Summary
An innovative start-up, based in Northern-Italy and founded in 2018, has developed expertise in transforming organic waste into new raw materials with which to create new circular economy products.
The start-up is looking for potential partners to scale up internationally. Two types of partnerships are sought: companies and anyone interested in having their waste transformed into eco-design products; retailers and/or distributors to enlarge its market share.
Description
The Italian start-up – located in Northern Italy and operating from 2018 – is a design studio that specializes in giving new life to food by-products by transforming them into natural and compostable biopolymers with which it creates functional eco-design products for the needs of their clients, thanks to the most innovative 3D printing technologies.
It offers a tailor-made service, accompanying clients in every phase of the project and managing the entire process, adapting it to the client’s needs.
A comprehensive methodology is provided: first, the start-up identifies, analyses and studies food waste thanks to a team of green chemistry experts; then it generates an exclusive biomaterial.
This patented an innovative material is 100% biodegradable and compostable and is made starting from the by-products of the food chain.
It can transform different types of homogeneous organic waste such as peels, shells, seeds, coffee grounds, cotton, flax, leather and wool.
Then the product design and effective realization phase starts: a team of specialized designers designs products to meet the specific needs of their customer; after that a digital manufacturing lab prints products thanks to the most innovative 3D printing technologies.
The company has a digital manufacturing hub with over 80 3D printers of different sizes, which allows to produce on demand, making its model flexible and scalable to meet production demand ranging from a few pieces up to thousands.
These from waste to eco-design products are used for promotional campaigns, exhibitions and events, installations, furniture, and more.
The company seeks potential partners that can be companies interested in transforming their waste into eco-design products and retailers and/or distributors willing to help the start-up to expand sales in new markets and sectors.