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A Korean SME providing eco-friendly packaging solution is looking for new eco-friendly materials and manufacturing technologies under commercial or R&D agreement

Summary

Closed for EoI
Profile Type
  • Technology request
POD Reference
TRKR20241018005
Term of Validity
18 October 2024 - 18 October 2025
Company's Country
  • South Korea
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement
  • Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
A Korean SME providing eco-friendly packaging solution to consumer goods manufacturers is looking for new eco-friendly packaging materials and producing technologies under commercial or research and development agreement.
Full Description
As growing concern in eco-friendliness such as carbon reduction and plastic usage reduction, eco-friendly packaging solution, so called green packaging solution, that can replace plastic materials has been introduced widely.

Following this trend, a Korean SME has been providing comprehensive solution including eco-friendly product consultation, design, material R&D, and manufacturing. Since 2021, the company has been supplying various green packaging solution to cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturing industry. The company has been developing products using eco-friendly materials such as pulp, sugarcane, bamboo, wood fibers, limestone, coffee chip, PCR (Post Consumer Recycled), PIR (Post Industrial Recycled), and so on. Especially, the patent of material mixing and manufacturing for papermold was registered.

Even though in-house R&D capability of eco-friendly materials and packaging products, the company is continuously looking for new eco-friendly materials and package producing technologies to adapt to rapid & various market demands and innovation.

Sought technologies are any eco-friendly materials that can replace plastics such as ABS, PP, PVC, PET, HDPE for packaging and innovative product manufacturing process using these materials. The Korean company is interested in employing new materials under commercial agreement with technical assistance, and jointly developing new packaging process under research and development cooperation agreement.
Stage of Development
  • Already on the market
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
IPR description
- Eco-friendly materials that can replace ABS, PP, PVC, PET, HDPE used for packages
- Eco-friendly manufacturing technology of packages using eco-friendly materials

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
Company or research institute or university that has innovative eco-friendly materials manufacturing technology for packaging

- Commercial agreement with technical assistance: employing new eco-friendly packaging materials and introduce to Korean market

- Research and development agreement: developing new eco-friendly packaging materials and manufacturing process
Type and Size of Partner
  • SME 50 - 249
  • Other
  • R&D Institution
  • SME <=10
  • Big company
  • SME 11-49
  • University
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement
  • Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 02007013 - Paper technology
  • 02007020 - Biobased materials
  • 10003007 - Waste to Energy /Resource
  • 06006005 - Biobased high-performance materials
  • 06006002 - Bioplastics
Market keywords
  • 08004004 - Other pollution and recycling related
  • 09004008 - Other manufacturing (not elsewhere classified)
  • 09004006 - Packing products and systems
Sector Groups Involved
  • Energy-Intensive Industries
Targeted countries
  • All countries