S4PLAST

Mobilising project as part of the collective efficiency strategy of the Engineering & Tooling cluster, which aims to create new knowledge that will have an impact on the development of sustainable polymer-based products with differentiating characteristics for the market, considering design for circularity, sustainable materials and intelligent, autonomous and precise production systems from a zero-defect production perspective.

The S4PLAST project envisages:

1. Development of holistic methodologies to support product design and development considering the entire life cycle.

2. Developing technology to produce plastic parts with metallised aesthetic characteristics.

3. Development of multifunctional components with a reduction in the number of materials

4. Developing the valorisation and reuse of materials resulting from plastics transformation processes

5. Development of integrated and multifunctional product design

Neutroplast has worked on 2 of the PPS:

1. The development of holistic methodologies to support design and development, surveying production data for the life cycle analysis of a range of Neutroplast products

2. Development of work in the area of 'zero defects' production using IML (in mould labelling) technology, which also seeks to reduce the amount of raw materials used in bottle production.