Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Maria Beatrice Coltelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale
Low-valorised biomass sources – such as tomatoes, legumes, watermelons, sunflowers and shrimps – are as valuable as ever for the EU-funded ECOFUNCO project. It will select and extract functionalised molecules (active organic molecules, proteins, polysaccharides, cutin) for the development of new bio-based coating materials.
These will be used on two different substrates: cellulosic and plastic-based for the production of plastic trays and top layers (packaging for fresh products like pasta, ham and meat) as well as cellulose-based table wares, woven and non-woven (personal care products). Also, cutin-based formulations will be used for water-repellent coatings such as paper cups and tableware. Protein-based barrier and chitosan-based coatings will be used for multilayer food packaging.
Coordinator
CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, Italy
Other participants
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Germany
• STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER L'INDUSTRIA DELLE CONSERVE ALIMENTARI AZIENDA SPECIALE, Italy
• THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER LBG , United Kingdom
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, Spain
• LUCCA-CENTRO SERVIZI PER L'ECONOMIA SOCIETA' CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA, Italy
• KNEIA SL, Spain
• TIPA CORP LTD, Israel
• PLANET BIOPLASTICS SRL, Italy
• CELABOR SCRL, Belgium
• IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain
• LABORATORI ARCHA SRL, Italy
• Condensia Quimica SA, Spain
• BIO-MI DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA PROIZVODNJU, ISTRAZIVANJEI RAZVOJ, Croatia
• CONSORZIO DEL PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA, Italy
• HUHTAMAKI FLEXIBLE PACKAGING GERMANY GMBH & CO KG, Germany
• ORGANIK KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET AS, Turkey
• THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom
Start date: 1 May 2019
End date: 30 April 2022
Project cost: € 5 567 436,25
Project funding: € 4 613 778,25
Unipi quota: € 227 500,00
Call title: H2020-BBI-JTI-2018
Unipi role: Third Party
Project website: https://www.ecofunco.eu/