Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast sign capacity reservation deal for PEF food packaging

Avantium has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast covering future volumes of Avantium's plant-based PEF polymer, branded releaf, for thermoformed food packaging such as trays and lidding films. The agreement gives kp access to volumes from planned industrial-scale PEF plants to be built by licensees of Avantium's technology, subject to the material meeting technical, regulatory and commercial requirements. No production volumes, prices or binding delivery commitments were disclosed.

Why this mattersReserved volumes from a converter with 27 plants give PEF a demand anchor, though supply depends on licensee plants that have yet to be built.

• Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast announced the capacity reservation agreement on 14 September 2026
• The agreement covers future releaf (PEF) volumes from prospective industrial-scale plants to be built and operated by licensees of Avantium's technology
• Access to volumes is subject to the material meeting technical, regulatory and commercial requirements
• Target applications are thermoformed food trays, lidding films and flow-wrap structures across Europe
• releaf is made from FDCA, Avantium's flagship molecule, and is positioned on oxygen and carbon dioxide barrier performance
• kp was founded in 1965 and has 27 plants in 16 countries with about 5,000 employees

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