Avantium builds pilot plant for 'green' building blocks; in research deal for 'green' polymers

摘要

Dutch technology firm, Avantium, has started constructing a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands) for producing 'YXY' building blocks for making green materials and fuels. Avantium has developed a novel catalytic process to convert carbohydrates into furanic building blocks under the brand name 'YXY'. The pilot plant is expected to become operational in the first quarter of 2011.