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UK company is looking for AI and NLP collaboration with expertise in programming or design to improve a bio-based materials database by enhancing data processes and enabling efficient searches and material recommendations for product development.

Summary

Profile Type
  • Technology request
POD Reference
TRGB20231030024
Term of Validity
31 October 2023 - 30 October 2025
Company's Country
  • United Kingdom
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
A UK-based SME focused on bio-based industrial materials is seeking partnerships to advance the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for a comprehensive bio-based material database. Specifically, we are interested in AI solutions for data acquisition, cleansing, and standardization, as well as leveraging NLP to streamline database searches and facilitate material recommendations across various fields within the product design and manufacturing sect
Full Description
A UK company has developed a pioneering database to enable and expand the use of bio-based, sustainable materials in manufacturing industries.

It serves product design and engineering teams, procurement experts, sustainability executives, and business leaders looking for the material data needed to incorporate bio-based materials into products. It also provides bio-material producers with access to new markets.

The UK company offers access to detailed bio-based material specifications and related meta-data, expanding material choices. It connects producers with the material resources needed to create sustainable products.
The UK company closes gaps in the manufacturing with sustainable materials ecosystem by connecting material producers and users. It facilitates the adoption of bio-materials.

To expedite the integration of sustainable, bio-based materials into product manufacturing, an innovative company in the United Kingdom has is developing a comprehensive database of essential metrics and associated metadata for these materials. This database caters to a wide spectrum of professionals, including product design teams, production engineers, procurement specialists, sustainability executives, and business leaders engaged in the production of goods utilising bio-based materials.

The database furnishes critical material data and metrics, serving as a vital resource for informed decision-making throughout the product design, procurement, engineering, and manufacturing phases. Additionally, the metadata included in the database equips users with the requisite information to meet regulatory obligations, such as Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, and Lifecycle Analysis (LCA). Moreover, this valuable information supports manufacturers in adhering to the principles of a circular economy.
Advantages and Innovations
This is currently the only project collecting and organising comprehensive, specifically bio-based material data and metadata globally, and making it available in a structured, searchable form.

By making material data available to design, production and reporting, the service accelerates the adoption of bio-based materials.
Stage of Development
  • Concept stage
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 15: Life on Land
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
IPR description
Development partners in AI & NLP.
Collaboration with developers of software utilities – EPD, ESG, LCA and compliance - that require material data and metadata .

We are open to collaboration with experts and organizations that share our vision for this project.

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The company is seeking collaborative partners to engage in NLP (Natural Language Processing), AI-enabled material discovery, and data import and cleaning for a database of bio-based materials, We are interested in forging partnerships with organizations and individuals who can contribute their expertise and resource
Type and Size of Partner
  • SME <=10
  • SME 11-49
  • SME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 01003015 - Knowledge Management, Process Management
  • 01003018 - User Interfaces, Usability
  • 01003010 - Databases, Database Management, Data Mining
  • 01003008 - Data Processing / Data Interchange, Middleware
Market keywords
  • 02007004 - Program development tools/languages
  • 02007002 - Database and file management
  • 02007007 - Applications software
Sector Groups Involved
  • Energy-Intensive Industries
  • Renewable Energy
  • Digital
  • Creative Industries
Targeted countries
  • All countries