Avantium to speak at the Innovation Exchange Conference 2010
October 11, 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, will speak at the Innovation Exchange Conference, in Copenhagen on October 14, 2010. He will present about Avantium’s cleantech activities in YXY building blocks for making green materials and fuels. The presentation is part of the Disruptive Technologies track of the conference program.
The Innovation Exchange Conference is an annual meeting organized by the European Tech Tour Association, in association with Informilo and the European Venture Capital Association. The event brings together the hottest technology companies in Europe, major corporations and venture capitalists. A selection committee of leading venture capital and industry professionals has selected a privileged group of 15 companies out of very large pool of start-up and growth companies to present during the Innovation Exchange, to some 200 targeted international corporate and global investors.
The selection committee used the following criteria to the select the companies for the Innovation Exchange 2010:
• Proven, breakthrough technology
• Worldwide market ambition
• Quality management team
• Evidence of commercial traction
• Strength of third-party validation
More information about the conference can be found at: www.evca.eu/innovationexchange/home.html
About YXY
Avantium has developed YXY – a family of green building blocks for making materials and fuels that can compete on price and performance. YXY (pronounced ~ixy) is a patented technology that converts biomass into Furanics. It is the perfect solution for today’s challenges as it uses carbohydrates as feedstock, enabling the manufacture of green and sustainable products. This fast and cost-effective production process is based on Avantium’s catalytic technology. YXY can be implemented in existing chemical production methods. Avantium collaborates with leading companies such as NatureWorks, Teijin Aramid and DAF Trucks to start using green materials and fuels based on YXY building blocks. See www.yxy.com for more information.
About Avantium
Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in the area of advanced high-throughput R&D. The company develops and commercializes YXY – its new brand name for chemical building blocks for making green materials and fuels that can compete on price and performance. Avantium has demonstrated the value and commercial potential of its unique technology and knowledge by collaborating with leading companies in the energy and chemical industries. Avantium has a global customer base for its profitable R&D services and systems offering, including market leaders such as BP, Shell and Sasol. Avantium offices and headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.