The combination of the two sectors deep tech and sustainable packaging have a huge potential in the food industry. In fact, packaging has an enabling role in the Circular Economy: by optimising resources, reducing the waste and extending the value of products.

Innovation is crucial in order to generate shared value across the entire ecosystem, especially with consumers, which present increasingly specific and demanding demands. There is a transversed trend to sustainability. The market shows increased consumer interest in sustainable products, especially in the case of millennials. A reduction of the volume of packaging was generated, as well as a re-design of the products and containers of the distribution marks. Packaging companies are setting medium to long term sustainability objectives. A balance between functionality and sustainability is required, for instance when looking at the use of multilayer plastic packaging that increases the shelf life of the products but is difficult to recycle. Moreover, research is done for the development of new materials. However, even though the customer demands more sustainable products, the cost difference is still representing a brake as consumer behaviour studies show.

From secpho we invite you to join this webinar to gain a deeper understanding of the technologies that are emerging as a driver of change in the packaging sector. We will deal with technological advances in the market, such as:

• 3D print to manufacture packaging or parts for machinery via 3D printers
• active and intelligent packaging to  increase the shelflife of products, monitor their freshness, show quality information, improve safety and convenience
• edible packaging, to replace single use plastic packaging for food
• self-cooling packaging capable of heating or cooling its contents autonomously
• water soluble packaging for decomposition in the sea
• multisensory packaging that brings new sensations (like aromatic, audible, etc.) to the consumer

This webinar is part of the FoodPackLab project, funded by the European Commission COSME programme, whose second internationalisation phase will be launched in September 2020.  It aims at fostering cross-border and cross-sectorial collaboration between clusters and business networks in the strategic field of food security. It connects groups of four different sectors (agriculture, food processing, packaging and deep technology) and five European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain) to help European SMEs access new global value chains and ensure their position as innovation leaders in specific industries in selected third countries (India and South Africa).

This free webinar is going to be held in English and the target audience is:

• companies, R&D centres and research groups from the food packaging and photonics sector

Agenda

12:00 Welcome and webinar introduction

Sabine Runge | secpho

12:05 Laser – The solution for sustainable coding on packaging

Gerard Corominas | Macsa ID

12:20 Creating the new quality and freshness standard for packaged foods

María Eugenia Martín Hidalgo | ColorSensing

12:35 Advances in packaging technologies from the perspective of sustainability

Pedro Zomeño & Ricardo Díaz | AINIA

12:50 Food shelf life and sustainable packaging

Prof. Thomas KARBOWIAK | UMR PAM (PAM LAB) – Food and Wine Science & Technology, AgroSup Dijon – Université de Bourgogne

13:05 Trends in innovation funding

Felipe López | Zabala Innovation Consulting

13:20 Natural polymer for a performant, versatile and sustainable packaging solution

Ana Moya Llorens & Marion Vincent | LACTIPS

13:35 Machine Vision and Artificial Intelligence for better packaging recycling

Luis Seguí | PICVISA

13:50 Industrial materials from plant waste

Óscar Longares | FELTWOOD

14:05 End of the webinar

Technical requirements to attend the webinar

We will use the Cisco Webex platform that is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. You can use browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari. You can also attend the webinar through mobile devices using the free Webex apps for iOS and Android.

Access to presentations

The presentations will be recorded and published on secpho’s Youtube Channel.