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Founded: 2015
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1347
Incubator for startups in the foods and beverage packaging industry
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1348
EU backed R&D lab developing bio-based and smart packaging Material for food packaging
Founded: 2005
Location: Spain, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1336
Synek is known for its smart dispensers and RFID-enabled smart packaging
Founded: 2013
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1345
Chobani runs a food tech incubator programme that aims to help startups to innovative their packaging technologies and resolve food security issues.
Founded: 2005
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1351
Michelman launched a packaging incubator, the Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings (MICC), with a focus on developing sustainable packaging
Founded: Jan 2018
Location: India, South Asia
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1352
Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) has developed the technology to convert human waste into a high-grade biodegradable plastic
Founded: 2008
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1354
Closca develops a smart bott;e that aims to reduce plastic waste. The bottle is 100% BPA free and comes with a companion app that directs bottle owners to the nearest refill station.
Founded: 2017
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1340
AIMPLAS - Technological Institute of Plastics has helped Bodega Matarromera to develop lightweight, recyclable PLA (polylactic acid) bottles for its wine. It provides companies with R&D support to fulfil their plastic needs.
Founded: 1990
Location: Spain, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1353
Kuvee developed an IOT wine bottle that keeps drinks fresh for up to 30 days after opening. Its Wi-Fi connected touchscreen gives detailed descriptions of each wine in the Kuvée collection and lets users re-order and rank their favourites
Founded: 2014
Location: USA, North America
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1355
Project cyFLEX is a collaboration between Cynora GmbH and Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) to generate flexible and luminescent surfaces for smart packaging and advertising applications based on Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
Founded: 2013
Location: Germany, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1358
can2close is a German producer of packaging materials and containers for food and beverage industry. It developed a resourceful mechanism by which a can not only be adjusted to allow repeated sealing but also feature the largest available opening.
Founded: 2010
Location: Germany, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1360
In 2015, ifoodbag launched an innovative paper bag from a composite material that is reusable and recyclable. The material acts as a barrier and prevents food from the outer environment.
Founded: 2009
Location: Sweden, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1359
Magic Add specializes in offering smart packaging solution. The company has developed an IoT packaging system that makes product's packaging readable to a machine.
Founded: 2011
Location: Finland, Western Europe
https://live.lacunaradar.com/secondary-element/1361
In Sept 2015, The University of Bradford developed a transparent 3D barcode that allows being moulded into product's packaging to prevent from counterfeiting.
Founded: 1966
Location: uk, Western Europe