Month: July 2020

New biodegradable materials

Image by Sulapac Writer: Tommi Silvan, Vaasa university of Applied Sciences, Design Centre MUOVA. There is some interesting companies in Finland working with sustainable materials in order to replace widely used plastics in production. One and maybe best known by now is Sulapac Ltd. Sulapac Ltd has got lot attention with their material innovation and…
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Making ECOLABNET visible

Writer: Trine M. Nielsen, VIA University College An important task in the project is to communicate about ECOLABNET, making the network visible. This post is an example of such an activity. We would be happy to do it again.PRE- Corona, Team VIA presented the ECOLABNET project externally at a conference in an Intermediary organization “Hedensted…
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Brand new report on main conclusions about the needs of manufacturing SMEs in relation to eco-innovation

Writer: Trine M. Nielsen, VIA University College A survey conducted within the ECOLABNET project in the 6 partner countries – Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark – shows, that the manufacturing SMEs in regard to eco-innovation in general are: highly motivated, already working with eco-innovation or at least considering it making procedures for implementing…
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