EPIC
Enhancing Packaging Innovation Ecosystems for Interregional Collaboration
EPIC: Empowering Innovation Ecosystems in Less Developed Regions to Drive the Transition Towards Sustainable Packaging and Circular Economy Excellence
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.
The consortium coordinated by Nanoprogress (Czechia) includes 10 partners from 8 European countries representing the clusters: BalticNet-PlasmaTec (Germany), DBH InnoHub Ltd – Omnipack Cluster (Hungary), Clust-ER MECH (Italy), Clust-ER HEALTH (Italy), LITMEA- Smart Food Cluster (Lithuania), Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley (Poland), Association Packaging Cluster (Spain), Feeling Innovation by Stanpa (Spain) and research&technology competence centre: Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Portugal) committed to tackling the upcoming fundamental transition towards a more sustainable packaging sector.
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/i3-epic/posts/?feedView=all&viewAsMember=true
Project website: https://profile.clustercollaboration.eu/profile/cluster-partnership-initiative/9124b6e9-60b7-480e-81cd-8f03fce1a297
Funding
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Read more about EISMEA here. The project is part of the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument.
Duration
01/12/2024 – 30/11/2026
Budget
1.212.414,00 EUR
Partner
- NANOPROGRESS Z.S.
- ASSOCIACIO CLUSTER DEL PACKAGING
- CLUSTER INDUSTRIE DELLA SALUTE E DEL BENESSERE
- FEELING INNOVATION BY STANPA
- INEGI – INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL
- CLUST-ER MECCATRONICA E MOTORISTICA
- DBH INNOHUB KFT
- Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley
- LIETUVOS MAISTO EKSPORTUOTOJU ASOCIACIJA (LITMEA)
