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Collaborations

Green solutions for a blue planet

DS Smith PLC is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide. We are very proud to be a partner with them in the Innovate UK Project 10002990 HiFib, part of the Transforming Foundation Industries programme.

Axchem have excellent R&D capabilities and technical expertise relating to all aspects of paper and polymers. We are very pleased to be working with Axchem as part of the Innovate UK HiFib project.

We are very proud to be a partner with BioPower Technologies  in the Innovate UK supported HiFib project. We also partnered with them in the Innovate UK supported projects MediFlex, AgriFlex and PommeACE2. BioPower provide engineering design and build services, as well as mechanical processing of agri-food by-products.

Experts in performance and speciality chemicals, providing world class paper technology consulting. We are very proud to be a partner with Renaissance Chemicals in the Innovate UK supported HiFib project.

We are very proud to be a partner with the The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) in the Innovate UK supported HiFib project. PITA is an independent, member-based organisation, which operates for the general benefit of its members – both individual and corporate – dedicated to promoting and improving the technical and scientific knowledge of those working in the Fibrous Forest Products Industries - such as pulp, paper, wood panel, moulded pulp and other similar industries.

Freedom Hygiene develop and deliver innovative technologies for the detection and elimination of biofilm contamination. We are very pleased to be collaborating on the development of novel in situ monitoring technologies with applications in food production, agriculture and health care.

Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is a leading independent technology innovation centre and a founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Agrifoodx are grateful for their support as part of a recent project funded by Innovate Edge to explore extrusion of embodied carbon biodegradable polymer blends. 

The Institute for Materials and Manufacturing has been a partner in the Innovate UK supported projects AgriFlex and MediFlex, developing flexible films for agricultural and healthcare PPE applications. We are very grateful for their expertise in polymer engineering, human centred design and materials characterisation which has made the collaborations successful.   

We're very pleased to acknowledge the business growth and support mentoring as part of the EIT Food Seedbed Programme. Scientific support and introductions from the AgriFood Biosciences Institute and the Polymers Processing Research Centre also very much appreciated.

Starbons are producers of an unique sustainable mesoporous solid phase medium for separation and purification. We have evaluated the use of the Starbons material for the recovery high value compounds from agri-food waste as part of the Innovate UK supported project PommeACE2 led by Cellular Systems