PackAlliance: European alliance for innovation training & collaboration towards future packaging Erasmus Project

Project Title

PackAlliance: European alliance for innovation training & collaboration towards future packaging

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Plastics are an important and value material for the economy that is used in our daily life. However, at the same time they have serious downsides on the environment and health. World plastics production (2016) is of 335 million metric tonnes of which 91% is not recycled. The first-ever European Strategy for Plastics adopted on January 2018 highlights the need for transformation of the way plastic products are designed, used, produced and recycled in the European Union.Key elements for this transformation within the plastic packaging sector are investments in innovative solutions and talented and skilled professionals able to transform waste into value. Nevertheless, the plastic packaging industry is affected by a shortage of professionals with appropriate skills in innovative packaging, and low level of collaboration between Higher Education Institutions & the Plastics Industry reflected by insufficient knowledge transfer and mismatched curricula. Hence, it is crucial to provide with market oriented high education & training for students and professionals in the area of sustainable packaging.PackAlliance is a Knowledge Alliance that brings together academic and industry partners from 4 EU countries (Spain, Poland, Finland and Italy) in order to foster Academia-Industry collaboration for innovation and competence building in innovative and sustainable packaging as a nuclear element for the transition to the Circular Economy within the plastic industry. Based on the partners’ experience and mutual interest for cooperation, PackAlliance consortium seeks to:- To equip HE students and packaging professionals with skills required for circular economy transformation within the plastic packaging sector- To modernise and align Higher Education Institutions curricula with the plastic packaging industry needs- To establish innovation collaboration scheme between HEIs and industry on the knowledge, talent transfer and entrepreneurship in sustainable plastic packaging

Project Website

http://packall.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 991620 Eur

Project Coordinator

CONSORCIO CAMPUS IBERUS & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO
• TAMPEREEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
• PYROLL GROUP LTD
• CONSORZIO PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA CULTURA PLASTICA PROPLAST
• AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA IM. STANISLAWA STASZICA W KRAKOWIE
• ECOEMBALAJES ESPANA, S.A.
• SYNTHOS SPOLKA AKCYJNA