CETEC – CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL CALZADO Y DEL PLÁSTICO
WEBSITE: www.ctcalzado.org
SHORTNAME: CETEC
LOCATION: Spain
ROLE IN THE PROJECT: PROJECT COORDINATOR
WEBSITE: www.ctcalzado.org
SHORTNAME: CETEC
LOCATION: Spain
ROLE IN THE PROJECT: PROJECT COORDINATOR
CETEC is a non-profit organization, founded in 1994 and supported by the regional administration and regional manufacturers, with the mission of improving the competitiveness of the regional SMEs and companies in the footwear and plastic sector. Currently, it is formed by almost 70 SMEs and companies of footwear and plastic areas. CETEC is a meeting point to carry out R&D project, acquire legal information, regional and national funding for projects, among other activities.
CETEC is an associate member of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and a member of the Network of Technological Centres in the Region of Murcia (CECOTEC) which is recognized as Results Transfer Office for the Government of Spain. Furthermore, CETEC is a full member of The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), that is a Public-Private Partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.
SHORTNAME: BOKU
LOCATION: Austria
Founded in 1872, the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, known too by its acronym "BOKU", comprises 15 departments and four service centres in Vienna, as well as a number of experimental centres around Vienna. The university is attended by approx. 13,000 students, provides study courses at the bachelor, masters and doctoral levels, has approx. 1,500 staff, where approx. 1,000 of them are engaged in teaching and research.
LOCATION: Austria
Founded in 1872, the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, known too by its acronym "BOKU", comprises 15 departments and four service centres in Vienna, as well as a number of experimental centres around Vienna. The university is attended by approx. 13,000 students, provides study courses at the bachelor, masters and doctoral levels, has approx. 1,500 staff, where approx. 1,000 of them are engaged in teaching and research.
Two different institutes from BOKU University will participate in this project: the institute for Environmental Biotechnology (https://boku.ac.at/en/ifa-tulln/institut-fuer-umweltbiotechnologie) and the Institute for Biologically Inspired Materials (https://boku.ac.at/nano/bimat).
INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION
Institute for Development and Innovation was established by a group of young researchers in the field of economics, in 2018, in order to strengthen the economic development of the Republic of Serbia through innovation, a realization of projects and researches with direct impact on individuals and legal entities on the micro level.
The IDI mission is to encourage the development of the Republic of Serbia through growth based on knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship, with the aim of increasing the quality and quantity of the workforce, and thus contribute to the long term aim of 7% growth rate of Serbian GDP.
SHORTNAME: DURU
LOCATION: Turkey
LOCATION: Turkey
The main fields of activity of Durukan is the manufacturing of candies products such as lollipops, chewable candies, tight sugar, strips (refreshing film sugars) and filled bonbons. Durukan company is established on 1992 by producing their first lollipops in order to sell nationally under the brand name of Durukan Lollipops. Until 2003 PepsiCo distributed Durukan branded products in the domestic market. In 2003 PepsiCo launched its own candy brand called Rocco, which is second biggest candy brand in Turkey now. The success of Rocco brand in the Turkish market brought a volume increase in production and the company conducted an exclusivity contract for the national market with Fritolay on 2007. Durukan Confectionery is still one of the biggest suppliers of PepsiCo Europe. Durukan products sell all over the world exporting to more than 70 countries. Durukan also accounts with a R&D Center, for new products and processes as well as development of new packaging designs and technology.
BIO-MI
WEBSITE: https://www.bio-mi.eu/index.php/en/
SHORTNAME: BIOMI
LOCATION: Croatia
Bio-mi Ltd. is a manufacturer and research and development company dedicated to the production of final and semi- final thermoplastic materials, compounds and products, used for the production of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging, but also in agriculture & construction sectors.
Advanced engineering of new bio-based and sustainable plastic materials and solutions are in the focus of Bio-mi activities making it the first company in East and Southeast Europe dedicated to the production of bio-based thermoplastic materials and final products from new developed materials. Apart from developing new bio-based building blocks and materials, Bio-mi provides services of advising and awareness raising in the field of tailoringand transformation of bio-based plastics and other advanced materials into final products, in line with bio-economy and circular economy goals.
BIOMI is a full member of BIC, participates in several national Technology Innovation Boards, and in different expert groups at EU and National level.
ENZYMICALS AG
Enzymicals AG was founded in 2009 with the focus of providing integrated solution for biocatalytic applications, and commercialisation of enzymes, currently employing around 20 people. ECS design, develop and implement cost- effective, sustainable and scalable chemo-biocatalytic routes.
