Avantium and Bottle Collective Improve Sustainability of DMF Packaging

Renewable polymers Avantium joins Bottle Collective to advance plant-based fiber bottles

2025-05-20 Source: Avatntium 2 min Reading Time

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In a new collaboration, Dutch company Avantium brings its renewable polymer PEF to the Bottle Collective, aiming to improve the performance and sustainability of Dry Moulded Fiber packaging.

Avantium’s plant-based PEF enhances new Dry Molded Fiber bottles, offering a sustainable alternative with superior barrier performance and reduced environmental impact.(Source: Avantium) — Avantium’s plant-based PEF enhances new Dry Molded Fiber bottles, offering a sustainable alternative with superior barrier performance and reduced environmental impact.
(Source: Avantium)

Dutch polymer manufacturer Avantium announced its partnership with the Bottle Collective, aimed at showcasing fiber bottles made from Dry Moulded Fiber (DMF) technology. The company’s novel, plant-based polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) will be integrated into the Dry Moulded Fiber bottle process, enhancing the barrier performance and sustainability of the bottles.

The Bottle Collective was launched in 2023 by PA Consulting, the global innovation and transformation consultancy, and Pulpac, the Swedish R&D and Intellectual Property company behind the proprietary production process of Dry Moulded Fiber. According to the company, Pulpac’s Dry Moulded Fiber technology uses renewable pulp and cellulose resources to produce low-cost, high-performance fiber-based packaging. The process uses less CO₂ than plastic and conventional wet molding options, with almost no water used in manufacturing. In 2024, Logo Plaste, global provider of sustainable rigid packaging solutions, joined as a member of the Bottle Collective. Logo Plaste specializes in injection moulding and blowing. The Bottle Collective has already developed the first functioning prototypes. Global leading brand partners including Diageo, Opella, and Haleon have also joined the Bottle Collective to continue developing and scaling fiber bottles.

Avantium will provide PEF to the Bottle Collective for injection molding and blowing liners for the fiber bottles. PEF is a 100 percent plant-based, fully recyclable polymer with superior barrier properties, making it an ideal material for sustainable packaging solutions. Beyond its sustainable packaging benefits, Avantium’s PEF has superior barrier properties, protecting the taste and fizziness of the packaged drinks and leading to a longer shelf life. PEF also has higher mechanical strength than conventional plastics, enabling thinner packaging and thereby reducing the amount of material required.

PA Consulting is working to scale up Dry Moulded Fiber packaging and bring the bottles to global customers. Keith Thornley, commercial lead for Dry Molded Fiber collectives at PA Consulting, comments: “We’re pleased to have Avantium join us as a technical partner in the Bottle Collective. Avantium’s participation in the Bottle Collective aligns perfectly with our mission to fundamentally change the environmental footprint of packaging.”

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