# Avantium and Origin Materials partner to scale FDCA and PEF mass production

Avantium and Origin Materials announced a partnership to accelerate mass production of FDCA and PEF bioplastics by combining their technologies to make FDCA from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-02-21
- Status: announced
- Products: FDCA, PEF, CMF
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Origin Materials](https://endata.com/companies/1058.md) (partner)
- [Avantium](https://endata.com/companies/7773.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bioplasticsmagazine.com](https://www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/news/meldungen/20230221_Avantium_and_Origin.php), 2023-02-20: "Avantium and Origin Materials announced on Feb 21, 2023 a partnership to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for use in advanced chemicals and plastics."

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