This summer Avantium closed a $50 million deal
to create a polyethylene furanoate (PEF) bottle. PEF is a material
made from plant-based 2nd generation feedstock. This new bio-based resin could
bring changes to the plastics packaging market as Coca-Cola, Danone, Alpla, and
others have invested in Avantium’s commercial scale plant.
Some of the benefits
of PEF include its sustainability factor as well as some performance
advantages. According to packaging expert
Gordon Bockner, PEF has a superior gas barrier when compared to PET
packaging and also has better tensile strength which allows for improved
light-weighting and superior thermal stability without heat-setting. However,
Bockner also notes that PET packaging still remains strong in the US and that
although a 100% bio-PET molecule does not yet exist, it may in the future.
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