As an aromatic dibasic acid with a scarce rigid structure derived from HMF downstream, FDCA has the same functional group, similar aromaticity, and reactivity with terephthalic acid(PTA), and is considered an ideal substitute and modifier for PTA. The U.S. Department of Energy has identified FDCA as one of the 12 promising biobased platform compounds for building the "green" chemical industry of the future.

CEO Tom Van Aken and Her Majesty Queen Maxima. Source: Avantium Avantium, a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed a conditional offtake agreement for five years with PLIXXENT, a leading producer of polyurethane systems. Under this offtake agreement, PLIXXENT will purchase FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, for the use in foams…

THFDCA is a saturated furan compound mainly prepared by catalytic selective hydrogenation of FDCA or oxidation of THFDM. THFDCA has a similar structure to FDCA and can be used as a new biobased polymeric monomer to prepare polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, and other polymer materials. In addition, THFDCA can also be used as a synthetic raw material for adipic acid, adipate, and drug precursors.

Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands Helios Resins, a Slovenian based producer of advanced coating- and composite resins, signed a capacity reservation agreement for FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) developed by Avantium, a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials. FDCA is a raw material whose commercial applications include coating resins, surfactants, polyamides,…

Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands Avantium, a Dutch leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Origin Materials, a leading sustainable materials company based in the USA, joined forces to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for use in advanced chemicals and plastics. The partnership aims to bring the technology platforms of both companies together in order to…

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Henkel, a global leader of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, and leading manufacturer of well-known consumer brands, signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in…

Avantium and Tereos signed a strategic supply agreement

Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands Avantium signed a strategic supply agreement with Tereos Cooperative group, whereby Avantium Renewable Polymers will purchase high fructose syrup made from European wheat as the feedstock for the planned FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) Flagship Plant in Delfzijl. The multi- year agreement secures 100% bio-based and local feedstock for the flagship plant.…

Gujarat: Three Arrested for Selling Spurious Covid-19 Drug in Surat, Ahmadabad

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FDCA officials seized two boxes of Nandrolone Decanoate injection manufactured by Genic Pharma from Nilesh Laliwala of Happy Chemist. These injections were being passed off as tocilizumab injections by pasting fake labels.

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A racket which sold spurious tocilizumab injections…