MetGen consortium: Re-thinking all plastic packaging
Spinverse provided EU funding coaching and a funding proposal review for a consortium led by MetGen.
€2.3 m
in funding
3
partners
Key numbers
About the project
The consortium will improve their processes through enzymatic solutions to quality, performance and economics of their renewable packaging material by enabling the use of hardwood for the production of fructose, which will be used for the manufacturing of 100 % bio-based plastic bottles and other plastic packaging. This will be supported by advanced enzyme technologies of the project coordinator MetGen, and aims to replace the use of food/starch based fructose for plastics.
Impact of the project:
The project enables the production of plastics from wood – a sustainable solution entirely from renewable materials that is also technically and economically superior to the technologies and materials in use today.
Funding instrument Horizon 2020 FTI

Spinverse’s role
Spinverse supported MetGen and the consortium members from Sweden and the Netherlands to apply for Horizon 2020 funding.
Spinverse assisted the members of the consortium in the funding proposal procedures and actively worked to ensure the overall quality of the project proposal.
The consortium was among the 6 % of applicants to receive funding and MetGen was the only successful Finnish project participant in the FTI call in 2015.
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