R+D+i projects

• CONSORCI: CAPSA i Packaging Cluster

• DESCRIPCIÓ: El projecte 2IN1E-FLAT té com a finalitat testar la implantació de la nova caixa reutilitzable 2in1 E-Flat dins la logística inversa del sector tecnològic, analitzant-ne el comportament en recepció, emmagatzematge, enviaments i retorns. Aquesta caixa, dissenyada per CAPSA i premiada per la seva innovació, ofereix més seguretat i reducció de danys gràcies al seu disseny amb càmeres d’aire i una millor fixació de l’aparell, contribuint així a disminuir l’ús d’envasos d’un sol ús. Les proves pilot permetran obtenir dades per desenvolupar una calculadora de costos econòmics i ambientals vinculats a la reutilització, i s’espera validar el model logístic, reduir incidències, minimitzar residus d’embalatge i demostrar la seva escalabilitat al sector tecnològic.

• Amb el suport de l'Agència de Residus de Catalunya.

• Data inici: 15/12/2025 

• Durada: 24 mesos

• Convocatòria: subvencions per a projectes de foment de l'economia circular de l’Agència de Residus de Catalunya

• Pressupost: 39.986,00 € 

• CONSORCI: IFLEX, Leitat i Packaging Cluster

• DESCRIPCIÓ: DesLamTin pretén desenvolupar un procés eficient i sostenible per deslaminar primerament i, amb l’objectiu de confirmar que la separació de capes es suficient per augmentar la reciclabilitat, també es desenvoluparà i aplicarà un procés innovador i més sostenible (amb menys consum energètic i amb la utilització de solvents més favorables ambientalment) per permetre destintar l’envàs flexible multicapa mono material. D’aquesta manera, s’aconseguirà recuperar materials d'alta qualitat, reduint la dependència de matèries primeres verges provinents del petroli i disminuint l'impacte ambiental de la indústria de l'embalatge. 

• Amb  el suport d' Agència de Residus de Catalunya.

• Data inici: 01/01/2026

• Durada: 18 mesos

• Convocatòria: subvencions per a projectes de foment de l'economia circular de l’Agència de Residus de Catalunya

• Pressupost total: 79.983,85 €

• CONSORCI: Cluster Digital, Market AAD, Zertifier, Bertia, Zertifier, TAI Smart Factory i Packaging Cluster

• DESCRIPCIÓ: El projecte BREF Digital Packaging - Transformació digital avançada per al sector del packaging a Catalunya és una iniciativa col·laborativa que pretén abordar de manera específica el repte de transformació digital de les PIMEs industrials del sector de l’envàs i l’embalatge (packaging), identificant i difonent les millors tecnologies digitals disponibles (Best Available Techniques – BATs) amb aplicació directa al sector. L’objectiu és impulsar la transformació digital de la producció al sector industrial del packaging a Catalunya mitjançant la generació d’un document de referència (BREF), l’activació d’un ecosistema mixt oferta-demanda, i la identificació i difusió de millors pràctiques i tecnologies aplicables.

• Convocatòria: ACCIÓ, Subvencions per a projectes cooperatius de clústers - Convocatòria 2025

• Pressupost total: 99.949,04€

• Data inici: octubre 2025

• Durada:  10 mesos

• INCLOURE:

• Actuació realitzada “Amb el suport d'ACCIÓ”

• Logo ACCIÓ (segons el que es detalla a la pàgina web d’acció. Veure carpeta Identitat Corporativa ACCIÓ)

• Si és en suport web, la paraula ACCIÓ o el logotip d'ACCIÓ han de contenir un enllaç actiu a la pàgina web d'ACCIÓ (https://www.accio.gencat.cat).

• CONSORCI: POTS, Roqueta Origen, Framun, Innovi i Packaging Cluster

• DESCRIPCIÓ: El projecte R-CIRCULA – Marcatge Reversible per a la Circularitat d’Envasos de Vidre té com a objectiu desenvolupar i validar una solució innovadora que permeti la reutilització d’envasos de vidre, centrant-se especialment en la problemàtica del marcatge permanent actualment utilitzat per garantir la traçabilitat de producte. R-CIRCULA pretén donar resposta a una problemàtica tècnica clau en l’actual procés de recuperació, rentat i reutilització d’ampolles de vi: la dificultat d’eliminar el marcatge del número de lot gravat amb làser a la base de l’ampolla, que alhora limita la viabilitat d’un model d’economia circular pel sector vitivinícola i que interfereix amb la traçabilitat i la correcta gestió dels nous lots. 