Enzymicals’ service covers the whole value chain towards a tailor-made process for a special application: enzyme identification, expression, characterization, improvement and application in an efficient production process. Enzymicals cooperates with a number of other companies and institutions and has created stable networks through the participation in industry associations (4-chiral network and CMO and CDMO network), seed investors network (BRAIN AG, Braun Beteiligungs GmbH). This cooperation covers the whole value chain: from identification and optimization of enzymes and reactions up to process development and optimization, from production to distribution.
TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR
WEBSITE: www.tuni.fi
SHORTNAME: TAU
LOCATION: Finland
LOCATION: Finland
Tampere University (TAU, Tampereen korkeakoulusaatio sr) was created on 1 January 2019 as a merger of Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and University of Tampere (UTA). The multidisciplinary, foundation- based Tampere University is Finland’s second-largest university with 20.000 students and 330 professors. TAU conducts scientific research in technology, health and society and provides the highest education within these fields.
The research group “Paper Converting and Packaging (PCPT)” (https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/paper- converting-and-packaging ) will be involved in the upPE-T project. The group is part of the Engineering Materials Science Department of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. They develop and apply new processes, methods and materials for packaging in a sustainable principle, being important research areas biobased & biodegradable materials and packaging circular economy with over 20 years of experience in R&D of bio-based polymers (including bioPEs, bioPET, PHA, PHB, PLA, PVOH, PBS). Their technologies are mainly focused on extrusion and lamination.
The research group “Paper Converting and Packaging (PCPT)” (https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/paper- converting-and-packaging ) will be involved in the upPE-T project. The group is part of the Engineering Materials Science Department of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. They develop and apply new processes, methods and materials for packaging in a sustainable principle, being important research areas biobased & biodegradable materials and packaging circular economy with over 20 years of experience in R&D of bio-based polymers (including bioPEs, bioPET, PHA, PHB, PLA, PVOH, PBS). Their technologies are mainly focused on extrusion and lamination.
DIGIOTOUCH
WEBSITE: https://digiotouch.com
SHORTNAME: DIGI
LOCATION: Estonia
LOCATION: Estonia
Digiotouch is an SME located in Tallinn, Estonia. DIGI main services are based on business processes and digitalisation, providing sales, marketing and finance technical assessment and digital transformation services. Moreover, they provide consultation on Circular Economy Strategies for manufacturing industries.
DIGI’s core competence is to digitize customers' legacy business processes, operations, and assets using two core products - Cloud based, secure Paradise IoT Platform and Digiotouch Edge.
DIGI is pioneering “Digital-First'' strategies which are broadly based on Open Data, ICT Standards, Machine Learning, Intelligent Cloud & Edge, Mobile Apps, Blockchain, and Cybersecurity. In addition to industrial R&D, DIGI has strong experience in market research, business development, product commercialization, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC). Our Paradise IoT Platform provides commercial services using FIWARE components and W3C Web of Things (WoT) standard.
ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE NORMALIZACIÓN
WEBSITE: https://www.une.org/
SHORTNAME: UNE
LOCATION: Spain
ROLE IN THE PROJECT: PARTNER
LOCATION: Spain
ROLE IN THE PROJECT: PARTNER
UNE: The Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) is legally designated as the National Standardization Body of Spain. It is the national representative and member of the European (CEN/CENELEC), International (ISO/IEC) and Panamerican (COPANT) Organizations for Standardization, and member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
More than 32.000 standards in catalogue, 200 national technical committees and 150 responsibilities (chairpersons, secretariats, convenors) in international standardization committees are a sample of the experience developed as national standards body during more than 30 years.
UNE is a member of the European (CEN/CENELEC), International (ISO/IEC) and Panamerican (COPANT) Organizations for Standardization, and member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
UNE is a member of the European (CEN/CENELEC), International (ISO/IEC) and Panamerican (COPANT) Organizations for Standardization, and member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
Additionally, UNE as an association has over 500 members. These members are mostly industry association, private companies or other organisations.
VILLANI SALUMI S.P.A
WEBSITE: https://www.villanisalumi.it/en/azienda/l-azienda-ieri-e-oggi/oggi/
SHORTNAME: VILLANI
SHORTNAME: VILLANI
LOCATION: Italy
The Villani Company is a traditional high quality Italian cured meat processor. Villani produce mainly cured meat, such a dry products (prosciutto, dry coppa, rolled and laied bacon, etc), fermented and seasoned salami, cooked ham, mortadella, meat sauces and different meat products specialities and fresh meat products.
