- Packaging Sector
Solutions for packaging
Sector challenges
- Sustainable packaging: ecodesign, recyclability and reduction of environmental footprint
- Compliancein food contact materials (FCM)
- Active and intelligent packaging that extends shelf life and improves user experience
- Cost optimisation and packaging performance
- Improving consumer usability and experience
Our value proposition
- 360° approach: material-product-process-consumer
- Laboratories specialised in FCM, migration, barrier, sealing and mechanical properties
- Recyclability and packaging upcycling
Solutions and services
We offer solutions that integrate sustainability, digitalisation, new raw materials and products, and regulatory compliance, supported by more than 300 professionals and 21 pilot plants dedicated to innovative technologies that enable processes to be scaled up to pre-industrial levels.
R&D&I and technology
- Development of biomaterials from industry by-products
- Design of packaging solutions that are easier to recycle
- Biodegradability, recyclability and compostability studies
Design of packaging with more sustainable materials
Cellulosic materials, recycled polymers, …
Computer vision and data analytics for sealing control and inline quality
Laboratory
- FCM, overall and specific migration, NIAS, material characterisation
- Packaging-product compatibility and shelf-life studies
Sealing and hermeticity testing
Thermal and ultrasonic integrity
Consumer and market
Pack experience
Usability, opening/closing, ergonomics, perception of sustainability
Consumer testing and sensory analysis applied to packaging
Events
Success stories
- 2023
PREDIMIC
Collaborative research project supported by CDTI for the predictive control of microbiological contamination risks in food production, based on machine learning techniques. VERDIFRESH, GRUPO ENTREPINARES and SAN DALMAI are involved in this project.
- 2023
BIOCLEAN
This integrated biotechnological system for the cleaning and microbiological disinfection of pathogens is based on endolysins effective against a range of pathogens, with applications in both the food safety sector and the clinical field. Once the pathogen is identified using the biosensor, cleaning products containing enzymes active against these pathogens are applied. The project is led by the company CLEANITY. In addition to AINIA, the company Lumensia and three research centres—ISABIO, IATA-CSIC and iCMOL-UV—are also involved.
- 2023
CÁRNICAS SERRANO
AINIA has participated in the development of a new range of healthier and easier-to-prepare breaded products. This is a reformulation of the product category without compromising its sensory appeal. An innovative range has been developed, offering alternatives to traditional frying through the design of new coatings and the use of new ingredients. It provides a lower caloric intake and a consumption experience that maintains the inherent properties of this type of product.
Capabilities and infrastructure
- FCM laboratories
- Packaging pilot plants
- Climatic and shelf-life chambers
- Equipment for barrier, sealing, strength and characterisation analysis
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