Enhancing Packaging Innovation Ecosystems for Interregional Collaboration (EPIC)

The “Enhancing Packaging Innovation Ecosystems for Interregional Collaboration” project, acronym EPIC, aims to build capacity in innovation ecosystems in less developed regions, enabling the opportunity for innovation actors to drive the transition towards sustainable packaging in response to environmental and regulative challenges outlined by the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.

Aligned with the European Green Deal principle and the New Circular Economy Action Plan, EPIC will enable the creation of new sub-value chains in the packaging sector, aiding less developed regions in understanding market trends and feasibility for business growth. These goals will be achieved by mapping current trends, identifying innovation needs and technology requirements from end-user sectors, matching demand and supply for innovation, supporting the development of business cases for further continuation, and tuning innovation-supporting policy instruments.

Konsorcium koordinované společností Nanoprogress (Česko) zahrnuje 10 partnerů z 8 evropských zemí, které zastupují klastrové organizace: BalticNet-PlasmaTec (Německo), DBH InnoHub (Maďarsko), Clust-ER MECH (Itálie), Clust-ER HEALTH (Itálie), LITMEA – Smart Food Cluster (Litva), Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley (Polsko), Association Packaging Cluster (Španělsko), Feeling Innovation by Stanpa (Španělsko) a výzkumné a technologické kompetenční centrum: Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Portugalsko), které se zavázalo řešit nadcházející zásadní přechod k udržitelnějšímu obalovému sektoru.