Eureka Lightweighting Call 2026

6 May – 8 Oct 2026

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Project cooperationUpdated on 22 May 2026

Automotive plastic parts

Director at PP Plastic Packaging

Pretoria, South Africa

About

Polypropylene (PP) plastic is becoming a cornerstone material in the automotive industry thanks to its lightweight, durable, and cost-effective nature.

Stage

  • Ideation - identifying the project idea
  • Design - setting the project scope
  • Drafting - writing the project proposal

Topic

  • Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
  • Development of transferable and scalable business models for circular lightweighting design and manufacturing

Type

  • Project idea seeking partner(s)

Organisation

PP Plastic Packaging

Startup

Pretoria, South Africa

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    • Project idea seeking partner(s)
    • Design - setting the project scope
    • Ideation - identifying the project idea
    • Drafting - writing the project proposal
    • Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
    • Innovative approaches in the areas of ease of disassembly, reparability, recyclability, and reuse of lightweighting components

    Archie Zele

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    Pretoria, South Africa

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    • Project idea seeking partner(s)
    • Iteration - looking for feedback
    • Design - setting the project scope
    • Ideation - identifying the project idea
    • Drafting - writing the project proposal
    • Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
    • Development of transferable and scalable business models for circular lightweighting design and manufacturing
    • Development and use of novel or alternative advanced lightweight materials including optimized manufacturing processes

    Christopher Albe

    Group Leader Textile Lightweight at Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V.

    Chemnitz, Germany

  • Project cooperation

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    • Expertise offered
    • Project idea seeking partner(s)
    • Design - setting the project scope
    • Ideation - identifying the project idea
    • Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
    • Development of transferable and scalable business models for circular lightweighting design and manufacturing
    • Substitution of conventional (raw-)materials with sustainable and lightweighting alternatives with a lower ecological footprint

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