The company has five processing sites: Castelnuovo Rangone (Modena) producing salami, cooked ham, and Emilia regional specialities; Bentivoglio (Bologne) producing mortadella; Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) processing primal cuts; and San Daniele del Friuli (Udina) and Pastorello di Langhirano (Parma) making San Daniele and Parma cured ham.
An orientation to the needs of the modern market is instead testified in certification systems like the BRC (British Retail Consortium) and IFS (International Food Standard) and by continuous investments in industrial systems and research and analysis laboratories for technological innovation and development. The company collaborates with universities and Government Research programs in order to improve his own knowledge in healthy pork processed products.
SHORTNAME: ECO
LOCATION: Serbia
LOCATION: Serbia
Eco Plastics is a Belgrade-based plastic recycling company offering a new approach to recycling plastics wastes and other residues. More specifically, Eco Plastics is developing techniques to turn waste plastics and other materials into high-quality composite construction materials that comply with all relevant standards and are fully certified in Serbia, the EU, and internationally.
ECO separates plastics from highly complex waste products, clean, sort and purify them. Using everything from PET bottles to LDPE plastic bags, PE, HDPE, fly ash, and reclaimed wood - mixed with traditional construction materials like cement - Eco Plastics is creating composite construction materials, such as pavers, roof tiles, plastic-concrete hybrid building blocks, plastic timber, 100% plastic bricks.
LAPPEENRANTA-LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT is a pioneering science university in Finland, bringing together the fields of science and business since 1969. LUT has roughly 1,150 staff members and over 6,000 students. LUT provide solutions to global environmental and economic challenges, contributing to the mitigation of climate change and the continuous availability of clean water and energy. In the organization, within three LUT schools (LES, LENS and LBM), there are six solution-oriented research platforms. One of the platforms is the LUT Re-Source research platform, which is focused on the development of novel sustainable processes and understanding on the business models to improve the resource efficiency. The platform links together the research of more than 20 research groups at LUT.
LUT’s Research Group of Packaging Technology (https://www.lut.fi/web/en/school-of-energy- systems/research/packaging-technology ) will be involved in the upPE-T proposal. Their research is mainly focused on the development of the manufacturing processes of packages. The unit provides businesses and students with versatile expertise in the field of packaging, as well as all modern research equipment. They are members of the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI), and also collaborates with several other research institutes and universities in the field of packaging material.
UNIONE NAZIONALE CONSUMATORI
WEBSITE: https://www.consumatoriumbria.it/
SHORTNAME: UNC
Unione Nazionale Consumatori Umbria is a branch of Unione Nazionale Consumatori (UNC) and it is the first consumer association in Italy. Its foundation dates back to 1955. UNC is independent from political parties and trade unions and is a social promotion association. Its exclusive purpose and main objective is the protection and representation of consumers, pursued through the proposal of new regulations, assistance, information, education and orientation activities aimed at citizens through its branches.
At the same time, UNC is an important channel of communication thanks to its National Consumer Council membership at the Ministry of the Economy, sponsored by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.
SHORTNAME: CETBIO
LOCATION: Spain
LOCATION: Spain
CETEC Biotechnology (CETBIO), is a new spin-off from the Technological Center of Footwear and Plastic of the Region of Murcia (CETEC). CETBIO was born out in 2020 of the essential belief that success of a company is linked to a firm commitment towards sustainability and protection of the environment. CETBIO is a company focus in the application of biotechnological processes and approaches for enhancing biodegradation of plastics in the environment and its valorization as well as for the industrial production, formulation and manufacturing of biodegradable bioplastics, especially polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biopolymers.
CETBIO has been funded after over 25 years of research at CETEC Technological Center whose more relevant findings, protocols and methods have been transferred to the company.
One of the main objectives of CETBIO is to make biodegradable bioplastics competitive in environmental, economic and performance-related terms. The viable solution strategy of CETBIO is the utilization of residues as a feedstock for the biotechnological process. Actually, CETEC has signed relevant agreements with regional agri-food companies for the supply of industrial solid wastes for the exploitation of these wastes as energy and carbon sources for the biotechnological production of PHA.
MOSES PRODUCTOS, S.L.
