17.2 Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard

Orginally the family owned and based in the Netherlands SME ia a manufacturer of flexible packaging. Currently, the company is working on expanding their portfolio and is investing in more sustainable alternatives such as mono-material packaging and the use of alternative materials such as paper. Since paper is created from a renewable source and in case it is designed for recycling/repulping the environmental impact, paper especially at the end-of- life outruns plastic and is a future oriented solution. The SME ia aware of a growing demand for sustainable packaging and a great interest in paper products by their customers. Hence, the SME is looking for innovators with a sustainable interested in creating a recyclable/re-pulpable paper-packaging with a window  for dry-foods. The offered packaging solution must comply with required food standard, FSSC 22000, that provides a certification scheme that incorporates an in-depth hazard analysis in a robust food safety management system to control the food safety hazards, minimize risks, and assure the production of safe packaging and packaging materials.  

The company has the intention to conclude a manufacturing agreement, but forms of cooperation and agreement can be discussed.  

IMPORTANT: This Business Request refers to an innovation challenge published on the internet platform. If an organization expresses interest before closing date, it will be guided towards this open innovation platform. After registration participants can browse free through other submissions and engage in discussions. All submissions will get feedback by the company on this open platform.The challenge opens on June 7th and closes on July 12th, 2021 Mind that posts on this platform are not confidential. Beside open discussions on the platform, sharing of confidential information will be made possible on demand. After that, the firm will select the SMEs with whom they would like to cooperate in the development of a solution. Once the challenge is closed, Expressions of Interest for this technology request will be treated in the traditional way.

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