New trends in sustainable packaging: the project ALE

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Artex presents the new free virtual meeting with the Innovation Webinar series, organized in collaboration with LUCENSE, a Research Organization engaged in industrial research, experimental development, technological transfer and dissemination, and Partner of the ALE project, funded by the European Union through the Interreg It-Fr Marittimo Programme, which began in February 2025 and will end in January 2027. 

The webinar will offer an overview of sustainable packaging for artistic craft enterprises, exploring trends, innovations and new scenarios for eco-responsible packaging, including solutions intended for food-contact products.

This virtual meeting will be the first step in a broader path within the ALE project, dedicated to companies with registered offices in the provinces of Massa and Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, Livorno, and Grosseto, and interested in exploring the topic of sustainable packaging—both food-related and non-food—through free workshops and consulting activities.

The meeting is free of charge and open to all artistic craft businesses throughout the country, particularly to companies with registered offices in the provinces listed above, which will subsequently be able to access additional support opportunities that will be activated through the ALE project.

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The webinar will be held in Italian.

Discover the Agenda: 

• 4:30 PM | Introduction to the seminar and the services offered by the ALE project – Elisa Guidi, ARTEX and Stefan Guerra, LUCENSE 
• 4.40 PM | Sustainable packaging: an overview and trends – Simone Giangrandi, LUCENSE;  Miriam Cappello, Università di Pisa 
• 4.55 PM | New scenarios for food contact packaging – Beatrice Marsili, Centro Qualità Carta 
• 5.10 PM | Innovative materials for packaging ecodesign: practical examples and case studies – Simone Giangrandi, LUCENSE; Miriam Cappello, Università di Pisa 
• 5.25 PM | How to access the free services: questions and answers – Giorgia Calabrese, LUCENSE.  

The ART LAB NET EVOLUTION (ALE) project was created to support small businesses in the artistic and traditional crafts, agri-food, and perfume production sectors in the Franco-Italian areas of the Interreg It-Fr Marittimo Programme (provinces of the coastal regions of Tuscany, Liguria, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur — PACA, Sardinia, and Corsica).

More info: https://lucense.it/progetti/art-lab-net-evolution-ale.

The Innovation Webinar Series, launched by Artex in 2021 and now in its fifth edition, offers virtual seminars aimed at all companies in the artistic and traditional crafts sector, as well as designers, institutions, and organizations. The goal is to inform participants about trends that can support business development, exploring in depth the relationship between Industry 4.0 innovation, digitalization, and artistic craftsmanship.

Watch the past meetings: YouTube di Artex – Playlist Webinar dell’Innovazione

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