• Pressupost total: 99,686 €

• Data inici: octubre 2025

• Durada: 11 mesos

• Convocatòria: ACCIÓ, Subvencions per a projectes cooperatius de clústers - Convocatòria 2025

• “Amb el suport d' ACCIÓ”

• CONSORCI: TAI Smart Factory, Witte y Solá, Rieusset i Packaging Cluster, amb la col·laboració de Dribia

• DESCRIPCIÓ: El projecte SIGMA - Integració d'un assistent d’IA generativa pel software de manteniment Q-PLANT MM a les plantes de producció, té com a finalitat integrar un assistent interactiu de manteniment dins del programari Q-Plant MM de TAI Smart Factory, impulsat per intel·ligència artificial generativa. L’objectiu és proporcionar un suport directe, àgil i intuïtiu als operaris i responsables de manteniment de les plantes de les empreses clients Witte y Solá i Rieusset, millorant l’eficiència operativa, reduint temps d’aturada i optimitzant costos.

• Objectius i resultats esperats: El projecte SIGMA té com a objectiu principal oferir assistència tècnica als operaris de manteniment i responsables de planta, per tal d’actuar amb rapidesa i eficàcia per minimitzar els temps d’aturada, optimitzar costos i millorar el rendiment global de les instal·lacions. Els operaris i responsables de planta, podran accedir de manera natural i intuïtiva, a tota la informació històrica i operativa de manteniment.

      Objectius específics:

• Analitzar les dades de manteniment disponibles (correctiu, preventiu, materials, equips i estructures) i identificar les necessitats comunes dels operaris de manteniment.

• Desenvolupar un model de generació de text augmentada amb recuperació d’informació (RAG) capaç de respondre preguntes relacionades amb les incidències i actuacions de manteniment, tant preventius com correctius, i els comentaris associats.

• Dissenyar una integració directa amb el software de TAI que sigui el més general possible, i que permeti que el model sigui instal·lat de manera senzilla en una instal·lació (nova o existent) de Q-PLANT MM.

• Desplegar l’assistent en dues instal·lacions ja existents de Q-PLANT MM, per comprovar-ne el funcionament i validar la integració.

• Convocatòria: ACCIÓ, Subvencions per a projectes cooperatius de clústers - Convocatòria 2025

• Pressupost total: 99.852,19€

• Data inici: gener 2026

• Durada: 7 mesos

• Actuació realitzada “Amb el suport d'ACCIÓ"

NAME and SUBTITLE: SINTEC - Intersectoral Synergies for the Circular Economy

START DATE: November 2025

DURATION: 24 months

CONSORTIUM: CREC - Waste Cluster, Advanced Materials Cluster, Tèxtils.Cat, and Packaging Cluster

DESCRIPTION: The objective of the project is to study the circularity of waste from the technical textile industry, especially those with a high polymer load, for their reuse in new materials for the packaging sector. Advanced textile waste has a growing environmental impact due to its difficulty in recycling, the use of toxic substances and the low rate of reuse. This problem has been previously addressed in different initiatives but the SINTEC project presents an innovative approach: an intersectoral collaboration between four clusters to maximize resource efficiency and generate unprecedented industrial symbiosis models.

BUDGET: €39,982.45

CALL: ARC ARC027/24/000059

SATISPHACTION project has been awarded in 2025 with 3,7 mill euros budget in the highly competitive EIC pathfinder call: PATHFINDER CHALLENGE "Nature inspired alternatives for food packaging and films for agriculture”, funded by the European Commission through the European Innovation Council (EIC). 

Accelerating  the shift to a sustainable and resilient food packaging value chain through  interregional collaboration on a European level

The “Enhancing Packaging Innovation Ecosystems for Interregional Collaboration” project, acronym EPIC, aims to build capacity in innovation ecosystems in less developed regions, enabling the opportunity for innovation actors to drive the transition towards sustainable packaging in response to environmental and regulative challenges outlined by the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.

Aligned with the European Green Deal principle and the New Circular Economy Action Plan, EPIC will enable the creation of new sub-value chains in the packaging sector, aiding less developed regions in understanding market trends and feasibility for business growth. These goals will be achieved by mapping current trends, identifying innovation needs and technology requirements from end-user sectors, matching demand and supply for innovation, supporting the development of business cases for further continuation, and tuning innovation-supporting policy instruments.

