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Celebrating Innovation and Collaboration at the Value4Pack Final Event

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On 2 October 2025, the Monasterium PoortAckere in Ghent hosted an inspiring day focused on international collaboration and innovation in packaging. Pack4Food welcomed 77 participants from across the entire value chain for the final event of the European Value4Pack project. During the Value4Pack event, eight interregional business cases were presented, demonstrating how cross-border collaboration can drive innovative and sustainable packaging solutions. Over the course of the project, 50 innovation opportunities were identified, leading to 16 business cases involving 26 companies across Europe....

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International project Value4Pack will help businesses and local governments prepare for changes in EU packaging law

International project Value4Pack will help businesses and local governments prepare for changes in EU packaging law

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Food Products Quality Cluster, together with partners from 11 countries, will help companies and authorities address challenges accompanying the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) regulation expected to come into effect in 2024. On December 18, the Council of the European Union agreed on the PPWR which is expected to curb the growth of packaging waste, better organize the EU packaging market, and support circular economy. The act specifies requirements for the composition of packaging materials and demands for material recyclability in large volumes. Packaging that does not meet...

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Project No 3.2.1.1/16/A/002 “Partikas produktu Kvalitates Klasteris” has successfully finished 31.12.2022

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During the Project:     Export missions were made to 15 countries     More than 200 meetings between Latvian Food Producers and foreign buyers were organized    More than 2000 foreign buyers were introduced with Latvian Food production    Incoming buyers visit was organized to meet Latvian food producers and visit them    Carried out common research on improving food product packaging and on extending the food product expiration date – as a result, new products have been introduced  Total sum of the Project - 539 832.16 EUR, ERDF financing - 458 816.90 EUR Project length – 84 months

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FPQC is participating in COSME project AgriFoodX5.0

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The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) has signed grant agreement with the five-partner consortium. The grant is awarded for the action entitled “Cluster Excellence Improvement through cluster Exchange for Industry 5.0 (AgriFoodX5.0)” The Project implementation started on 1st of February 2022 and its duration is 24 months.  Project budget:Grant amount: EUR 499 168.74Total budget: EUR 650 403.41 The AgriFood5X.0 project is composed by 5 organizations from 4 EU countries. AgrifoodX5.0 is EU co-funded project that aims: To strengthen cluster management excellence To...

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