Avantium Company Description
Avantium N.V., a chemical technology company, develops and commercializes renewable chemistry solutions in the Netherlands.
The company operates through three segments: Avantium R&D Solutions, Avantium Renewable Chemistries, and Avantium Renewable Polymers.
It offers furandicarboxylic acid, a building block for polyethylene furanoate (PEF); and PEF, a plant-based recyclable plastic for use as packaging material.
The company also provides catalyst testing systems, including Flowrence that provides catalyst testing and adsorbents.
In addition, it offers R&D system and refinery catalyst testing services. Further, the company develops ray technology to produce mono-ethylene glycol from industrial sugars; and dawn technology which converts non-food plant-based feedstock to industrial sugars and lignin.
Additionally, it produces polyesters using plantMEG. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Country | Netherlands |
Founded | 2000 |
Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
Sector | Materials |
Employees | 288 |
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 |
Boudewijn Van Schaïk | Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board |
Gert-Jan M. Gruter | Chief Technology Officer |
Carmen Portocarero | General Counsel |
Steven Olivier | Managing Director of Research & Development Solutions |
Chie Cheung Yap | Managing Director of Renewable Chemistries |