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Sustainble alternative to flexible packaging

Project description

Foam technology to revolutionise packaging industry

The packaging industry needs innovative solutions to reduce the use of plastics. The EU-funded FlexFoam project proposes a new material called Paptic Foam. It combines the sustainability of paper, the versatility of plastics, and the haptics of textiles, making it a promising alternative to traditional plastic-based packaging materials. Paptic Foam is produced by Paptic using foam technology and renewable wood fibres. This material is over 50 % more resource efficient than traditional paper and offers higher product performance. It is also renewable, recyclable and reusable, making it a sustainable alternative to plastics. Paptic Foam has a wide range of applications, including dry and frozen food packaging, electronics, hygienic products, toys and more.

Objective

Paptic Foam is a new material for flexible packaging, combining the sustainability of paper, versatility of plastics and haptics of textiles. Our material is compatible with the production processes of the respective flexible packaging value chain thus can be easily introduced in processing. The unique haptic properties also enable consumers to differentiate the products, improving efficiency of sustainability communication of end-users/brand owners.
Paptic already has developed and piloted the foam technology to produce renewable, recyclable and reusable wood-fibre based material that is over 50% more resource efficient compared to paper. Paptic’s patented material technology has vast application opportunities in various flexible packaging market segments like dry and frozen food packaging, electronics, hygienic products, toys, etc. Our technology enables resource efficient manufacturing and higher product performance, enabling position of most sustainable alternative to plastics.

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HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01

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Coordinator

PAPTIC OY
Net EU contribution

Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.

€ 2 493 750,00
Address
TEKNIIKANTIE 2D
02150 Espoo
Finland

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost

The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.

€ 3 562 500,00
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