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Avantium, Teijin Collaborate

by Alexander H. Tullo
October 11, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 41

Avantium and Japan’s Teijin have entered into a multiyear agreement to collaborate on aramid polymers made from biobased feedstocks. Teijin makes polyaramid polymers used in its high-performance fibers. With its high-throughput-screening technology, Avantium has developed a biobased route to convert sugar into the polymer-building-block furan dicarboxylic acid. The company has also been exploring polymer applications with Cargill’s NatureWorks unit (C&EN, Sept. 20, Page 15).

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