COOPERATION AND R&D ACTIVITIES

The NINSOLA project aims to transform Piedmontese hazelnut by-products into green ingredients with high added value for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and rubber industries, ensuring the sustainability of the project through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study.

The FLEXIZYME project aims to implement a biotechnological platform for fatty amines production combining fat and protein-rich residues originating from diverse feedstock sources. The application in the sectors of cosmetic, detergent and agriculture will also be evaluated as one of the major project outcomes.

Thanks to the collaboration with local European cooperatives, the ROBOCOOP project aims to valorise waste streams from 3 agricultural sectors (grape, olive and stone fruits) to develop an integrated biorefinery for the production of bio-based products. These will reach final sectors of application such as food, feed, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, plastics and fertilizers. The project will also favour the creation of “Living labs” for a profitable interaction between local producers and stakeholders.

The project VALO.RE.BIO aims to recover and convert agri-food by-products into added-value ingredients for the cosmetic, medical device, and food sectors. All the activities have been monitored and supported by digital processes for a smarter implementation.

The project aims to develop new sustainable ingredients with high added value for the cosmetics and nutraceuticals markets.
ROELMI HPC starts from the eco-design of ingredients that can be derived from by-products of the food chain, which are no longer edible. In particular, traditionally Lombard raw materials, such as tomatoes, wine and rice, will be transformed with low environmental impact technologies. The main innovation will be linked to the use of probiotic strains owned by ROELMI HPC for the fermentation of biomass, with the target of launching new products. The sustainability of the project and the circular economy models implemented will be assessed through the LCA methodology.

The project aims to develop new sustainable ingredients with high added value for the cosmetics and nutraceuticals markets.
ROELMI HPC starts from the eco-design of ingredients that can be derived from by-products of the food chain, which are no longer edible. In particular, traditionally Lombard raw materials, such as tomatoes, wine and rice, will be transformed with low environmental impact technologies. The main innovation will be linked to the use of probiotic strains owned by ROELMI HPC for the fermentation of biomass, with the target of launching new products. The sustainability of the project and the circular economy models implemented will be assessed through the LCA methodology.

It aims at demonstrating the techno, economical and environmental sustainability at industrial scale of a first-of-kind value chain where low input and underutilized oil crops (i.e. cardoon) grown in arid and/or marginal lands and not in competition with food or feed, are exploited for the extraction of vegetable oils to be further converted into bio-monomers (mainly pelargonic and azelaic acids) as building blocks for high added value cosmetics.