Summary
- Profile Type
- Business Offer
- POD Reference
- BOES20250210030
- Term of Validity
- 10 February 2025 - 10 February 2026
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Supplier agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Spanish company looks for industrial partners interested in using insect chitosan, a sustainable and hypoallergenic biopolymer for microencapsulation. This innovative material improves the stability, bioavailability and functionality of products in sector such as food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The company offers technical or commercial collaboration to integrate this solution into the industrial partner's sustainable productoin processes.
- Full Description
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An innovative Spanish company dedicated to the development and commercializaton of solutions based on insect chitosan, offers its technology to integrate sustainable chitosan as an innovative and sustainable solution to optimize encapsulaton processes in indstrial companies. The company also offers technical support and customized collaborations to adapt the technology to specific needs.
Chitosan offers significant advantages in the stabilization and controlled release of active ingredients thus improving the quality and performance of products in sectors such as:
- Food: Microencapsulation of vitamins, probiotics and additives
- Pharmaceutical: Controlled release vehicles for drugs
- Cosmetic: Encapsulated ingredients for personal care products.
The company obtains the sustainable chitosan form Tenebrio molitor. This unique biopolymer is sustainable hypoallergenic and highly functional for microencapsulation, which helps to obtain sustainable products and avoid allergen declaratonos, since it's a replacement solutions for curstacean chitosan.
The company has experience in circular economy and sustainability, standing out for its commitment to waste reduction and the implementation of advanced technologies.
It offers technical, commercial and technology transfer cooperation agreement to maximize the potential of chitosan in industrial applications. - Advantages and Innovations
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The innovative insect chitosan offers the following advantages:
- Sustainability: Obtained from renewable sources, it reduces the dependence on synthetic polymers.
- Hypoallergenic: Suitable for use in sensitive and high-quality products, it avoids the declaration of allergens in the products, a competitive advantage compared to the use of crustacean chitosan, which may increase market share.
- Improved efficiency: It improve the stability, bioavailability and efficacy of the encapsulated ingredients.
Multifunctional applications. Ideal for sectors such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agriculture.
This innovation contributes to the transition towards more sustainable production processes, offering economics and competitive benefits for companies that adopt the technolgy. - Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Partners interested in this profile are expected to:
1.- Implement insect-derived chitosan in their production processes, leveraging its properties as a sustainable, hypoallergenic, and highly functional biopolymer for microencapsulaton.
2.- Collaborate in the joint development of specific applications, adapting the use of chitosan to products in sectors such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.
3.- Participate in pilot tests and technical validatons, providing key feedback to optimize the product's performance under real-world conditons.
4.- Explore innovative market opportunities, applying chitosan to gain competitive differentiation and meet demands fos sustainability and quality in their respective sectors.
5.- Share resources and technical expertise, fostering the creation of joint solutions that drive innovation and efficiency in encapsulation processes.
6.- Develop commercial or technological agreements to facilitate technology transfer, training, and the efficient implementation of this encapsulatoin processes.
The company is committed to providing continuous technical support, tailoring the technology to mmet the partner's specific needs, and exploring joint growth opportunities in national and international markets. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- Other
- University
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Supplier agreement
Dissemination
- Market keywords
- 07003002 - Health food
- 08001018 - Polymer (plastics) materials
- 05007002 - Pharmaceuticals/fine chemicals
- 08001021 - Other speciality chemicals
- 05008002 - Food and feed ingredients
- Targeted countries
- All countries