Industrial R&D Partnership with Maspex in Sustainable Food Processing, Circular Economy, Innovation management and Functional Food

Maspex Group, one of the largest food companies in Central and Eastern Europe, is looking for research and technology partners interested in developing a joint R&D project within the POLNORIS programme.

We are particularly interested in cooperation with universities, research organisations and technology providers from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein with complementary scientific and technological expertise.

Potential areas of cooperation include:

• sustainable and energy-efficient food processing technologies;

• circular economy and valorisation of food processing by-products, including fruit and vegetable side streams and pomace;

• recovery and development of high-value ingredients such as dietary fibre, antioxidants and other bioactive compounds;

• functional foods and functional beverages;

• novel ingredients and technologies supporting health, nutrition and personalised nutrition;

• fermentation, biotechnology and bioprocessing;

• innovative preservation, concentration, drying and processing technologies;

• digitalisation, AI, advanced process monitoring and optimisation of food production;

• reduction of energy, water and raw-material consumption;

• reduction of food losses and waste;

• sustainable packaging and solutions supporting improved resource efficiency;

• industrial validation and scale-up of innovative technologies.

Maspex can contribute to the partnership as a strong industrial R&D and validation partner, providing access to industrial expertise, production environments, raw materials and food-processing side streams, as well as opportunities for pilot testing, scale-up and validation under real industrial conditions.

We are particularly interested in projects combining strong scientific excellence with a clear pathway towards industrial implementation, measurable environmental impact and commercial exploitation.

We are open both to joining existing project concepts and to jointly developing new project ideas with potential partners.