The consortium coordinated by Nanoprogress (Czechia) includes 10 partners from 8 European countries representing the clusters: BalticNet-PlasmaTec (Germany),  DBH InnoHub (Hungary) Clust-ER MECH (Italy), Clust-ER HEALTH (Italy), LITMEA- Smart Food Cluster (Lithuania), Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley (Poland), Association Packaging Cluster (Spain), Feeling Innovation by Stanpa (Spain) and research&technology competence centre: Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Portugal) committed to tackling the upcoming fundamental transition towards a more sustainable packaging sector.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/i3-epic/

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@I3-EPIC/

Project website in ECCP: https://profile.clustercollaboration.eu/profile/cluster-partnership-initiative/9124b6e9-60b7-480e-81cd-8f03fce1a297

Duration of the Project: 01.12.2024 – 30.11.2026

Project budget: 1 212 414,00 EUR

The project is part of the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument.

NAME and SUBTITLE: OXICOOK

START DATE: June 2024

DURATION: 24 months

CONSORTIUM: CARINSA, La Selva, Monells, NOEL, Enplater, TPL, Kao Chimigraf, ULMA, Bon Preu ESCLAT, Casa Ametller, IRTA, Packaging Cluster. And with the support of MULTIVAC, Hispack and FECIC.

DESCRIPTION: The main objective of the OXICOOK project is to study different strategies to minimize the waste of sliced cooked meat products packaged in a protective atmosphere during their commercial shelf life.

RESULTS: Its results will be to develop more robust sliced cooked meat products through the combination of strategies that include product formulation, selection and adaptation of materials and packaging parameters that allow to guarantee the stability of the color during its commercialization, while knowing what impact the new LED lighting systems that the distribution has adopted have and how to minimize their effect to avoid wasting the products on display. All this, without affecting food safety, shelf life and sensory characteristics, thanks to the addition of bioprotective cultures and/or ingredients with antioxidant potential. This project is carried out thanks to the financial aid of the European Union.

BUDGET: €256,066.32

CALL: Operational Group

NAME and SUBTITLE: OrganicUp – Valorization of organic waste for packaging

CONSORTIUM: Batlle Group, BAU, Blue room Innovation, Tallers Soteras, Flipo Eyewear and the Packaging Cluster, with the collaboration of LOV ferments and Bella Aurora.

DESCRIPTION: The essential purpose of this project is to create a positive dynamic between producers, packers and consumers to considerably reduce waste and costs related to food consumption, while proposing material alternatives for packaging from a more environmentally friendly perspective. The OrganicUP project seeks to develop an innovative biomaterial, based on organic waste, implementing design strategies to explore its potential, carrying out a pilot test to evaluate its ability to be modeled and produced at scale for industrial applications, and incorporating a system that ensures product traceability throughout the rejection, use and recycling phases

BUDGET: €99,915.33

CALL: Competitiveness Strengthening Initiatives, IRC 2024

NAME and SUBTITLE: Implementation of a Platform for Traceability and Management of Reusable Packaging

CONSORTIUM: ECOLIGNOR, MAFRICA, Obach 1915, NOEL, Font Packaging Group, ENPLATER GROUP, and Ecophir Recicla and GRUP BATALLÉ collaborate, with the support of the INNOVACC cluster and the Packaging Cluster.

DESCRIPTION: The project aims to develop and implement an advanced tool for the traceability of reusable packaging, to ensure compliance with Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste. This regulation establishes new obligations for packaging producers, including compliance with Extended Producer Responsibility (RAP) and the implementation of a Deposit, Return and Return System (SDDR). The initiative promotes collaboration between packaging manufacturers, meat companies and other stakeholders to encourage reuse, optimize processes and achieve competitive advantages in the market.

BUDGET: 99,929.05

CALL: Competitiveness Strengthening Initiatives, IRC 2024

NAME and SUBTITLE: GREEN IMPACKT, Sustainable transformation of industrial value chains related to plastic and packaging in Colombia

CONSORTIUM: ANDI (National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia), CLEAN Cluster and PackagingCluster

DESCRIPTION: The project aims to support the transition of Colombian SMEs in the plastics, packaging and packaging sector towards a circular economy through training and collaboration with EU solution providers. The central idea will provide SMEs with access to tools and knowledge to strengthen their skills and adopt more sustainable practices in the sector, based on cooperation with European suppliers. The project includes training activities in the circular economy, development of tools such as roadmap and monitoring, access to success stories and best practices, and knowledge about the resources available as sources of financing that promote the circular economy in the sector.

BUDGET: €358,386

CALL: AL-INVEST Green AIV_P922_call2

NAME: VALUE4PACK

CONSORTIUM: NATUREEF Association, Pack4Food, Flanders' FOOD, Lithuanian food exporters association (LitMEA), Valorial, le réseau innovation agri-agro, Agrifood Clust-ER, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, DBH Group, Omnipack Packaging Technology Cluster, Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije, CLIC Innovation Oy, Packbridge, Galicia Food Cluster, POLYMERIS, LETVIJAS PARTIKAS UZNEMUMU FEDERACIJA

DESCRIPTION: Value4Pack aims to strengthen cross-regional collaborations, support innovation and bridge gaps between different stakeholders by creating an inclusive ecosystem and providing targeted assistance, to boost innovation and investment capacity in the supply chain. European value of food packaging. Value4Pack is an interregional innovation investment project (I3) originating from the European S3 Partnership Food Packaging.

