Norway: Best ideas Q2'25

Loop Industries: FY24 results; first licence revenues

Yesterday, Loop Industries reported results for FY24. The company reported its first significant revenues in Q4 FY24, with sales reaching USD10.9m, largely thanks to a USD10.4m up-front royalty payment by Reed Société Générale Group. Despite the revenue boost, the company posted a net loss of USD15

Emerging consolidator in Germany’s optical retail sector

After announcing its ambition to enter the optical sector earlier this month, the German software company The Platform Group (TPG) has already acquired four optical players in Germany. In addition to joining TPG’s MyGlasses.de online platform to implement an omnichannel approach, these acquisitions

Avantium: multi-year capacity reservation with Royal Hordijk

This morning, Avantium announced a multi-year capacity reservation agreement (CRA) with Royal Hordijk to supply PEF from its future license network. This deal gives Royal Hordijk preferred access to PEF volumes for making trays and injection-moulded packaging in food, cosmetics and other consumer-g

Fastned: EUR34.7m bond issue

Yesterday, Fastned announced it has raised more than EUR34.7m from its second bond issue to retail investors this year, with EUR28.8m contributed in new investments and EUR5.9m rolled from earlier tranches. This brings the total amount of retail bonds raised in 2025 to more than EUR71m (vs EUR82m i