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Swiss firm aims to replace formaldehyde
by Alexander H. Tullo
March 28, 2016
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 94, Issue 13
AVA-CO2, a Zug, Switzerland-based biobased chemical start-up, is partnering with Bern University of Allied Sciences in a project sponsored by the Swiss Commission for Technology & Innovation to explore 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) as a substitute for formaldehyde in glues and resins. The European Commission classified formaldehyde as a mutagen and a carcinogen in 2014. It is used in phenol formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde resins, which bind together materials such as particleboard. AVA-CO2 makes 5-HMF out of sugar in a hydrothermal process.
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