25 Jan 2023 --- Avantium and Henkel have signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) produced in Avantium’s FDCA flagship plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium expects to start production at this “world’s first” commercial facility for the production of FDCA from plant-based sugars in 2024. Henkel will purchase FDCA to launch innovative, high-performance polyurethane adhesives in electronics applications, enabling their customers to realize their environmental sustainability goals. “Polyurethane adhesives in electronics are highly specific and tailored for individual application requirements. FDCA, however, can be used for polymers in different applications across markets once scale and costs are acceptable. The electronics business is a higher value and lower volume business and therefore a good starting point,” Kevin Becker, vice president Innovation Electronics at Henkel Adhesive Technologies, tells PackagingInsights.
