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Development of a real-time information and monitoring system to support the risk assessment of nanomaterials under REACH (LIFE NanoMOnitor)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

Background Nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing and most promising technologies with implications for a wide range of sectors from electronics and ceramics to optics and automation. The number of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) available on the market is increasing, but concerns have been raised about their potential impacts on human health and t ...
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Best practices effectiveness, prevention and protection measures for control of risk posed by engineered nanomaterials (LIFE nanoRISK)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

Background The development of nanomaterials - defined as having at least one dimension of 100 nanometres or less – is a particularly exciting area of science and industry, which is expected to yield numerous technological advances. More than 300 European businesses are now involved in the production of substances at nano scale and overall output is soon ...
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Extended shelf-life biopolymers for sustainable and multifunctional food packaging solutions (NANOBARRIER)

Date du début: 1 mars 2012, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2016,

The overall concept of NanoBarrier is to develop a new nanotechnology platform based on inorganic-organic hybrid polymers, microfibrillated cellulose, nanocapsules with controlled permeability and additive technology and combine this with resource-efficient processing technologies to realize safe and extended shelf-life and multifunctional biopolymer food packaging solutions. These solutions based ...
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Roll-to-roll PAper Sensors (ROPAS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2015,

ROPAS aims to develop a wireless sensor device on a paper surface which can be manufactured using high-end and low-cost printing techniques.A technological platform is created on a fiber based substrate consisting of the following building blocks: 1. a planar printed battery, 2. a (wireless) signaling device, and 3. a printed sensor switch. Hereto, recent advantages in nanotechnology ((encapsulati ...
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Mitigation of risk and control of exposure in nanotechnology based inks and pigments - NANOMICEX - (NANOMICEX)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2012, Date de fin: 31 mars 2015,

The main aim of NANOMICEX project is to reduce the potential risk upon workers’ exposure to the engineered nanoparticles employed in the operative conditions of the inks and pigments industry, by addressing at the health and environmental consequences associated with the inclusion of nanoadditives within all stages of nanotechnology based products (production, use and disposal). To achieve it, new ...
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Boosting Life Cycle Assessment Use in European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Serving Needs of Innovative Key Sectors with Smart Methods and Tools (LCA to go)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

"""LCA to go"" develops sectoral methods and tools for bio-based plastics, industrial machinery, electronics, renewable energy, sensors and smart textiles. These sectors have been chosen, as the manufacturers show a high interest in making clear the environmental benefits of their products to customers (""Green industries"") and in prioritizing so they can reduce their environmental impacts. This ...
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Active packaging for extended shelf life of peeled and cut fruit (EASYFRUIT)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

Even though the variety of fruits in the supermarket is increasing, their consumption is decreasing daily in Europe. Low fruit intake is responsible for many diseases, obesity among others, and 2.7 million (4.9%) deaths worldwide (85% from cardiovascular diseases, 15% from cancers). Statistics indicate that recommended daily fruit consumption is not meet; it is especially critical for children (57 ...
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Development of a best practices guide for the safe handling and use of nanoparticles in packaging industries (NanoSafePACK)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2014,

The main aim of the NanoSafePACK project is to develop a best practices guide to allow the safe handling and use of nanomaterials in packaging industries, considering integrated strategies to control the exposure to nanoparticles (NP) in industrial settings, and provide the SMEs with scientific data to minimize and control the NP release and migration from the polymer nanocomposites placed on the ...
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Advanced cellulose packaging (ADCELLPACK)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,

The use of bio-based materials is a promising alternative in the packaging industry to reduce the disposal and the use of non-renewable resources. A 5% substitution of these materials using Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) applications would reduce over 300.000 tons of non renewable plastic packaging wastes disposal. Packaging used in MAP is usually based on multilayer plastic materials that ar ...
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Collaboration Concepts for Comodality (CO3)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2014,

Collaboration Concepts for Co-modality, CO3 is a business strategy enabling companies throughout the supply chain to set up and maintain initiatives to manage and optimise their logistics and transport operations by increasing load factors, reducing empty movements and stimulate co-modality, through Horizontal Collaboration between industry partners, thereby reducing transport externalities such a ...
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Boosting raw material and energy efficiency using advanced sheet structure design and fibre modifications (BoostEff)

Date du début: 1 juin 2010, Date de fin: 31 mai 2013,

BoostEff aims at developing new innovative manufacturing concepts for wood-fibre based products giving a significant reduction in environmental footprint. The targeted products are important commodities for the European society: paper and construction board. In spite of the different end uses, the paper making and construction board sectors share wood fibres as a common raw material and convert th ...
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"Development of innovative renewable trays for poultry products, based on biopolymers and bast fibers" (TRAYSRENEW)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mars 2013,

"Poultry is considered by consumers as healthy, inexpensive and a nutritious source of protein. Poultry consumption will increase 9,4% by 2015 and the projected consumption and production would increase from 98 Mt in 2009 to 120 Mt in 2017. However, poultry is a highly perishable food and it gets spoiled between 4 up to 10 days. The demand to extend of shelf life has led the industry to develop s ...
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Development of a flexible and energy-efficient pressurised microwave heating process to produce 3D-shaped renewable bio-polymer foams for a novel generation of transportation packaging (REBIOFOAM)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2009, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2013,

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), Polyurethane (EPU), Polyethylene (EPE) and Polypropylene (EPP) represent the most popular moulded cushion packaging materials applied for transport packaging applications. However, despite of their functionality, the widespread use of these polymer foams of synthetic origin implies considerable environmental concerns. The depletion of non-renewable fossil raw material r ...
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Development of Sustainable Composite Materials (SustainComp)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2008, Date de fin: 31 août 2012,

The SustainComp project aims at the development of a series of completely new wood-based sustainable composite materials for use in a wide array of market sectors, ranging from the medical, transportation and packaging to the construction sector. A primary goal is to substitute fossil-based materials used in these sectors. The performance of today’s biocomposite materials is not sufficient for a r ...
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Natural Antimicrobials For Innovative and Safe Packaging (NAFISPACK)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,

"The main objective of the present project is to develop novel packaging technologies that will avoid/reduce and detect the growth of pathogens and spoilage microoganism responsible for product lost in perishable food products of interest: fresh fish, fresh chicken and minimally processed vegetables (MPVs). The target foods were selected among many, for different reasons: the consumption of MPVs i ...
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Recovered Paper Sorting with Innovative Technologies (SORT IT)

Date du début: 1 mai 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,

SORT IT aims at developing new technologies for a more efficient and profitable sorting of recovered paper and board from various collection systems. These include: * New sensors based on near infrared spectrometry, image analysis and colour measurement (WP 2) * New physical separation devices like robots (WP 3) * New sorting concepts (WP 4) The new sorting devices will be implemented into an indu ...
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User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport (USTIR)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2010,

"U-STIR defines the know-how and technologies addressing Europe’s surface transport problems beyond 2050. A lead user centred approach will stimulate the development and capture of radical new technological concepts. Local connecting offices will analyse deficits and establish activities reaching out for fundamentally new solutions for the mobility and transport demands, improving environmental, e ...
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