First meeting of the partners of the ALIMPACK project, ‘Advanced packaging made from recycled and recyclable cardboard with nanotechnology applied to food preservation in the Navarre agri-food chain’.
The ALIMPACK project was launched within the Navarra Agri-Food Cluster (NAGRIFOOD) with the aim of developing sustainable packaging solutions based on recycled and recyclable cardboard for the fruit and vegetable, meat, and aquaculture sectors. These solutions seek to provide sustainably packaged food that preserves its organoleptic, functional, and nutritional properties throughout its shelf life, while minimizing food waste.
The Navarra Agri-Food Cluster (NAGRIFOOD) organized the first meeting of the strategic ALIMPACK project together with all the consortium partners. In this project, the development of nanotechnological coatings (breathable, non-film-forming, and inert) will make it possible to provide cardboard with different structural and functional properties—on the one hand, for the harvesting and transport of food in the fruit, vegetable, and aquaculture sectors, and on the other, for the display, preparation, and consumption of food in the aquaculture and meat sectors.
In addition to NAGRIFOOD as the coordinating entity, the project includes the Lurederra Technological Center (LUREDERRA) as the knowledge hub, and two business R&D&I units—Solidus Innova (INNOVA) and Global and Local Solutions, S.L.U. (GLS)—as leaders in applied research. They are joined by five agri-food sector entities that represent all links in the value chain: AN S. Coop. (GRUPO AN), Caviar Pirinea (PIRINEA), Huerta de Peralta S.A.T. 413 (EL HUERTICO), Exposición y Conservación de Alimentos S.A. (EXKAL), and Solidus Solutions Videcart (VIDECART).
ALIMPACK will be developed over a period of two and a half years within the framework of the 2025–2028 Strategic R&D Project Grants call of the Government of Navarra, co-financed at 40% by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Navarra 2021–2027 Operational Programme.
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