Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.

Dow and UPM Biofuels announced the commercialization of a packaging plastics offering made from UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha, which Dow will use to produce bio-based polyethylene at its Terneuzen plant in the Netherlands.