General Meeting of Shareholders 2024
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Avantium is proud to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which will be hosted by the United States and the Netherlands on June 4 and 5, 2019 in World Forum in The Hague. The event will bring together 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders and corporations from around the world which makes it the ideal forum to demonstrate that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present business opportunities.
In partnership with GES, the KvK (Dutch Chamber of Commerce) supports an innovation platform where organizations can submit questions they have not been able to answer yet. Avantium participates in the next edition with two business challenges:
In one sentence: Can you create value opportunities using sugar-based polymeric humins from Avantium?
Why is this a challenge?
Synvina, a business unit of Avantium, produces liquid humins in the production process of the new plant-based plastic PEF. The humins are a versatile plant-based material that have multiple chemically reactive functionalities, creating opportunities for many types of applications ranging from plastics to energy generation. As humins have not been previously commercialized, this challenge represents a new opportunity to lead the way in developing innovative sustainable solutions. The humins will not only allow you to replace existing fossil-based components with a renewable alternative, but may also improve the characteristics of your products.
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In one sentence: Can you develop sustainable and novel applications using Dawn TechnologyTM lignin from Avantium?
Why is this a challenge?
Avantium Dawn TechnologyTM is an innovative process that converts non-food plant-based feedstock into industrial sugars and lignin. Lignin is the compound that is left once the sugars have been taken out of the original feedstock. Energy generation is currently the predominant application for lignin. To make the most efficient use of biomass and valorize each and every output stream, we are looking for applications for the lignin that would bring added value over burning it for energy.
The DAWN process, similar to the Bergius process, produces a lignin that is unique compared to other lignins with respect to its low solubility and high chemical resistance. This type of lignin, also known as Willstätter lignin, is relatively unknown. We are looking for applications that make the best use of these properties. Examples of possible research areas are bitumen-replacement, carbon materials, resins etc.
Where do you fit in?
Which disciplines do we need?
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