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Royal Cosun and Avantium have announced the start of their collaboration. Companies join forces to develop a specific process for the production of a new generation of bioplastics and biofuels from certain organic waste streams. Avantium will develop these bioplastics and biofuels in the name of 'Furanics.

Within the collaboration, Cosun will focus on the selection, isolation and purification of suitable components from agricultural waste streams. Avantium will continue to focus on developing a production process and efficient chemical catalyst. The duration of the first phase of collaboration will be approximately two years. With positive results, the companies intend to scale production technology and deploy a commercial scale.

The collaboration between Cosun Avantium and combines the complementary knowledge and experience of two major economic sectors for Dutch products and processes based on new and sustainable biomass.