WEBSITE: www.mosesproductos.com
SHORTNAME: MOSES
LOCATION: Spain
LOCATION: Spain
Moses Productos S.L. is a spin-off company from the technological centre of reference in plastic industry: AITIIP Technological Centre. This entity has more than 25 years of experience in the plastic sector.
MOSES was founded in 2018 as an expert company focus in the transformation of thermoplastics, including biobased and biodegradable plastics by extrusion-compounding techniques as well as plastic transformation processes such as injection, thermoforming and rotational moulding.
MOSES aim is to develop and transform into final parts the most appropriate material for the specific application of its clients coming from sectors such as automotive, packaging, medical.
MOSES aim is to develop and transform into final parts the most appropriate material for the specific application of its clients coming from sectors such as automotive, packaging, medical.
ASOCIACIÓN PARA LA PROMOCIÓN, INVESTIGACIÓN, DESARROLLO E INNOVACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL CALZADO Y CONEXAS DE LA RIOJA
WEBSITE: www.ctcr.es
SHORTNAME: CTCR
LOCATION: La Rioja, Spain
LOCATION: La Rioja, Spain
The Footwear Technology Centre of La Rioja (CTCR) is as a private non-profit association with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of businesses, creating added value in products and production processes. The CTCR is one of the most important research centres specialised in footwear and related industries of Spain.
The CTCR has a vast network, which includes more than 500 companies, research centres and other organizations, and is a member of the Federation of Technological Centres of Spain (FEDIT), the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE), Pacto Mundial Spain (The Global Compact) and the Spanish Diversity Charter.
TECNOALIMENTI S.C.P.A
WEBSITE: www.tecnoali.com
SHORTNAME: TECN
LOCATION: Italy
Established in 1981 by the Italian Research Ministry for promoting, co-ordinating and carrying out research for the agri-food industry, Tecnoalimenti is as a non-profit research consortium of 30 food sector industries and one financial institution, Intesa San Paolo, as trustee of ministerial funds. Its member industries account for about 12% of Italian food sales. TECN will involve some associated companies of the bakery and dairy sectors as end users for the upPE-T proposal.
Tecnoalimenti is in the steering board of two clusters, the Italian Agrifood Clusters at national level (CLAN) and the Lombardy High Tech Cluster for Agrofood CATAL that set up in the last decade. TCA is also an active member of and other national Platforms, such as Security Research in Italy SERIT and M2Q (Public-private laboratory for R&D in the agro-industrial field). This facilitates the networking and the identification of new value chains.
The municipality of Nea Smyrni (MoNS) is situated in the southern part of the urban complex of the Attica district in Greece. The municipality has an area of 3.524 km2 and 145.000 inhabitants. It is the second-most densely populated municipality in Greece, following Kallithea and produces 26.976 tons of garbage annually.
Sustaining a livable and healthy environment and creating awareness on waste is one of the city’s first priorities. The city is committed to enforce the three R’s - reduce, reuse and recycle in order to cut down on the amount of waste that people throw away. To this end, the city has developed a strategic plan with activities and actions that will assist the city to reduce the amount of waste that goes into the landfills.
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
WEBSITE: https://www.ua.es/
SHORTNAME: UA
LOCATION: Spain
LOCATION: Spain
The University of Alicante (UA) is one of the best campuses in Spain, being a multidisciplinary university with study programmes in all fields of knowledge organised in six faculties and a polytechnic school. The university community is made up of about 3,800 academic and administrative staff members and over 32,000 students enrolled in official degrees.
The research group 'Applied Biochemistry' (https://web.ua.es/en/appbiochem/) will be involved in upPE-T project. It is a multidisciplinary research group composed of professors and researchers from various areas of knowledge (Biology, Marine Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics and English Philology). The current lines of research in the group range from basic research processes on biochemistry and molecular biology of microorganisms, including the development and optimization of technologies for microbial fermentation and downstream processing of biomass, to the study of potential uses of cellular biomass or its biocompounds in biotechnology.
University of Greifswald (UG) was founded in 1456 and is one of the oldest academic institutions in Germany. Today, it has become a modern, moderate-sized university with approximately 220 professors, 10,500 students, 1,600 academic staff and 3,300 technical and administrative staff (including University Medicine) comprising five faculties in a town with 60,000 inhabitants.
The Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Bornscheuer’s group will be involved in the upPE-T proposal. The group is part of the Biochemistry Institute of the University of Greifswald. The Bornscheuer’s group major research target is the development of tailor-made biocatalysts (enzymes) suitable for industrial applications.
