Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology request
- POD Reference
- TRFR20250423006
- Term of Validity
- 23 April 2025 - 23 April 2026
- Company's Country
- France
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A French company belonging to an international group committed to maintaining a sustainable business with environmentally responsible operations would like to identify an industrial partner offering solutions to recycle used flexographic polymer plates. A SME industrial partner is sought for commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Full Description
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A French company owned by a family European big group which is the Europe’s biggest provider of flexographic plates across Europe and Africa seeks an industrial partner to develop a process to recycle used flexographic printing plates.
The aim of the company is consequently to develop with an industrial partner a technological process to expedite a renewable and sustainable way to eliminate this waste by focusing on total reuse.
The values of the French company rely on developing its business in a sustainable manner and maintaining a commitment to the protection of the environment and being socially responsible.
The estimated volume of the used flexographic plates in France reaches around 1,000 Tons a year and is currently incinerated to produce energy or send to landfill.
The used flexographic plates are made up of mainly polymers (PET, SBS acrylic, styrene/acrylic, amide etc..) but also of acrylate monomers, filters (silica, alumina) and photo initiators).
With the goal of setting a long-lasting collaboration, the company is looking for a company:
- With a strong expertise in recycling plastics or chemical components
- Open to work and co-develop innovative solutions for recycling the used flexographic plates
- Focussing on growth through sustainable circular economy - Advantages and Innovations
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- A project with a strong commitment to maintaining a sustainable business with environmentally responsible operations
- A reuse of used flexographic plates for new products or materials - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- The company searches an industrial company with a great expertise in recycling plastic materials and commitment to sustainable and circular economy to protect the planet.
- Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The type of partner sought is an industrial company involved in recycling processes of plastic and polymer.
Role of the partner: collaborate in the long term with this multinational with a view to reach a win-win agreement on an eco-friendly solution for the used flexographic plates - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02005004 - Packaging for materials
- 02007014 - Plastics, Polymers
- 10002013 - Clean Production / Green Technologies
- 10003004 - Recycling, Recovery
- Market keywords
- 08004002 - Chemical and solid material recycling
- 08001005 - Other fabricated plastics
- 08003007 - Other industrial equipment and machinery
- 08001018 - Polymer (plastics) materials
- 08001001 - Plastic fabricators
- Sector Groups Involved
- Energy-Intensive Industries - Materials
- Energy-Intensive Industries - BioChemTech
- Energy-Intensive Industries
- Targeted countries
- All countries
