carbohydrates such as sugar and
starch)
• 100% Recyclable
• Competitive process economics
• Can be processed in existing supply chains
• Highly attractive carbon footprint (50-70% lower than PET)
• “We’ve got barrier!”:
– 6 times better O2 barrier than PET
– 3 times better CO2 barrier than PET
– 2 times better H2O barrier than PET
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Current Partnerships
100% plant based
PEF Bottles
100% plant based
PEF Bottles
Green superfibers
Green
engineering plastics
Green
nylons & fibers
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Creating market pull through
partnerships
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Next Steps
Go to Market
First commercial plant:
On stream in 2015
Name plate capacity: 30-50 kta
Pilot plant: on stream
Name plate capacity: 40 tpa
Own & Operate
EUR 30 million investment
secured in June 2011
Full scale industrial plant:
On stream in 2017-2018
Name plate capacity: 300-500 kta
Licensing model for global
deployment of technology
Summary
• YXY: a proprietary chemical process that unlocks a range of new green
materials and fuels
• Supported by feedstock suppliers, producers and brand owners,
creating an integrated value chain
• Big opportunity for sugar and starch producers
• Technical drop-in with improved properties
(e.g. superior barrier)
• Pilot 2011, First Commercial 2015, Second Commercial 2018
• YXY: the green alternative to oil-based products that will deliver on
price and performance
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Thank you for your attention
ed.dejong@avantium.com
peter.mangnus@avantium.com
+31 6 34347096