Sustainability

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The Packaging Cluster presents 4 projects to support the circular economy in the ARC programme

The Catalan Waste Agency regularly calls for a public funding package to support the sustainable transition of the Catalan territory This year's budget amounts to 1.3 million euros The Packaging Cluster, which has been participating in this initiative since 2016, submitted 4 proposals in February In...
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Packaging industry in Catalonia grows after the pandemic

According to the analysis made by the Packaging Cluster, the packaging sector is recovering and surpassing pre-covid pandemic turnover levels. The European market foresees a 5.76% growth in sales until 2026. The plastics and cartonboard industries stand out in terms of turnover. In order to maximise...
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Join the ReSet the Trend - #ReFashionNow Campaign

On behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment, we would like to invite clusters and their members operating within the textile ecosystem to join the campaign on sustainable textiles and fashion titled ReSet the Trend – #ReFashionNow. This campaign has been launched...
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GreenOffshoreTech has opened its second open call

The INNOSUP-01 project GreenOffshoreTech has opened its second open call for FSTP on 10 January. The deadline to apply is 23 March. The available budget is 1 560 000 EUR. Applicants must be SMEs, technology providers or technology adopters/users, established and based in one of the GreenOffshoreTech...
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First International Mission in Canada

Following the launch of PIMAP 4 Sustainability, the first international mission was organized in Canada.🍁 For one week, from 24 to 29 October, 9 companies were accompanied in the discovery of the Quebec ecosystem : research centers, companies, universities, this mission in Canada was rich in...

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Approved the five projects that the Packaging Cluster presented in the line of aid to the AEI

27 companies, clusters and knowledge centers will participate in the 5 approved projects, of which 11 are member companies of the Packaging Cluster A budget of more than 1.2 million euros has been allocated for the digital transformation of SMEs, with aid approved by the Ministry of Industry of €947...
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The Smart Specialization Platform for Food and Packaging is born to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food packaging

The Packaging Cluster joins the Smart Specialization Platform, made up of 22 clusters from 11 different European countries The European Commission has approved the Smart Specialisation Platform for Food and Packaging with the Packaging Cluster as a member. This association initiated by Pack4Food...
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The new paradigm forces companies in the world of packaging to reformulate themselves to be greener and more efficient

In the industrial world, the concern par excellence that occupies the agendas of companies and organizations, and that everyone talks about, is sustainability, or any of its synonyms. In the packaging sector it could not be otherwise. Since the recent publication of the Law on waste and contaminated...
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REC-N-COMP on Techtextil Frankfurt

Two partners of REC-N-COMP, NTT and Techtera, exhibited on Techtextil Frankfurt from June 21 to June 24, 2022. Techtextil is the most important trade fair for the market of technical textiles. After being postponed because of the pandemic, the show welcomed again 2300 exhibitors and 63000 visitors...
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Financing for industrial hemp innovators in Horizon Europe and CBE-JU

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) that funds projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe. The partnership is building on the success of its...
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Bulgarian Fashion association part of a new cluster alliance promoting green and digital transition for the fashion industry

CLOTH project - CLuster Alliance fOr the Transition to green and digital fasHion - is the newest european alliance within the Fashion sector, aiming to create a favorable ecosystem of relevant stakeholders, from a cross-sectoral perspective, that lead to a greener, smarter and more competitive and...
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Sustainable food systems: towards a joint Asia-Europe strategy for the internationalisation of agri-food SMEs

In February 2022, the partners of the Global Foodture project have organised two workshops with stakeholders and network partners with the goal of establishing a joint strategy for the international development of agri-food SMEs in Asia and Europe. Global Foodture is a project whose goal is to boost...