# Avantium to open commercial-scale FDCA plant for PEF production

Avantium plans to open a new commercial-scale FDCA plant later in 2024 to enable mass production of plant-based PEF resin, a recyclable bioplastic for packaging.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-03-11
- Where: Geleen, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Products: FDCA, PEF resin
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Avantium](https://endata.com/companies/7773.md)

## Sources

- [plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com](https://www.plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com/recycling/article/53083570/avantium-prepares-to-mass-produce-plant-based-pef-resin), 2024-03-11: "Avantium, a renewable chemistry company, plans to open a plant later this year that will enable commercial-scale production of a plant-based plastic that can be used in packaging and recycled in traditional polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling streams."

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