Sustainability

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Clusaga and Packaging Cluster join forces to find out the impact of the plastics tax on the food industry

The meeting organised by the Galician Food Cluster and the Packaging Cluster of Catalonia was attended by more than 60 professionals from the packaging and food sectors DS Smith, Buergofol and Karibou offered three sustainable alternatives to reduce the production of non-reusable plastic packaging...
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EU CLUSTERS' Competences Mapping Survey

AIBC Euroclusters' partnership invites all European clusters working / interested in the fields of digitalisation, sustainability, ICT and digital technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain), manufacturing, mobility, energy and logistics, to take part in a short survey to map compenteces...
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Packaging Cluster participates in the 3rd edition of Pick&Pack with a collaborative stand and the National Packaging 4.0 Congress

From 25 to 27 April, IFEMA Madrid will host the third edition of Pick & Pack, the "boutique event" of innovation in the field of packaging and intralogistics For the third consecutive year, the Packaging Cluster will organise the National Packaging 4.0 Congress, with 40 confirmed speakers In this...
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Extended deadline for applying to the mission in Japan (May 2023)

The REC-N-COMP project, co-funded by the COSME Programme of the European Union, will support the internationalization of European SMEs having recently set-up, fine-tuned and consolidated their business in the production of recycled-based composites and/or sustainable recycled materials and their...
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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...
Calls

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...