Obiettivo The European food packaging sector has a turnover of €6 Billion per year with the production of 200 Billion polymer trays, the vast majority of which are manufactured from virgin non-recyclable plastics such as polypropylene (PP). The plastics packaging thermoforming sector in Europe consists of over 1200 companies employing approx. 150,000 people. In excess of 70% of these jobs thermoforming companies are SMEs. This sector faces very significant competitiveness and environmental sustainability issues, which this project will address. The overall objective of the project is to make Europe the leader in low carbon footprint, high-recycled content and long shelf life polymer packaging.Specifically the ECOPET project will demonstrate the innovative recycled Polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) technology developed in the RPET-FC FP7 project, which will significantly reduce the weight and carbon footprint of packaging. In conjunction with this lightweight material a high barrier polyester will be applied enabling full recyclability of the packaging. In order to further extend shelf life the performance of a natural antioxidant/anti-microbial sub-micron thick coating will be evaluated. The developed technology will replace the use of virgin polypropylene (PP), which is the current market leader in food packaging. The specific project objectives are to demonstrate: Campo scientifico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging Programma(i) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Argomento(i) SME-2012-3 - Demonstration activity Invito a presentare proposte FP7-SME-2012 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinatore Holfeld Plastics Limited Contributo UE € 470 400,00 Indirizzo Avoca River Park, Arklow, Co. Wicklow Arklow Irlanda Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Ted O'keeffe (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (4) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CURE TECHNOLOGY BV Paesi Bassi Contributo UE € 121 434,00 Indirizzo EERSTE BOKSLOOTWEG 17 DJ 7821 AT Emmen Mostra sulla mappa Regione Noord-Nederland Drenthe Zuidoost-Drenthe Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Marco Brons (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato TMB Patterns Limited Regno Unito Contributo UE € 259 315,00 Indirizzo Brue Avenue, Colley lane industrial Estate 24 TA6 5LT Somerset Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Lee Singleton (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato CITROX BIOSCIENCES LTD Regno Unito Contributo UE € 96 920,00 Indirizzo UNIT 11 HARVARD INDUSTRIAL PE28 ONJ KIMBOLTON Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Howard Thomas (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Spiegelberg & Zinke GmbH Germania Contributo UE € 106 550,00 Indirizzo Nietzschestr. 4 40822 Mettman Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Kai Spiegelberg (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato