Press Releases

Eva Sánchez / 18 June 2025

Registration is now open for MeetingPack 2026, which will take place on 21–22 April in Valencia

MeetingPack is the leading event focused on barrier packaging for the agri-food sector. Organised by AIMPLAS and AINIA, it will take place on 21–22 April 2026 at the Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences. The event will bring together key players from across the food packaging value chain…

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Eva Sánchez / 13 June 2025

AINIA showcases technological innovations for a circular and sustainable bioeconomy

AINIA has showcased its transformative role in the field of bioeconomy at the 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2025), based on the development of innovative technological solutions that enable the efficient use of biomass such as agricultural raw materials, waste, and organic by-products into bio-based products. AINIA highlighted its efforts to promote the…

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Eva Sánchez / 23 April 2024

Potential of extracellular vesicles as functional ingredient for the food and cosmetics industry

In the framework of the FIVEX project, AINIA has designed a purification and separation system for extracellular vesicles, scalable to an industrial level. This type of process could enable their use as functional ingredients in the food or cosmetics industry, among others. For this purpose, extracellular vesicles from three different sources have been selected for…

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Marga Fernández / 06 May 2019

The keys to achieving sustainable plastic food packaging to be discussed at MeetingPack 2019

Industry leaders such as AMC Juices, Enplater Group, Novamont, Grupalia Pack and TÜV AUSTRIA, among others, will talk about their success stories on the incorporation of the Circular Economy and sustainability in their production processes. More than 30 international speakers will participate in MeetingPack 2019, the only global meeting specialised in plastic materials and food…

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Miguel García / 24 April 2019

ALTEX will show in VITAFOODS its supercritical CO2 extraction services to obtain natural, healthy and sustainable products (GMP & ECO certified)

Food products, nutraceuticals , API , cosmetics , drugs … Altex gives access to supercritical CO2 extraction technology offering toll manufacturing services for a wide number of products, in a profitable way for companies and minimizing risks. Fine oils extracted from products like nuts, chia, rosehip, garlic, coffee, chamomile, or pepper, to be used in…

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Marga Fernández / 09 January 2019

MeetingPack 2019 to boost the circular economy regarding plastic barrier packaging for food and beverages

Co-organized by AINIA and AIMPLAS, the IV edition of this technology event of the plastics sector will take place on 29 and 30 May 2019. The main European meeting in plastic barrier packaging for food, MeetingPack 2019, will focus in this IV edition on introducing innovations in more sustainable materials, packages, equipment and packaging machinery.…

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Inma Gonzalvo / 04 October 2016

First bioplastic made from surplus whey cheese industry

WHEYPACK is a circular project in which the cheese industry, that generates the whey surplus, becomes a beneficiary of the new PHB biodegradable packaging tailored to the needs of their products.The Project, led by AINIA, counts as partners with CENTRAL QUESERA MONTESINOS, AIMPLAS (Spain) and EMBALNOR (Portugal). Valencia, October 4, 2016. A team of researchers…

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Beatriz Gimenez / 25 July 2016

ALIMERKA, a new intelligent system for information management in its supermarkets

The supermarket chain Alimerka has a new intelligent system for management of information of its food product references. The system integrates an extensive data base of information of value of the products and allows the consumer, through an APP, to obtain information about allergens, nutritional information, origin, etc. including healthy buying recommendations, opinions of other…

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AINIA / 25 July 2016

SmallBIOGAS, a new online tool for evaluating the viability of biogas plants

AINIA Technology Centre, together with other European Institutions, has created SmallBIOGAS, an application for evaluating, on Internet, the technical, economic and environmental viability of the installation of a small-scale biogas plant. This tool is one of the results of the European project Biogas3 and allows companies to identify their energy needs and the difficulties that…

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AINIA / 25 July 2016

Tecnidex, biosensors for rapid detection of pesticides in citrus

The SABIO Project has studied the development of a system to detect the most common fungicides in post-harvest treatments of citrus fruits and fruits in general. They used biosensors and automated measuring methods, able to recognize these pesticides and measuring their concentrations in citrus quickly, easily and reliably, thus generating a significant improvement in the…

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