Avantium

Avantium develops and commercializes chemistry technologies across industry value chains in order to produce chemicals and materials based on renewable feedstock instead of fossil fuels. One of its technologies, Volta Technology, is a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) solution that uses electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to produce organic acids.

Avantium is a spin-out from Royal Dutch Shell, founded to develop advanced catalysts to create more environmentally friendly materials. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core finds out about their latest activities in the world of biobased intermediates and polymers.