A French company in the childcare industry is looking for eco-friendly plastics and packaging suppliers or manufacturers

TechnologyFrancúzskoTRFR20210518001
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Summary: 
A French company in the childcare industry is looking for eco-friendly materials (recycled and bio-based materials) in plastics and packaging industries. The company researches solutions for future development to include in their range of products for babies. The company wants to establish technical cooperation agreement or manufacturing agreement.
Description: 
A French company expert in childcare designs and develops a huge range of products for babies. The company has always put respect and responsibility at the heart of this values. To reducing its environmental impact, the company want to find alternative solutions to fossil-based materials. The aim is to replace plastic materials with substitute materials which are bio-degradable, bio-sourced and recycled. The company is looking for food compatible materials and non-food compatible plastics and packaging. Certifications standards REACH and EN 71-3 (Safety of toys - Migration of certain elements) are expected. The company wants to establish technical cooperation agreement or manufacturing agreement with eco-friendly materials suppliers or manufacturers.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
The company is looking for partners able to fulfil its environmental vision. Companies or organizations dealing with sustainable (bio/recycled) materials in the following sectors: plastic and packaging. Partnership considered: Technical cooperation agreement or manufacturing agreement
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought: 
The French company would like to work with bio-based materials experts, e.g. technology transfer units, companies in bio-based plastics industry, or companies specialising in ecological packaging. Partners will be willing to work with materials, bringing their technological know-how and expertise in analysing, testing these new materials and advising on their suitability for the new products that the company designs. The aim is to identify which product would be made, how to make it, source and test materials as well as prepare products for market testing.
Stage of Development: 
Concept stage
External code: 
TRFR20210518001