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Founded: 2015

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Incubator for startups in the foods and beverage packaging industry

Location: USA, North America

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EU backed R&D lab developing bio-based and smart packaging Material for food packaging

Founded: 2005

Location: Spain, Western Europe

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Synek is known for its smart dispensers and RFID-enabled smart packaging

Founded: 2013

Location: USA, North America

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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

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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

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Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) has developed the technology to convert human waste into a high-grade biodegradable plastic

Founded: 2008

Location: USA, North America

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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