Objetivo 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: Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging Programa(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Tema(s) SME-2012-3 - Demonstration activity Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-SME-2012 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinador Holfeld Plastics Limited Aportación de la UE € 470 400,00 Dirección Avoca River Park, Arklow, Co. Wicklow Arklow Irlanda Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Ted O'keeffe (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CURE TECHNOLOGY BV Países Bajos Aportación de la UE € 121 434,00 Dirección EERSTE BOKSLOOTWEG 17 DJ 7821 AT Emmen Ver en el mapa Región Noord-Nederland Drenthe Zuidoost-Drenthe Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Marco Brons (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos TMB Patterns Limited Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 259 315,00 Dirección Brue Avenue, Colley lane industrial Estate 24 TA6 5LT Somerset Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Lee Singleton (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos CITROX BIOSCIENCES LTD Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 96 920,00 Dirección UNIT 11 HARVARD INDUSTRIAL PE28 ONJ KIMBOLTON Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Howard Thomas (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Spiegelberg & Zinke GmbH Alemania Aportación de la UE € 106 550,00 Dirección Nietzschestr. 4 40822 Mettman Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Kai Spiegelberg (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos