Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast reserve PEF capacity for thermoformed food packaging

Deal overview

Avantium signed a capacity reservation agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast to explore the use of Avantium’s plant-based polymer PEF, branded releaf®, in thermoformed food packaging applications such as food trays and other packaging for fresh and prepared foods.

Material characteristics

Releaf® is produced from FDCA and offers high oxygen and carbon dioxide barrier properties that can extend shelf life in selected rigid packaging applications. The material is also being evaluated for flexible lidding films and flow-wrap structures, and it has a lower carbon footprint that can support sustainability goals and potentially enable recyclable packaging structures as an alternative to hard-to-recycle multi-layer trays.

Capacity reservation and next steps

kp’s agreement secures prospective access to future volumes of releaf® from prospective industrial-scale plants to be built and operated by licensees using Avantium’s technology. The reservation facilitates ongoing evaluation activities and potential future supply, contingent on the material meeting technical, regulatory and commercial requirements.

Strategic context

The deal aligns with Avantium’s strategy to establish a global network of licensed PEF production facilities and signals growing market interest in PEF for thermoformed food packaging, where barrier performance, recyclability and renewable origin are cited as key value drivers.