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Seeking Recyclable Closure for Paper Beverage Bottles

• Posted by PepsiCo
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• Deadline : 1970-01-01

We are seeking technologies for a re-closable fiber-based closure for a paper beverage bottle that can be recycled in the paper stream.

Seeking natural colors for foods and beverages

• Posted by PepsiCo
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• Project Size : 50,000 - 250,000 €

PepsiCo is evaluating different natural color ingredients and technologies to replace Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Red #40, and Blue #1 for multiple food and beverage brands in order to address consumer demand. Specific challenges are in the Red #40 (food) and Blue #1 (food & beverage) replacers.

Seeking safe and effective outdoor mosquito solutions

• Posted by The Procter & Gamble Company
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• Project Size : Strategic project backed by large scale funding €

Seeking safe and effective outdoor mosquito solutions to help consumers enjoy their yard and outdoor spaces without the annoyance and inconvenience of mosquito bites. Mosquitos are a common nuisance and disease spreading insect. In addition to being vectors of disease, one of the main reasons we want to tackle this pest is to allow people to enjoy outdoor activities more frequently – e.g., eating outside, spending time with family, and watching outdoor sporting events. Here in P&G Ventures, we are looking for existing, in market solutions which exist globally that are specifically designed to kill or repel mosquitos.

Technologies for the improvement of the mobility of people with motor affectation

• Posted by Universidad de Alcalá-OTRI
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• Patents for licensing

The research group "Multisensorial analysis and recognition" from Alcalá University has developed different technologies: a walker, a wheelchair for children of early age, a multisensory cabin and a spoon, to improve the lifes of people with certain motor affections. These inventions are part of the "Padrino Tecnológico Program", which has been designed by the research group itself, to raise funds for the development and adaptation of technical aids that cover the needs detected in people with low personal autonomy. The group seeks collaboration agreements with institutions or companies that want to be part of the "Padrino Tecnológico Program”: http://padrinotecnolognolog.org/proyectos/instituciones/ The group also want to reach license, collaboration, manufacturing or commercial agreements with technical assistance with orthopedic companies, medical equipment, and health technologies.

Microbial extracts from saline marshes with outstanding moisturizing, UV-filter, wounding care and metal chelant properties

• Posted by jaume mir from Biochemize SL
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

Saline marshes are natural environments with hard conditions supporting life due to the high concentration of salts. Thus, microbial flora surviving there needs to develop high performance molecular mechanisms to retain water against osmotic pressure. Biochemize has developed a low-cost and non-invasive process for the isolation of those microorganisms and to obtain from those biomass extracts (containing high amounts of carotenes, licopenes and flavonoids, among other) with high capacities for the retention of water (much higher that those from hyaluronic acid), for filtering UV-radiation, for wounding care, and with outstanding properties as anti-oxidants and/or metal chelants. Applications for pharma, cosmetic and agrofood industries are proposed. A first set of studies of the properties of these extracts is available.

Coated meshes/filters for oil-water separation

• Posted by Daniel Käsmayr from BASF SE
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• Patents for licensing

The technology offer relates to hydrophilically coated meshes and their use for separating mixtures of water and a hydrophobic liquid such as oil. The meshes allow water to pass through while the hydrophobic liquid is held back, effectively separating the two phases. These meshes are lightweight, mobile, flexible, resistant to fouling and offer versatile application possibilities (horizontally, vertically, in cascades, different geometries etc.). Mesh and separated liquids can be recycled (benefit to e.g. oil sorption materials). No chemicals such as de-oilers are needed or used. Potential application fields: Industrial waste/process water, crude oil production, oil-spill accidents.