BUDGET: €1,477,721

CALL: Interregional innovation investment project I3-2022-CAP2b

NAME: SPBACK

CONSORTIUM: Controlpack and the Packaging Cluster

DESCRIPTION: With the execution of this initiative, the possibility of activating stretch film recovery circuits distributed by the company will be evaluated, and a pilot will be offered with a client to activate film recovery through reverse logistics, trobar recyclers. of LDPE film and contextualize possible plastic tax deductions for film recovery.

BUDGET: €79,863

CALL: Projects to promote the circular economy ACC/3552/2022. Waste Agency of Catalonia.

NAME: MEATPACK

CONSORTIUM: Innovacc i Packaging Cluster

DESCRIPTION: The MEÆT PACK project is a collaborative initiative between the INNOVACC Cluster and the Packaging Cluster to create a sectoral guide to meat packaging and alternative protein in the context of the Circular Economy and Ecodesign. This study aims to analyze the different solutions in terms of sustainability in a holistic way: both the ecological protection of the packaging itself and the food waste that can be avoided from the products they contain.

BUDGET: €40,000

CALL: Circular economy promotion projects ACC/3552/2022. Waste Agency of Catalonia.

NAME AND SUBTITLE: SMARTENPAL, Research into Intelligent Automation, Monitoring and Servitization Technologies for palletizing and wrapping.

CONSORTIUM: Infosa, Controlpack, Tepsis, Bertia, Pentamatiki the Packaging Cluster

DESCRIPTION: The project aims to industrial research into advanced intelligent technologies for Monitoring and Robotization of palletizing and wrapping processes, facing important challenges within the field of digitalization/industry 4.0, automation, prediction and sustainability, for the transformation of the manufacturing sector. packaging.

BUDGET: €242,762

CALL: Innovative Business Groups. May, 2023. Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.

NAME and SUBTITLE: INDUREC 4.0 - Research for the traceability of the plastic packaging recycling process in the transition to industry 4.0.

CONSORTIUM: AEI Clúster Envase y Embalaje de la Comunidad Valenciana, AIMPLAS, Perez Cerdá, Blockchain Traceability (Trazable) & AEI Packaging Cluster.

DESCRIPTION: InduRec 4.0 proposes the development of a software application for the control and traceability of the processes of packaging management facilities, covering everything from packaging recycling to different transformation processes. It aims to satisfy the industry's need to optimize its processes with the generation and use of data that allows it to valorize waste and better understand the efficiency of its process, just as it offers the type of solutions that are proposed in the project and that are linked to the concept of industry 4.0.

BUDGET: €178,034

CALL: Innovative Business Groups. May, 2023. Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.

NAME and SUBTITLE: PACKIMPACT 2.0: New platform to analyze the environmental impact of packaging and compare alternatives

CONSORTIUM: Aimplas, inèdit, IFLEX, Comexi and the Packaging Cluster

DESCRIPTION: The objective of this project is research to develop an easy and intuitive tool (LCA) so that companies in the packaging sector can analyze and value their packaging taking into account their entire value chain in a simple way. and fast with generic data dumped into the tool. This project is driven by the sector's demand to measure the environmental impact in terms of carbon footprint and other environmental indicators derived from the analysis of the life cycle of its packaging and the recyclability of the materials used for each of these containers.

BUDGET: €241,420

CALL: Innovative Business Groups. May, 2023. Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.

NAME and SUBTITLE: SMART STOCK DUOMO 2.0: Digitization of logistics processes and inventory management with Smart Pressure Senso

CONSORCI: Akoma, Twentic, Rotimpres, Embeblue, Functional Print and the Packaging Cluster.

DESCRIPTION: The objective of this project is the investigation of a more efficient and economical inventory control system for bulk products (such as screws and similar parts) and for mono[1]reference locations. To achieve this, screen printing technology will be used to create printed sensors that can be placed in boxes or drawers and monitor the amount of stock present in them through weight. In addition, it is intended to achieve complete automation and digitalization of the Akoma warehouse, applying the order management system that was developed in the first phase and adding the research and development of the integration with the Warehouse Management System (WMS), as well as its communication with the implementation of a robot.

PRESSUPOST: €324,779

CALL: Innovative Business Groups. May, 2023. Ministeri d'Indústria, Commerce i Turisme.