Avantium Company Description
Avantium N.V., a chemical technology company, develops and commercializes bio-based plastics and chemicals in the Netherlands.
It operates through Avantium R&D Solutions and Avantium Renewable Polymers. The company offers Releaf, boasts barrier properties for carbon dioxide and oxygen that leads to longer shelf life of packaged products used for packaging, textiles, film, and PEF applications.
It also provides furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a building block for the high-performance plant-based polymer polyethylene furanoate (PEF).
In addition, the company offers YXY Technology which catalytically converts plant-based sugars into FDCA.
Further, it is development and commercialization of the Dawn Technology, Parana Technology, and Volta Technology.
The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

| Country | Netherlands |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Sector | Materials |
| Employees | 285 |
| CEO | Tom van Aken |
Contact Details
Address: Zekeringstraat 29-31 Amsterdam, 1014 BV Netherlands | |
| Phone | 31 20 586 8080 |
| Website | avantium.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | AVTX |
| Exchange | Euronext Amsterdam |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | EUR |
| ISIN Number | NL0012047823 |
| SIC Code | 8731 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom B. van Aken | Chief Executive Officer and Member of Management Board |
| Gert-Jan M. Gruter | Chief Technology Officer |
| Carmen Portocarero | General Counsel |
| Steven Olivier | Managing Director of Avantium Research & Development Solutions |
| Chie Cheung Yap | Managing Director of Volta Technology |
| Marco Jansen | Chief Commercial Officer |