Stop looking for answers,
innovate with the right partner

Seeking Glue-free and Plastic-free closure of paper packaging

• Posted by Stefano Resta from Fater SpA
• ·
• Project Size : 50,000 - 250,000 €

We are looking for a technology to seal paper packaging materials (paper only with no plastic coating) without using traditional glues or any other additive. For a sustainable packaging application, we're looking for a technology to seal or crimp kraft paper without using glue or plastic coating applied on the paper. Ideally, we want to seal 100% untreated paper without adding any other chemicals. Our preferred solution would be a folding of the packaging material

Seeking natural colors for foods and beverages

• Posted by PepsiCo
• ·
• Project Size : 50,000 - 250,000 €

PepsiCo is evaluating different natural color ingredients and technologies to replace Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Red #40, and Blue #1 for multiple food and beverage brands in order to address consumer demand. Specific challenges are in the Red #40 (food) and Blue #1 (food & beverage) replacers.

Seeking existing market solutions targeted towards crawling insects

• Posted by The Procter & Gamble Company
• ·
• Project Size : Strategic project backed by large scale funding €

The issue of crawling insects in homes has been an ongoing issue. The popular types of crawling insects causing problems have been ants and cockroaches. The search will focus on existing market solutions targeted towards crawling insects such as ants and cockroaches (other types of crawling insects are in scope i.e., bed bugs).

Drag Reduction in Vehicles to increase fuel efficiency and reduce CO2

• Posted by Brunel University London
• ·
• Innovative Products and Technologies

For heavy goods vehicles (HGV) 10% drag reduction is achieved by combining a single embedded trough at the rear end of the vehicle roof and troughs at the rear end of each side of the vehicle. This will result in significant fuel efficiencies during operation. Brunel University London is seeking companies who are interested in partnering to scale up this patented design. This could be HGV trailer manufacturers or in related areas of manufacturing of cars, particularly high performance/speed vehicles, coaches, train carriages and boats.

Advanced treatment process and biogas production from wastewater with high oil and grease content

• Posted by UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS
• ·
• Patents for licensing

Researchers at the University of Burgos have developed a process for the anaerobic treatment and biogas production from wastewater with high oil and grease content. It is known that even low levels of oil and grease produce important upsets of the conventional anaerobic treatment process in long term operation. In the same way, in the MBR technology it is recommended pre-degreasing oily wastewater to avoid fouling problems. However, the anaerobic treatment with membrane biomass retention and the application of advanced fouling control methods let recover the methanogenic potential of lipids making it a robust and competitive treatment method for wastewater with high oil and grease content.

New tannin-rich extract from vegetal sources for tanning hides and skins

• Posted by Universitat de Lleida
• ·
• Patents for licensing

The A3 Chair in Leather Innovation developed an innovative aqueous extraction procedure to obtain a tannin-rich extract from seed grapes. The new extract contains a mixture of tannins and non-tannins which confers an improved antioxidant and light fastness properties. The extract also contains a colouring agent similar to that obtained with the Chestnut Tree extract. The main characteristic is the capacity to precipitate proteins and make them resistant to decomposition, for which reason the extract is useful as tanning agent for hides and skins.