Objective Fresh Cut Products category refers to fresh vegetables, fruit and market garden products without thermal treatment, prepared, washed and packaged without the incorporation of additives or preservatives and, as an essential requirement, demands the maintenance of the cold chain for its perfect conservation and has a shelf life of approximately 7 days. PLA4FOOD proposal deals with the development of innovative active and biodegradable packaging for fresh-cut food products based on renewable resources thermoplastic materials (PLA-polylactic acid) functionalised with the synergic addition of additives from natural sources (antioxidants, antibacterial and antifungal) in order to increase the shelf-life of packed products. Different encapsulation routes will be tested to protect active additives from processing conditions and to have controlled migration rates. Additionally, to minimize PLA current limitations in flexibility, water barrier properties and processability different additives will be studied including bio-based lactic-acid plasticizers, inorganic nanofillers and organic nucleants. Co-extrusion techniques (blow-film and cast-sheet and thermoforming) will be developed to obtain multilayer structures from different PLA formulations, in order to achieve the best cost/benefit ratio and optimal performance of the active packaging by controlling the thickness and cristallinity of each layer. As a result of this combination of material advances and processing technology improvements, a high performance active food packaging beyond of current state of- the- art will be obtained. The new active and biodegradable packages from renewable sources will provide minimal processed fresh-cut products adequate protection against environmental agents, will improve product properties (quality, shelf-life, microbiological safety and nutritional values), and moreover, will degrade in composting conditions according to the standard UNE-EN 13432. Fields of science engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplasticspolylactic acidagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growingengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS EU contribution € 38 771,66 Address VALENCIA PARC TECHNOLOGIC CALLE GUSTAVE EIFFEL 4 46980 PATERNA VALENCIA Spain See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Valentin Polo Ramirez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DOMCA SA Spain EU contribution € 219 615,22 Address CAMINO DE JAYENA SN 18620 Alhendin Granada See on map Region Sur Andalucía Granada Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carlos Girela Baena (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ADDCOMP HOLLAND BV Netherlands EU contribution € 226 389,83 Address RUDOLF DIESELSTRAAT 8 RUDOLF DIESELSTRAAT NIJVERDAL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Margareth Koppes (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ALESCO GMBH & CO KG Germany EU contribution € 171 611,90 Address SCHONTHALER STRASSE 55 52379 LANGERWEHE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Heinz Mundt (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLYRAZ PLASTICS INDUSTRIES Israel EU contribution € 167 804,64 Address Kibbutz Maoz Haim 10845 MAOZ HAIM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Amotz Tal (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data PROYECTOS MECANICOS LEVANTE S.L. Spain EU contribution € 175 235,41 Address CAMINO PLA DE MUSEROS - POLIGONO LES FORQUES 1 12550 ALMAZORA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jaime Segarra Campañá (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TROYKA MAKINA GIDA INSAAT MUHENDISLIK ENERJI CEVRE BILISIM ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME DANISMANLIK SANAYI VE PAZARLAMA LIMITED SIRKETI Participation ended Türkiye EU contribution € 50 001,32 Address ODTU TEKNOKENT IKIZLER BINASI 06531 ANKARA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nuri Akkas (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STRAUSS GROUP LTD Israel EU contribution € 25 433,40 Address HASIVIM ST 49 49517 PETACH TIKVA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Avner (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Israel EU contribution € 13 464,00 Address SENATE BUILDING TECHNION CITY 32000 Haifa See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jack Lavan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 20 518,30 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andrea Zeumann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data